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President Donald Trump with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after issuing a joint statement in New Delhi on February.

India & U.S.: The Trump show

United States President Donald Trump turns a blind eye to the Narendra Modi regime’s handling of the Delhi violence as the two sides seal their milita

The Taliban delegation arrives to sign the peace agreement with U.S. officials in Doha on February 29.

Afghanistan: Relief for now

The agreement signed between the U.S. and the Taliban on February 29, which will see the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan, may finally b

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland on February 27.

Global concern

The United Nations human rights body intervenes forcefully against the violence in Delhi, and Western and Muslim countries raise serious concern about

At Grand Mosalla in Tehran on February 13, the forty-day memorial ceremony for Qassem Soleimani.

U.S. & Iran: Wages of aggression

The impact of Iran’s counter-attack following Qassem Soleimani’s targeted assassination has not been so light as the U.S. wants the world to believe.

President Donald Trump with President Rodrigo Duterte at the 31st ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines, on November 13, 2017.

U.S. & The Philippines: Parting ways

President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines terminates the Visiting Forces Agreement with the U.S. in what is perceived as part of his government’s m

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a reception organised on Republic Day at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

India & Brazil: Allies in arms

Under Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s right-wing dispensation seeks to forge strategic ties with India and expand trade, particularly in defence.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House event where they announced the much-anticipated plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Palestine: End of a hate plan

Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” for peace between Palestine and Israel, which seeks to legitimise Israeli annexation of Palestinian territory, me

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Mahathir Mohamad at the 5th Eastern Economic Forum at Vladivostok, Russia, on September 5, 2019.

Troubled relations between India and Malaysia

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s views on Kashmir and the CAA upset the Indian government, which retaliates by stopping the import of palm oil from t

U.S. soldiers at the site of Iranian bombing at Ain al-Asad airbase, in Anbar, Iraq, on January 13.

Deceptive calm in West Asia

After the precise counterstrike by Iran on U.S. bases in Iraq, the two countries have avoided further drastic action although there is a scaling-up of

Iraqis carry the coffins of Hizbollah fighters in a funeral procession in the city of Najaf on December 31.

U.S. troops as targets

The bombing of the Kataib Hizbollah camps and the murder of Soleimani have made the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq unfeasible.

Mourners gather in Tehran on January 6 to pay homage to Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. missile strike in Baghdad.

Suicidal assassination of Qassem Soleimani

The assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on the orders of U.S. President Trump has redrawn the battle lines in the West Asian region.

November 1, 1999: Musharraf during the first press conference after his military coup in Islamabad.

Special Court in Pakistan finds Musharraf guilty of high treason

By sentencing former President Musharraf to death for subverting the Constitution, the country’s higher judiciary sends out a strong message on civili

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