Asia-Pacific economies entered 2026 on a fragile footing. (AI image) Asia-Pacific economies have entered 2026 on a fragile footing, and the US-Israel-Iran war has exacerbated the risks to GDP growth for economies like China, India, and other major countries in the region, says Moody’s Analytics in its latest report.The global economy has been undergoing a…
New Delhi: The Israeli media has claimed that Iran’s powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has been in talks with US officials including President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Ghalibaf denied the claim in posts on social media. While some criticised him for allegedly working behind the back of Iranian leaders, others…
Indian refiners have purchased nearly 30 million barrels of Russian crude within a week. (AI image) India is aggressively buying Russian crude oil amidst supply disruptions from Strait of Hormuz caused due to the ongoing US-Iran war and Middle East conflict. In fact, India is buying such huge quantities of Russian crude, that tankers headed…
New Delhi: The images from the war in the Middle East are being watched carefully in Beijing not with alarm, but with calculation. They are seeing the precision strikes, carrier groups, and the sheer scale of American firepower deployed halfway across the world. This assessment of China’s place in the world today amid the US-Iran…
Last Updated:March 16, 2026, 14:35 IST Trump has also called on nations, including China, to send warships to escort vessels in Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz has been virtually shut due to the West Asia conflict. (Representational image: AFP) Hours after US President Donald Trump urged countries including China to help the United…
The war between the US, Israel and Iran is intensifying as the days go by. On Sunday, Iran launched one of its most threatening weapons on the ground – the Sejjil missile. This is the first time that Iran has used this advanced missile since the war started on February 28. Iran uses Sejjil ballistic…
The US has released the identities of six crew members killed during the crash of a refuelling aircraft in Iraq this week. The Pentagon said the six members killed in the accident on Thursday were: John “Alex” Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Alabama; Ariana Savino, 31, of Covington, Washington; Ashley Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Kentucky; Seth…
Russia on Thursday (Mar 12) accused the United States and its Western allies of whipping up “hysteria” about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, as tensions flared at the United Nations over Washington’s military campaign Operation Epic Fury against Tehran. China also slammed the US, calling it the “instigator” of the Iranian nuclear crisis. US envoy to the…
President Donald Trump‘s past has come into focus, especially the fact that he avoided the military draft five times. This comes amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, in which American soldiers have already lost their lives. Now, a joke has been doing the rounds on social media, aimed at the President not having served in the…
Overseas expansion and a commodity boom have put Chinese companies trading on the mainland in a position to beat their offshore-listed peers in earnings, cementing the outperformance of yuan-denominated stocks since the outbreak of Middle East hostility. The 300 largest mainland-traded companies may post average 2025 profit growth of 6.3 per cent during the coming…