US President Donald Trump (R) shared the video of Iran’s B1 bridge, billed as the country’s tallest bridge, collapsing after US air strike, Washington, April 3, 2026 The only clue the US President Donald Trump has given in his prime time televised speech on Wednesday at the White House regarding the ending of his war …
US offers India pivotal role in Hormuz Strait
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have been persistently working to put the US-Indian relationship back on track. Their conversation on Friday on the sidelines of the G7 meeting at Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay, a former Cistercian monastery in northern France surrounded in unspoilt nature, which focused on the …
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Iran has the last laugh
IAI Arrow 3 anti ballistic missile [File photo] Wars are always unpredictable. The most famous instance is of another armada like the US’ in the Persian Gulf at the moment — the Spanish Armada, a 130-ship naval fleet sent by Spain in 1588 commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat appointed …
Trump hopes to de-escalate and find a way out of the protracted conflict with Iran. Will he succeed?
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker, has emerged as the highest-profile political figure in Tehran The profound significance of the two successive Iranian missile strikes on Dimona nuclear research centre, the most heavily guarded site in the whole of Israel, is sinking in, and it inevitably shifts the trajectory of the US’ war in Iran. …
Gulf War: India is in a catch-22 situation
A massive Iranian retaliatory strike on Dimona, Israel’s “nuclear city,” following latter’s attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant, caused large-scale destruction and casualties, Demona, March 22, 2026 The salience of the two readouts of the phone call on Saturday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian is that the bilateral relationship …
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Off-ramp in Iran is disappearing but US remains averse to prolonged conflict
Fire after air strike at an oil storage facility in Tehran Less than three weeks into the aggression against Iran since February 28, which the US President Donald Trump called a “little excursion”, the war is assuming a scenario that is the exact opposite of what he visualised. On Tuesday, Trump declared, “We will leave …
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Mojtaba’s message to Trump: ‘Bring it on!’
Pope Leo XIV issued his strongest and most direct demand to date for an end to the US-Israeli war in Iran, addressing those gathered to pray the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican, March 15, 2026 There is an English proverb, ‘The darkest hours are just before the dawn.’ Maybe, hope should linger on that …
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Iran-US conflict turns into prolonged attrition
Iran’s new Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei (File photo) The stunning message from the first public message on Thursday by Iran’s new Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei is that “The Strait of Hormuz must remain closed.” In seven words, he threw the gauntlet at President Trump belying all expectations that he will opt for continuity …
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US makes India perform in a circus tent
Russian oil tanker Sea Horse carrying 200,000 barrels of gas oil diverted from Cuba as US naval blockade deterred shipments, February 27, 2026 A well-honed tool in the United States’ diplomatic box is to rub the nose of its vassal states in the dust occasionally to remind them they are a lower form of life, …
This is Netanyahu’s war, stupid
A national daily commented editorially yesterday that apropos of the United States’ war on Iran, the Modi government should “take a more emphatic stand against the war and work with other powers to de-escalate the conflict. India should also strongly oppose U.S. attempts to bring the war to its backyard.” Such counselling is overdue. Signs …