Centre revamps National Security Advisory Board, say sources

The NSAB, comprising experts from various defense and intelligence backgrounds, advises the National Security Advisor on strategic matters. | Photo Credit: REUTERS In the wake of the recent deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, the Centre has revamped the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), sources said. Accordingly, the Centre appointed former R&AW Chief Alok Joshi as…

South Africa to hold inquiry on alleged hampering of apartheid prosecutions | News

The move comes after survivors and relatives of victims of apartheid-era crimes launched a court case against Ramaphosa’s government. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered an inquiry to establish whether previous governments led by his party intentionally blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes, taking a step that survivors and families of those who…

Senate rejects resolution to halt Trump’s global tariffs amid economic strain

Oregon Senator Ron Wyden | Photo Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Senate Republicans narrowly voted down a Democratic resolution Wednesday that would have blocked global tariffs announced by Donald Trump earlier this month, giving the president a modest win as lawmakers in both parties have remained skeptical of his trade agenda. Trump announced the far-reaching tariffs on…

Fifty years after the war, Vietnam faces a new US threat: tariffs

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes Reporting fromHo Chi Minh City BBC/ Lulu Luo Tung Linh, a 20-year-old Vietnamese college student, says she is excited for Vietnam’s future On a searing afternoon in Vietnam, Tung Linh declared she “basically knows nothing” about the bloody, decades-long war that pitted her country’s Communist-run North against the United States-backed South. “My grandparents…

US, Ukraine ink economic deal following Trump’s call for cost-sharing on war efforts

The US and Ukraine announced on Wednesday an economic agreement after a weekslong press by President Donald Trump on Ukraine to compensate Washington for billions in military and economic assistance to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a video posted to X that “this partnership allows the United States…

US and Ukraine sign critical minerals deal

Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington DC Sean Seddon BBC News, London US Department of the Treasury US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant (l) and Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (r) sign the natural resources deal The US has signed a much-anticipated natural resources deal with Ukraine, which the treasury department said would help…