US pitches AI, LNG and SMR cooperation with ASEAN, opening opportunities for India
US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim in a virtual media briefing said Washington was prioritising advanced technologies and energy security across Southeast Asia.
US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim in a virtual media briefing said Washington was prioritising advanced technologies and energy security across Southeast Asia.
Fresh statements from Tehran and Washington point to deepening confrontation, with both sides hardening their public positions even as the US says it remains open to diplomacy.
Marco Rubio said the dispute centred on what he described as Iran's attempt to assert control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a threat to the global trading system.
Indian pharmaceutical stocks declined in early trade after the US President unveiled a phased tariff regime on imported generic medicines, though analysts said India's cost advantage and regulatory hurdles make a major disruption unlikely.
Fireworks at America’s 250th birthday bash, claimed to be the ‘best firework show ever!’ by President Donald Trump, is the new low in sending poisonous gases into the atmosphere. Over 40 minutes, 851,000 individual shells were fired.
Some European countries have reportedly said that they may be able to join the US mission in the Hormuz only after a ceasefire is announced in Iran.
Former Indian foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal said Donald Trump had effectively admitted to unprovoked aggression, the same charge historically levelled at Japan for the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack.
Qatar reached out to US officials after Iran’s retaliation, while a new report claims prior coordination between Washington and Israel in the South Pars gas field strike.
Qatar expels Iranian officials after fresh missile strikes hit key LNG sites, while Trump signals possible US retaliation if energy infrastructure faces further attacks in the region.
Trump defends military action as necessary, calls market impact minimal, and urges China’s role in securing oil routes while global tensions continue to reshape diplomatic priorities.
