As the US and China move towards a trade war resolution, India is intensifying its own efforts to normalise relations with Beijing. Recent high-level discussions between India's foreign secretary  Vikram Misri and visiting Chinese vice foreign...

Pakistan's public diplomacy, especially under the leadership of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and the poised Hina Rabbani Khar, seemed promising but ultimately faltered spectacularly when the nation openly aligned itself with Iran, risking international...

The tragedy of the Air India flight that crashed on take off in Ahmedabad has taken the wind out of all our sails. Every single life lost represents the trauma and suffering of a family, of friends, of a community and of course, nations. We...

The South Africans finally snatched the World Test Championship mace from Australia’s grip inside four days of a riveting World Test Championship (WTC) final at Lord’s. South Africa wore a new label - ‘champion’ - by claiming their first major...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and interim Bangladeshi leader Muhammad Yunus concluded a high-stakes, four-day visit to the United Kingdom aiming to bolster international legitimacy for his transitional government, promote a sweeping reform agenda,...

A culture of “blindness, ignorance and prejudice” led to repeated failures over decades to investigate and prosecute grooming gangs that sexually exploited children across England, a landmark government-commissioned review has found.