The geopolitical shock created by the Iran conflict is forcing countries far beyond West Asia to confront an uncomfortable reality: energy security can no longer be built around a single region, a single route or a single set of political assumptions.
On 28 February 2026, the war that diplomats had spent two years rehearsing began. American and Israeli aircraft struck Iranian nuclear and missile installations; Iran’s Supreme Leader was killed, and by 2 March the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had formally closed the Strait of Hormuz to merchant traffic, laying mines and warning off shipping.
Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta-owned copper mining company CopperTech Metals Inc, which is domiciled in the United States, has announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its proposed initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Scott Bessent said Washington is working with European and Gulf allies to target Iranian financial networks, freeze assets and disrupt funding channels linked to Tehran.
Recently, the New York State University in the US initiated a programme called ‘NYU in real life’, to promote a student-led culture change of spending less time online and more in living life in person, and creating together a ‘collective effervescence’.
In declaring a sharply reduced deadline for a Ukraine ceasefire, US President Donald Trump has added urgency ~ and confusion ~ to an already volatile geopolitical situation.
The exit of a much battered, and chastened, Elon Musk from DOGE was widely celebrated by his critics. Musk is a man with many epic successes and failures behind him ~ with an unblemished record of learning from his failures, and turning them into successes ~ all before you can say Jack Robinson.
Four people were killed in a bar shooting in Anaconda, US state of Montana, local media reported, citing law enforcement officials.
Taking cues from the recently-concluded India-UK free trade agreement (FTA), the current US administration has an opportunity to reframe its engagement with India -- not as a competitor, but as a strategic partner whose growth can amplify shared prosperity, a report said on Friday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that India’s continued purchase of Russian oil remains a “point of irritation” in its relationship with the United States, even as both countries maintain strategic ties.
