Push Back
The swift collapse of the Trump administration's proposed anti-weaponisation fund is significant for reasons that extend far beyond the fate of a single programme.
The swift collapse of the Trump administration's proposed anti-weaponisation fund is significant for reasons that extend far beyond the fate of a single programme.
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.
In a blow to purveyors of fake news trying to create a diplomatic rift between the US and India, the White House has denied that Pakistan's military chief, Asim Munir, was invited to the Washington Military Parade on Saturday.
US President Donald Trump has said that he had a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the tensions in the Middle East and Russia-Ukraine peace talks, and both of them agreed that "this war in Israel-Iran should end".
The agreement between the United States and China over rare earth exports marks a small but telling pause in what has become an increasingly tangled and volatile economic conflict.
The police at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi apprehended a Haryana-based travel agent for his alleged involvement in sending Indian nationals to the United States illegally via multiple countries, using forged immigration stamps and tampered passports, cops said on Friday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the United State was monitoring the developments in the Air India crash, while he and several members of Congress expressed their sorrow over the devastation.
