Dhaka had gone in seeking close to $6 billion in Chinese financing, and reports suggest the visit may also pave the way for the acquisition of 24 Chinese J-10CE fighter jets along with drone technology
So when US Secretary of State Marco Rubio touched down in Abu Dhabi yesteday, this was never going to be a routine handshake circuit
BY Devabrata Dutta 25 June 2026
That moment — a US vice president publicly embracing Pakistan's army chief at one of the most consequential peace summits of the decade — shows how dramatically Islamabad's international standing has shifted in a matter of months
BY Devabrata Dutta 23 June 2026
In his victory speech, Burnham said Labour had "a final chance to change" and win back voters' trust, and spoke of building "a new politics based on unity and hope, turning away from the path that takes us to a divided, dark politics of the kind we see in the United States"
BY Devabrata Dutta 22 June 2026
The cross-party solidarity in Rome, set against the cancelled diplomatic visit and the frozen business forum, tells enough of what the European read of this moment is
BY Devabrata Dutta 21 June 2026
Before the war that began on February 28, between 120 and 140 ships passed through Hormuz every day, about half of them oil tankers
BY Devabrata Dutta 19 June 2026
If Washington decides Germany's practices are unfair and acts on that finding, it would set a precedent for how the US approaches drug pricing disputes with other countries running similar systems
BY Devabrata Dutta 19 June 2026
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defences shot down at least 194 drones bound for the capital overnight, a figure far higher than during previous waves of attacks
BY Devabrata Dutta 18 June 2026
The biggest long-term change for India from a peace settlement would be the potential revival of Chabahar port in Iran's Sistan-Balochistan province
BY Devabrata Dutta 14 June 2026
The Office of the USTR launched Section 301 investigations on March 12 into the acts, policies, and practices of 60 economies related to the failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced labour
BY Devabrata Dutta 3 June 2026
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