Conflicts in West Asia and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz may seem far removed from India’s agricultural landscape. In fact, these events have disrupted India’s energy systems and is hurting the country’s agriculture sector in multiple ways. India’s dependence on crude oil imports in 2023-24 was a staggering 87.7 per cent. This makes…
Afghanistan at least 400 people have been killed in a Pakistani airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Monday night, with potentially hundreds more wounded. Pakistan has deliberately targeting the health-care facility. In a statement on X, the Pakistani Information and Broadcasting Ministry the strikes “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure…
On Monday came the latest evidence of dysfunction within the Trump administration’s counterterrorism apparatus, when Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned, citing his opposition to the war in Iran. But the disarray is not new. In July 2025, Sebastian Gorka, the senior director for counterterrorism on President Trump’s National Security Council,…
WASHINGTON — President Trump expressed frustration Monday that U.S. allies were not enthusiastic about sending warships to protect merchant vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a sign of Washington’s growing isolation as it tries to stabilize one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes amid its war against Iran. Trump declined to name the “numerous countries”…
WASHINGTON — After two weeks of war with Iran, the Trump administration is being forced to temper its expectations of a swift end to the conflict, with U.S. intelligence and defense officials expressing doubt it can achieve the overthrow of Iran’s government and the destruction of its nuclear program through military means. It was an outcome forewarned…
In the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, millions of Ukrainians were displaced in one of the fastest mass movements of people in recent history. Train stations became shelters. Theaters became aid centers. Borders became waiting rooms for grief. Journalists moved in the opposite direction, toward uncertainty, because without witnesses, displacement becomes statistics and…
WASHINGTON — The United States plunged further into conflict with Iran on Tuesday as a new round of strikes heightened fears of an expanding war in the Middle East, sending markets reeling and oil prices soaring and drawing urgent calls from European leaders for a plan forward. President Trump acknowledged during an Oval Office appearance that the…
Trump recently claimed that a new nuclear deal could be reached if Iran only said the “magic words”—that it would not produce a nuclear weapon. Iran has used those magic words several times in recent years, including this past week. On Tuesday, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, posted on X, “Our fundamental convictions are…
GUADALAJARA — The notorious drug kingpin was sick, his kidneys failing. To ensure smooth management of his multibillion-dollar cartel while he underwent dialysis, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” delegated day-to-day control to several top lieutenants. Each managed a separate region, had his own group of hit men and developed his own fearsome reputation. Mexican…