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Iran’s Hormuz strategy is a challenge to the US’s economic future

Updated on Apr 18, 2026 01:56 pm IST

Backdropped by ships in the Strait of Hormuz, damage, according to local witnesses caused by several recent airstrikes during the U.S.-Israel military campaign, is seen on a fishing pier in the port of Qeshm island, Iran.(AP)

Significance of China-Iran relations

Chinese President Xi Jinping at a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit (AP)

Published on Apr 17, 2026 02:43 pm IST

Testing BRICS, the SCO, and collective security

Smoke rises following a strike on the Bapco Oil Refinery, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, on Sitra Island Bahrain, March 9(REUTERS)

Published on Apr 16, 2026 01:44 pm IST

Change of guard in Hungary

Peter Magyar(AFP)

Published on Apr 15, 2026 05:55 pm IST

When data centres become targets of war

Published on Apr 07, 2026 05:28 pm IST

The next war zone is not too far

Artificial intelligence (Thinkstock)

Published on Apr 07, 2026 05:25 pm IST

How Europe learned to say ‘not our war’

Iran war(AP)

Published on Apr 07, 2026 05:22 pm IST

Houthis: Convergence of faith, grievance and power

Houthis(Getty)

Published on Apr 05, 2026 06:26 pm IST

Iran’s defiance and the shifting global order

Iran war (AFP)

Updated on Apr 04, 2026 04:48 pm IST

Nepal’s new dawn: RSP’s mandate for change

Balendra Shah, a rapper-turned-politician and the prime ministerial candidate for Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), greets his supporters as he celebrates after winning the election, in Damak, Jhapa district, Nepal, March 7, 2026. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi(REUTERS)

Published on Apr 04, 2026 04:33 pm IST

Black rain, burning skies, and the world's silence

Plumes of smoke and fire rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 14.(AP)

Published on Apr 02, 2026 04:16 pm IST

Iran war: The real test lies beyond

Iran war

Published on Apr 01, 2026 12:43 pm IST

Frame a Plan B for renewables

Strait of Hormuz(AFP)

Published on Apr 01, 2026 12:23 pm IST

BRICS 2026 Vision: Using innovative technology for water security

Water (Representational Image)

Published on Mar 31, 2026 04:33 pm IST

Unfolding dynamics of the Gulf crisis

Strait of Hormuz (MEA)

Published on Mar 30, 2026 10:38 am IST

Strategies for India's energy sovereignty

People queue up to avail LPG cylinders amid ongoing supply crunch, in Dilshad Colony, Delhi, Saturday, March 28(PTI)

Published on Mar 30, 2026 10:31 am IST

Pakistan’s strategic ambiguity in the US-Iran war

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif with US President Donald Trump (REUTERS)

Published on Mar 30, 2026 10:13 am IST

Energy wars and India’s industrial future

International Relations

Updated on Mar 28, 2026 11:27 am IST

Shah has to turn hope into tangible change now

Balendra Shah. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar(REUTERS)

Published on Mar 28, 2026 11:23 am IST

Gulf war, gas shortages and a summer of high demand

Aerial view of destroyed Iraqi vehicles beside Highway 80, west of Kuwait City. The ‘Highway of Death ‘ was bombed by coalition forces on February 27-28 1991 during Gulf War 1. (Shutterstock)

Updated on Mar 28, 2026 11:19 am IST

Decoding prospects for US-Iran talks

Iran war(Reuters)

Published on Mar 25, 2026 12:25 pm IST

India’s rise in the declining American century

A man stands in the middle of the rubble left of a building that was destroyed by a strike, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran.(Reuters)

Published on Mar 24, 2026 10:50 am IST

Iran is betting on the renminbi as a geostrategic lever against the US

Dollar(AFP)

Updated on Mar 24, 2026 10:46 am IST

The Hormuz crisis: End of energy certainty

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance(HT_PRINT)

Updated on Mar 23, 2026 05:28 pm IST

Shah’s victory could mark a turning point for Nepal

Balendra Shah, a candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) from Jhapa Constituency-5, greets the gathering at the Election Commission premises after winning the constituency in the Nepal general elections, in Jhapa, Nepal, Saturday, March 7, 2026. (PTI Photo)(PTI03_07_2026_RPT268B)(PTI03_08_2026_000352B)(PTI)

Published on Mar 21, 2026 02:06 pm IST

Shifting dynamics in the Strait of Bab al-Mandab

This frame grab from handout UGC video footage by seafarer Wang Shang taken on March 12, 2026 and released to AFPTV on March 13 shows smoke emerging from the Source Blessing cargo vessel, as filmed from the vessel Wang was onboard in the Gulf, north of Dubai. (Source: AFP PHOTO /WANG SHANG/UGC via AFPTV/HANDOUT)
(AFP)

Published on Mar 20, 2026 04:06 pm IST

Russia as a beneficiary in the US-Israel-Iran conflict

File photo of Russian President Vladimir Putin(via REUTERS)

Published on Mar 20, 2026 03:57 pm IST

Iran war poised to enter deadlier phase

Trails of a cluster missile fired from Iran cross the sky over Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday.(AP)

Published on Mar 20, 2026 03:54 pm IST

Beijing’s foreign policy mirrors its domestic economic anxiety

Chinese flag(AFP)

Updated on Mar 19, 2026 06:34 pm IST

The end of dollar dominance?

Dollar (Pixabay)

Published on Mar 19, 2026 06:30 pm IST

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