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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at his office in Tokyo on August 31, two days after he announced his decision to quit.

Abe bows out

Shinzo Abe steps down as Japan’s Prime Minister because of ill health, but there is speculation that he will continue to push his right-wing agenda fr

President Donald Trump, flanked by Israel and United Arab Emirates leaders and White House officials, announces a peace deal “leading to the full normalisation of relations” between Israel and the UAE, in Washington on August 13.

Tension over the ‘peace deal’ between Israel and the UAE

U.S. President Donald Trump, in an apparent bid to woo Christian evangelicals and the Jewish lobby in the presidential election, brokers an agreement

The site of the explosion in Beirut on August 4.

Beirut in ruins

The Lebanese capital, already reeling under an economic crisis, is devastated by an explosion caused by a stockpile of ammonium nitrate.

Indian soldiers at the foothills of a mountain range near Leh, on June 25.

India&China: Fragile truce

Even as their military commanders negotiate disengagement of troops along the border, the “forced decoupling” of economies threatens to hurt both Indi

Outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on August 1, protesters demanding his resignation.

COVID-19: Global distress

Some six months after the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic, the infection is raging on in full fury in South Asia, North America

April 20, 1960: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with visiting Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai Chou in New Delhi. The Chinese government offered to recognise India’s claim over Arunachal Pradesh up to the McMahon Line in lieu of a recognition of China’s claim over the Aksai Chin peninsula. Nehru rejected the offer and adopted an inflexible diplomatic posture on the border issue.

Border disputes between India and China: A colonial legacy

The undefined border between India and China, which has caused several incidents in the last couple of years, is a legacy of colonial rule.

June 29, 2019: U.S. President Donald Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

U.S.&China: Looming confrontation

The U.S. and China seem to be moving inexorably towards a serious conflict, and it can be detrimental to India’s national interests in the long run if

A massive public demonstration against the Serbian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic in Belgrade on July 9.

Global chaos as COVID-19 rages across continents

The pandemic rages unabated across continents, from war-torn Yemen to the Balkans to Brazil and Peru to South Africa. Even as autocratic regimes see i

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval an Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi ahead of the 21st round of India-China border talks at Dujiangyan city in Sichuan province of China, on November 24, 2018.

India&China: Talking peace

After weeks of tension India and China agree to expedite disengagement of the troops stationed along the Line of Actual Control and desist from taking

Indian soldiers at the foothills of a mountain range near Leh, Ladakh, on June 25.

Time for talks

Tensions raised by the bloody June 15 clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Galwan Valley remain, but both sides have apparently decided to

At a launch terminal in Dhaka on June 1 after the government loosened lockdown restrictions.

Soaring numbers

Except for a handful of countries, the rest of the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nepal’s Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu on June 9. On June 13, Nepal’s Parliament approved a Constitutional Amendment to change the nation’s map that includes territory claimed by both Nepal and India.

Ties on test

Nepal redraws its western border with India on map following differences over a road that India has built in what Nepal maintains is a “disputed” zone

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