External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addresses the gathering during the Commonwealth Heads of Government and Business Leaders Breakfast Meeting, at the retreat, in Antigua and Barbuda. Photo credit: @DrSJaishankar/X via PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has urged Commonwealth partners to “de-risk and diversify”, emphasising the need to enhance local distribution among member nations. Mr….
A sweeping victory for Democrats in U.S. midterm elections this week, giving them control of Congress, presents both an opportunity and challenge for top rival China, analysts say. Here is how the outcome of the vote, which offers the Democratic Party the power to stymie President Donald Trump’s maverick foreign policy, could impact the thorny…
Republican U.S. House speaker to step down after midterm rout U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will step down as Republican leader following his party’s crushing midterm election defeat, his spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday (November 4, 2026). Mr. Johnson, the highest-ranking Republican in the United States after President Donald Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance, is second…
Beyond their political implications, the results raise important questions about the future direction of the world’s largest economy, particularly as American households grapple with rising living costs, persistent inflation and high borrowing expenses. | Photo Credit: AP The 2026 U.S. midterm elections have dealt a significant political setback to President Donald Trump, with Democrats securing…
A part of the Punakha-Gasa highway is washed away after a flood caused by the Shintaphu glacial lake bursting its banks, in a location given as Punakha-Gasa highway, Bhutan, October 30, 2026. Photo: Bhutan Surface Transport, Infrastructure Ministry&Transport Dept via Reuters. GUWAHATI An almost real-time satellite-based assessment of the impact of the glacial lake outburst…
Democrats won full control of the U.S. Congress in a sweeping midterm rout on Tuesday (November 3, 2026) with a landslide of upsets that delivered a crushing rebuke of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party. The victory handed Democrats both the House of Representatives and Senate, giving them power to block Mr. Trump’s agenda and…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) doubled down on accusations of foreign interference in last week’s election, despite calls for compromise from the President. More than a week after Israel’s first election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, President Isaac Herzog began meeting party leaders to decide whether to give…
US President Donald Trump speaks with members of the media on the day the final steel beam goes into the ballroom, at the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on November 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) the Iran war has been worth it despite acknowledging…
Briefing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last week on the International Commission of Inquiry’s latest report on the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories, its chairperson, retired Indian judge Justice Srinivasan Muralidhar, did not couch his words in ambiguity. He said that the unequivocal conclusion was that Israeli security forces continued to commit…
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance . File. | Photo Credit: AFP J.D. Vance publicly broke from President Donald Trump’s defence of the Iran war on Wednesday (November 4, 2026) after the Republican Party’s deep losses in the midterm elections, attempting to distance himself from voters’ clear rebuke of the President as the Vice President faces…
