Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Paris. Photo Credit: X@narendramodi Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Paris and received a warm welcome from members of the Indian diaspora, as he underscored the importance of the India-France partnership for global progress. The Prime Minister arrived in Paris on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) local time from the…
Oil prices fell in early trading on Thursday (June 18) after the U.S. and Iran signed an interim agreement that would end the Iran war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and waive U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s oil, resolving the largest energy supply disruption in history. Brent crude futures were down 89 cents, or 1.12%, at…
Tarique Rahman | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s foreign visit plans will not impact bilateral ties with India as Dhaka-New Delhi relation has its own dynamics and requirements that are important on their own, said an official source here on Wednesday (June 17, 2026). The remarks from the official came against the…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit, on June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue, in broad terms, of the safety of seafarers with U.S. President Trump at the start of their bilateral meeting…
A U.S. official said the deal was signed to end the West Asia war. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. and Iran confirmed that the deal was signed to end the West Asia war. U.S. President Donald Trump has signed a deal with Iran to end the war, a U.S. official told AFP on Wednesday…
Civilians in South Korea will be able to get several kilometres nearer North Korea under new rules broadening public access to the highly militarised border zone, Seoul’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday (June 18, 2026). The two Koreas remain technically at war because their 1950-53 conflict ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty, and…
European lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) to tougher migration rules that will grant authorities much broader detention powers and allow for the creation of deportation centres outside the bloc. The 418 to 218 vote in Strasbourg was one of the last hurdles for a reform that has sailed through the EU’s…
The following is the text of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, as read out by a senior U.S. official to reporters on Wednesday Source link
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Russia-ASEAN Summit in Kazan, Russia, on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is hosting leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a meeting Wednesday (June 17, 2026) that seeks to bolster…
A man clears the rubble at one of the West Bank mosques that were vandalised and partly set on fire by Israeli settlers overnight in the village of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah, on June 17, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli settlers set fire to mosques in two West Bank villages on Wednesday (June 17,…