- 29 September, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityRussia Ukraine war
U.S., allies will continue to escalate pressure on Russia – Sullivan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia's expansion of attacks to new targets in Ukraine near the Polish border reflects its growing frustration about the pace of the invasion, White House National Security…
The Ukraine Crisis: Quest for an Honourable Exit
The fortnight-long Russian offensive on Ukraine has stretched much beyond the expectations of all parties involved in the crisis - Ukraine, Russia and even the NATO. None of them expected…
By JK Tripathi
Ukraine Conflict and India’s Hard Choices
On 24th January 2022, I assessed and tweeted from my account (@InsightGL) that Russia will invade Ukraine after 20th February, the closing day of the disastrous Beijing Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, my predictions…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
The World is Missing a Strong NAM
The first ambassador of Japan to India, while recording his reminiscences, makes a reference to a remark made by Prime Minister Nehru during his first call that true independence of…
By G S Iyer
China-Russia Relations – Redefining World Order
The CPC (Communist Party of China) Politburo went into huddles on several occasions during the disintegration process of the Soviet Union from 1988 till its total dissolution in December 1991,…
By Debnath Shaw
Exploring all possible ways to evacuate Indians from Sumy: Embassy
New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The Indian embassy in Ukraine on Saturday said it is exploring all possible ways to safely evacuate the Indian nationals from eastern Ukranian city of…
Over 66,200 Ukrainian men have returned from abroad to fight, says defence minister
LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Saturday that 66,224 Ukrainian men had returned from abroad to join the fight against Russia's invasion. "That's how many…
African students say they faced guns, hostile guards as they fled Ukraine
By Abraham Achirga ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian medical student Oduola Adebowale said he and some friends were trying to get on a train to flee Ukraine when the soldiers pointed…
U.S. envoy to U.N. says world narrowly averted nuclear catastrophe in Russian assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe overnight when a fire broke out during a Russian seizure of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the U.S.…
Putin says Russia’s neighbours should not escalate tensions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin urged Russia's neighbours on Friday not to escalate tensions, eight days after Moscow sent its forces into Ukraine. "There are no bad intentions towards…
This is Putin’s war, and Putin has to stop it, EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief called on Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Friday to stop indiscriminate shelling and bombing of Ukraine. "This is Putin's war, and…
Russia is dropping cluster bombs on Ukraine, NATO’s Stoltenberg says
(Reuters) - Russia is using cluster bombs in Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. "We have seen the use of cluster bombs and we have seen reports of…
