Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks in New Delhi on Friday on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit, reaffirming the resilience of the India-Russia strategic partnership amid major geopolitical and economic challenges. The meeting came less than two weeks after the two leaders met at the Shanghai […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a “very productive” telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, raising hopes that diplomatic efforts to ease tensions between Washington and Moscow and advance negotiations over the war in Ukraine may be gaining momentum. The call, which lasted more than an hour according to officials familiar with the […]
China Hosts SCO Defence Summit Amid Rising Global Tensions and NATO Expansion Qingdao — China hosted high-level defence talks this week with key members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), welcoming top military officials from Russia, Iran, India, and Pakistan as the group seeks to present itself as a stabilizing force in a rapidly polarizing […]