The Middle East region has been marked by a long-standing rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran, fuelled by sectarian, ideological, and strategic factors. The escalation of tensions between the two powers in recent years has contributed to regional instability, proxy conflicts, and geopolitical real...
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Two of the largest regional banks in the US, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank have failed due to significant losses on their bond portfolios and a massive run on deposits. This collapse marks the biggest bank failure in the US since 2008, when Washington Mutual collapsed, with assets wor...
The G20 is a group of 20 leading economies in the world, which includes 19 countries and the European Union. The countries that are part of the G20 represent approximately 85% of the world's gross domestic product (GDP) and two-thirds of the global population. The G20 summits bring together leaders ...
On February 6, 2023, two enormous earthquakes close to the Syrian border shook south-central Turkey. The first, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, occurred along the East Anatolian Fault in the Kahramanmara? region. It did not begin on the primary East Anatolian Fault, but rather a minor fault with a lengt...
The Indo-French Strategic Partnership has turned 25 years old in 2023. It was launched on January 26, 1998, on President Chirac's visit to India, and it represents both countries' desire to enhance their separate strategic independence via tangible bilateral collaboration to maintain peace and globa...
After Honduras broke away from Taiwan, it established diplomatic relations with China. Taiwan is now regarded as an isolated and only 13 nations recognize it. . The foreign ministers of Honduras and China signed a joint communique following a meeting in Beijing. The Chinese Foreign Ministry claimed ...
The war in Ukraine has flared for over a year and has caused great suffering to human life and international peace. On 24th February 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” against Ukraine from the north, south, and eastern borders, moving swiftly towards Kyiv, the capital o...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's rotating chairmanship was handed over to India last year in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. India will be presiding over the SCO grouping till September 2023. From being an observer state in 2005 to full membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in 2017, the ...