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India urges restraint, avoiding escalation as the US and Israel attack Iran

Updated on Mar 1, 2026 07:01 IST

Smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran. (AP)

Iran at the crossroads of history and theology

Iran protest

international affairs

Published on Jan 17, 2026 13:03 IST

Beijing’s West Asia playbook in a changing global order

FILE PHOTO: China's national flag flutters at a business district in Beijing, REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

international affairs

Published on Oct 3, 2025 03:55 IST

Towards a durable peace in West Asia

The prospects of reconstructing Gaza as an international city may be alluring, but its distinct character as a Palestinian homeland will need to be preserved. (AFP)

Published on Oct 1, 2025 15:30 IST

Old allies, and a new agreement

A key takeaway from the signing of the pact is that Saudi Arabia is looking beyond the US for security guarantees amid shifts in global power relations, triggered by the Trump administration’s whimsical trade and security policies. (REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 19, 2025 15:57 IST

After Israeli military attacks, Modi condemns violation of Qatar’s sovereignty

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (via REUTERS)

Updated on Sep 10, 2025 18:05 IST

In West Asia, India could be the impartial arbitrator

The current ceasefire presents a narrow but critical window for diplomatic action, which India should seize. (ANI)

Published on Jul 9, 2025 15:44 IST

West Asia conflict hits rice exports from U.P; farmers, millers suffer

Exporters say that demand for rice from West Asia has fallen sharply as importers have halted purchases amid the conflict. (For representation.)

Published on Jul 8, 2025 23:36 IST

India, West Asia, and the fires of fate

International Relations

international affairs

Published on Jul 4, 2025 11:01 IST

Interpreting the right of nations to self-defence

American strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities are legally suspect. (AFP)

Published on Jun 25, 2025 15:22 IST

Terms of trade: West Asia isn’t the Empire’s Achilles’ heel anymore

The cease fire followed what seems like token missile attacks by Iran on US military bases in Qatar. (AFP)

Updated on Jun 25, 2025 10:22 IST

Brinkmanship in West Asia

The unfortunate part is that there are no credible agencies to intervene and negotiate peace, especially with the UN being toothless and Iran seeing the US as partisan (AFP)

Updated on Jun 15, 2025 15:56 IST

Link West marks India’s strategic pivot in West Asia

At the heart of this recalibration are India’s robust bilateral relationships with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia (AFP)

Updated on May 6, 2025 15:13 IST

A diminished Iran talks to America

There is good reason for drawing Iran back into nuclear talks — experts believe Tehran could soon have enough weapons-grade uranium to make a nuclear warhead. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY (via REUTERS)

Published on Apr 9, 2025 13:38 IST

Ramadan 2025: Check the fasting dates for Muslims in Abu Dhabi, Dubai

Ramadan 2025: Know the fasting dates for Muslims in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and other cities.

Updated on Feb 28, 2025 02:27 IST

2024 yearender: Rifts split wide open — old conflicts take centre stage

In 2024, the complexion and contours of the war in Ukraine and West Asia continued to change, influencing global geopolitics like never before. (Reuters)

Updated on Dec 31, 2024 24:44 IST

Jaishankar speaks with Israel’s Gideon Sa’ar amid fresh efforts for ceasefire

A fire burns inside a Palestinian house during the ongoing Israeli military operation, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, December 18 (REUTERS)

Updated on Dec 18, 2024 12:56 IST

Why oil prices are not rising despite the war in West Asia

Petrol. (Representational image)

international affairs

Published on Dec 6, 2024 08:50 IST

Israeli restraint suggests Iran’s strategic leverage

People sift through the rubble of a building destroyed during Israeli Bombardment, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 5, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP) (AFP)

Published on Nov 5, 2024 14:13 IST

For Tehran and Tel Aviv, war with limited options

FILE PHOTO: Projectiles are seen in the sky after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo (REUTERS)

Published on Nov 2, 2024 13:57 IST

Why did JNU cancel three seminars by Lebanon, Palestine and Iran diplomats?

JNU's Centre for West Asian Studies cancels three seminars addressing the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

Updated on Oct 25, 2024 05:18 IST

Jaishankar backs ‘fair and durable approach’ to end Israel-Hamas conflict

External affairs minister S Jaishankar during the BRICS Outreach Session in Kazan, Russia (PTI VIA @DrSJaishankar)

Published on Oct 24, 2024 15:11 IST

Sinwar death is a pivot for ending the war

Motorbikes drive past a banner of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza on Wednesday, in front of the British Embassy in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Published on Oct 20, 2024 18:37 IST

Gaza conflict ‘great concern’ for India, impacting oil exports: Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar (ANI)

Updated on Oct 5, 2024 19:27 IST

Tensions in West Asia and Ukraine ‘great concern,’ says Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar delivers the Sardar Patel Lecture on Governance organized by the IC Centre for Governance, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 5, 2024 23:18 IST

India ‘deeply concerned’ by tensions in West Asia, issues travel advisory for citizens

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets fired by Iran on October 1. (Reuters Photo)

Published on Oct 2, 2024 08:28 IST

India concerned over situation in West Asia; emphasises dialogue, diplomacy

India foreign secretary Vikram Misri with Yaakov Blitshtein with Israel’s foreign secretary Vikram Misri during foreign office consultations in New Delhi (X/@ReuvenAzar)

Updated on Aug 28, 2024 14:24 IST

Why Israel versus Iran is a lose-lose situation

FILE - In this photo taken and released by the semiofficial Fars News Agency, a Noor missile is launched from the coast to the sea during Iranian naval maneuvers in the Oman Sea, near the port town of Bandar Jask, Iran on May 11, 2010. (Hossein Zohrevand/Fars News Agency, File) (AP)

Published on Aug 21, 2024 15:35 IST

West Asia on the brink, West needs to step in

People protest following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan July 31, 2024. REUTERS/Alaa Al Sukhni (REUTERS)

Published on Aug 1, 2024 15:39 IST

Raisi’s death complicates political road map of extremist faction: Vali Nasr

Ebrahim Raisi was a part of the Iranian establishment that made foreign policy decisions but he didn’t influence it in any major way (via REUTERS FILE)

Updated on May 20, 2024 15:56 IST

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