The International Angle

The former Pakistan prime minister's complicated history with the new Chief of Defence Staff adds a layer of intrigue to the rumours.

It is difficult to see India handing over Sheikh Hasina to Muhammad Yunus, who has forged connections with the anti-India axis of China, Pakistan, and Turkey rather than endearing himself to New Delhi.

This week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his fourth visit to Bhutan since 2014, India and Canada moved to reset their bilateral ties, and US President Donald Trump signalled a possible rethink of key policies affecting India.

A 34-year-old Uganda-born, Indian-origin socialist Muslim immigrant is set to lead the very city where Trump made his mark as a real estate baron.

US President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to resume testing nuclear weapons ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which he billed as a “G2” summit, an arrangement last floated by Barack Obama.

India, one of the biggest buyers of discounted Russian oil, finds itself caught between a rock and a hard place following Trump's sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil.

As the last surviving Israeli hostages return home, Donald Trump dials Vladimir Putin, refocusing attention on ending the Russia–Ukraine war. But Benjamin Netanyahu may not be done yet.

From Tokyo to New Delhi to Oslo, women’s tryst with power continues.

Trump, the self-confessed deal maker, appears to have delivered what he long promised the world: an end to the brutal Gaza war. Has he?

For Donald Trump, the headline issues are trade, wars, immigration, deflating the climate change hoax, and slamming Europe and multilateralism. And, of course, winning the Nobel Peace Prize.