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'Still open to working on Chabahar with India port': Iranian envoy

India, Feb. 7 -- Iran remains open to working with India for operations at Chabahar port, though there has been no official word from New Delhi on the facility following the allocation for the port be... Read More


Trump threatens tariffs on Iran trade partnersPublished on: February 7, 2026 6:15 PM

Pakistan, Feb. 7 -- US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday targeting countries that trade with Iran. The move allows fresh tariffs on nations doing business with Tehran. The ord... Read More


Any big victory of Takaichi Sanae on Feb 8 would not be a slight to China - Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lampur, Feb. 7 -- China is a country long accustomed to handling big politics. It thinks in decades rather than election cycles, and in structural terms rather than political soundbites. For th... Read More


Sheikh Hasinas political exit pushes Awami League toward self-destruction

Bangladesh, Feb. 7 -- History is rarely kind to political parties that confuse dynasty with leadership, inheritance with legitimacy, and silence with strategy. Bangladeshs oldest political party, Awam... Read More


Irans weapon-ferrying sinking ships

Bangladesh, Feb. 7 -- As at the time of writing, representatives from the Trump Administration and the Iranian Foreign Ministry are meeting in Oman to deter US forces from bombing and, or invading Ira... Read More


How the Muscat talks exposed Tehrans diplomatic fraud

Bangladesh, Feb. 7 -- In the history of diplomacy, there is a unique type of negotiation where the goal is the conversation itself rather than the agreement. The talks held recently in Muscat belong t... Read More


The dangerous illusion of Trumps economic triumph

Bangladesh, Feb. 7 -- There is a familiar pathology in political decline: leaders begin narrating reality rather than engaging it. Richard Nixon reached that stage when he started invoking “the ... Read More


Titan polishes its diamond play as gold stays volatile

New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Titan Co., the country's largest jewellery retailer by revenue, plans to drive adoption and consumption of natural and lab-grown diamond jewellery as prices remain volatile for th... Read More


Why Modi's Europe to Asia trade push signals a new geometry of power - Vasanthi Ramachandran

Kuala Lampur, Feb. 7 -- When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi moves from European capitals to Kuala Lumpur, the itinerary is not merely diplomatic choreography. It is a signal of how trade, geopoli... Read More


Baloch leader calls on UN, media to expose alleged rights abuses in Balochistan

India, Feb. 7 -- Baloch leader Mir Yar Baloch has invited members of the United Nations Security Council, the European Parliament, human rights organizations, OIC member states, global media, and the ... Read More