Years of American sanctions were meant to keep Huawei out of cutting-edge phones. Instead, they got a five-year head start on the one design Apple hadn’t cracked. ...
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Putin cautioned that any European troop deployment to Ukraine would mean direct war with Russia. He also denied the idea that Moscow poses any threat to the continent. ...
Behind the ambassador’s expulsion lies a decades-old rivalry over Western Sahara, billions in Gulf investment, and two starkly different visions of Arab foreign policy. ...
From Murdoch to Gaza to Putin’s Russia, this year’s line-up put power on trial – but critics say the reckoning didn’t go far enough....
Pezeshkian’s Delhi meeting with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince marks the first direct contact since Tehran’s war-time missile strikes on Emirati soil – though a trade freeze stays in place. ...
A week after 164 nations backed the Equal Earth projection over the 450-year-old Mercator map, Washington is still explaining its lone “no”....
Saudi Arabia is facing an unprecedented energy squeeze after Houthi forces seized Perim Island and a drone strike forced the shutdown of the East-West Pipeline - closing both of the kingdom's maritime export routes at once. The crisis traces back to a flight dispute with Tehran that reignited the Yemen war, dragging Riyadh deeper into the broader US-Israel conflict with Iran....
Rights groups warn of detention, refoulement and legal uncertainty as ministers push ahead with a new return framework. ...
Su-57 stealth jet still unsold, but Delhi and Moscow lock in nuclear and industrial ties as BRICS currencies quietly subvert the dollar. ...
Yemen’s government blames Tehran as Saudi Arabia scrambles to protect its oil routes and Washington weighs a military response....
Beijing plans to intensify yuan globalisation through more currency swaps, a CIPS upgrade and a digital-yuan push with a drive to keep top firms listed at home – even as Xi heads to New Delhi, where BRICS is weighing its own cross-border payment rail....
The Reserve Bank of India’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)-linking proposal and a rare Modi-Xi meeting arrive as Putin, Lula and Ramaphosa navigate US tariffs against a fractured Gulf-Ukraine backdrop....
