More results...
Seven years after India withdrew from the joint Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) program, citing the Su-57’s performance and stealth limitations, New Delhi is back in quiet conversations with Moscow. The irony is striking.The same jet, once deemed inadequate for India’s future air warfare needs, is now being reconsidered—with urgency.According to recent reports from United 24 Media and
In a striking admission, former CIA officer John Kiriakou has revealed that Washington refrained from targeting Pakistan’s nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan due to direct intervention from Saudi Arabia. The decision, he said, represented one of the major policy failures of U.S. intelligence in the early 2000s.Kiriakou, who served the Central Intelligence Agency for 15 years as both an analyst
President Donald Trump has announced a 10 per cent rise in tariffs on Canadian imports, intensifying economic tensions between the two neighbours. The decision came after he accused Canada of airing a “fraudulent” advertisement featuring former United States President Ronald Reagan during the MLB World Series.According to Trump, the ad misrepresented Reagan’s stance on tariffs, painting him as
India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, held crucial discussions with Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet in Washington DC, focusing on expanding industrial cooperation between the two nations.The meeting emphasised India’s Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, with Ambassador Kwatra highlighting the "very productive conversation on India-US industrial cooperation, especially under the
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has disclosed that the United States paid tens of millions of dollars in cash to Pakistan’s intelligence service, the ISI, as part of its counterterrorism cooperation in the early 2000s.Speaking to ANI, Kiriakou highlighted how this transactional relationship often benefited groups hostile to India and created divisions within Pakistan’s own intelligence
Top economic officials from the United States and China convened in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to avert fresh escalation in their ongoing trade war.The talks, taking place on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit, are part of efforts to pave the way for a bilateral meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next week in South Korea.The meeting comes amid rising tensions
India’s refiners are facing a sudden supply crisis following fresh US sanctions on Russia’s key crude exporters, Rosneft and Lukoil, which threaten to severely restrict oil flows to Asia’s third-largest economy.The move, aimed at tightening pressure on Moscow, could disrupt an estimated 3.1 million barrels per day of global crude trade, of which nearly one million barrels were flowing into
Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer John Kiriakou has said that Pakistan would lose any conventional military confrontation with India, urging Islamabad to abandon its confrontational stance and reassess its national security policies.In a candid interview with ANI, Kiriakou argued that there is “nothing positive” for Pakistan in maintaining hostility towards India, given the
Former CIA officer John Kiriakou has alleged that the United States effectively “purchased” former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf by funnelling millions of dollars in military and economic aid, effectively gaining control over Pakistan’s strategic decisions—including its nuclear arsenal.Speaking to ANI, the ex-intelligence operative, who served 15 years in the CIA’s analytical and
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal, met Bernard Mensah, President of International for Bank of America, on Friday to discuss expanding financial cooperation between India and the United States.The meeting reflected efforts to attract greater investment and enhance financial linkages between the two economies.In a post on X, the Minister noted that discussions revolved