New Delhi: India’s Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has issued a strong response after the United States announced a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods, saying that New Delhi “will neither bow down nor appear weak.” Speaking to reporters, Goyal stressed that India will not succumb to external pressure and will instead focus on expanding its…
Suranjana TewariBBC Asia business correspondent Getty Images Modi and Xi last had a bilateral meeting in 2017 India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in China on Sunday with the sting of Donald Trump’s US tariffs still top of mind. Since Wednesday, tariffs on Indian goods bound for the US, like diamonds and prawns, now stand…
Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement has confirmed that its self-proclaimed Prime Minister Ahmed Ghaleb Nasser al-Rahawi was killed in an Israeli air strike earlier this week. The Iran-backed group said several other senior officials were killed when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) targeted Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Thursday. The IDF said Rahawi and other senior Houthi…
Washington (International Desk) – The United States has approved the sale of advanced air defense systems to Ukraine, with plans underway to supply the Patriot missile defense system, according to official sources. The move comes as Kyiv continues to bolster its defenses against sustained Russian aerial attacks, including missile and drone strikes. The Patriot system…
Beijing (International Desk) – In a landmark development, the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India are set to sit at the same table for the first time since the recent conflict, as world leaders convene in China for a high-level gathering. During the grand military parade, Chinese President Xi Jinping will be joined on stage…
Washington (International Desk) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction during the recent India-Pakistan conflict reportedly angered former U.S. President Donald Trump to such an extent that Washington began to view Pakistan more favorably than India, according to a U.S. newspaper report. During Trump’s first term, India enjoyed close ties with the administration, with American…
Yemen’s Houthi group has confirmed that an Israeli airstrike in the capital Sana’a killed its de facto Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahwi along with 12 cabinet ministers. According to the Houthis, the strike took place on Thursday while al-Rahwi was attending a workshop with several ministers. The statement added that other officials were also killed, though…
An extensive earthen wall is being built around the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher and is intended to trap people inside, according to research from Yale University. From satellite images, the university’s Humanitarian Research Lab has identified more than 31km (19 miles) of “berms” – as the raised banks are known – constructed since May…
A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, potentially removing a foreign policy tool that Trump has used extensively during his second term in office. The ruling affects Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, imposed on most countries around the world, as well as other tariffs slapped on China,…
Jonathan HeadSouth East Asia correspondent in Bangkok Getty Images Paetongtarn Shinawatra Thailand’s Constitutional Court strikes again, removing yet another prime minister from office. The country’s notoriously interventionist panel of nine appointed judges has ruled that Paetongtarn Shinawatra violated ethical standards in a phone call she had in June with the veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen,…
