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China This Week | Chinese export controls on Japan, and military drills with Iran, Russia and South Africa
January 12, 2026 12:50 IST
Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, we look at the latest in China-Japan relations, recent military exercises, and a US lawsuit relating to a Chinese religious movement.
Trump is making a power play in Latin America, but China is already there
January 11, 2026 19:44 IST
Trump's new focus on Latin America threatens to loosen China’s economic grip in a region where it has quietly used abundant trade, enormous loans and financial tie-ups to build influence.
Trump is not the first to notice Greenland’s mineral wealth. Here are 3 reasons the minerals have stayed underground
January 12, 2026 10:18 IST
Even if Trump were to take over Greenland, it would not mean magically unlocking the island's mineral wealth. Here's why
As Trump notes prospect of China attacking Taiwan, understanding why the island matters to the US
January 11, 2026 14:53 IST
Chinese concerns over the US-Taiwan relationship have existed for decades. Those ties have been driven by Cold War machinations, Taiwan’s material significance to the US, and its strategic interests.
An Expert Explains: ‘US appears to be trying a deal with Delcy Rodríguez… have to see which way Venezuela military goes’
January 11, 2026 12:45 IST
Who exactly is in charge in Venezuela right now? What will Trump's move mean for the US and for Latin America? How should India's response to the Venezuela action be seen? India’s former envoy to Venezuela explains.
Who is Reza Pahlavi: Son of the Shah of Iran, now calling for Iranians to take to the streets
January 10, 2026 09:45 IST
In 2023, Pahlavi visited Israel and met PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Here’s what to know about his family’s position in Iranian history, and Pahlavi’s political activism against the current regime.
Expert Explains: ‘Companies do not have much appetite for any major new investment in Venezuela’
January 9, 2026 18:01 IST
As US President Donald Trump prepares to hold a crucial meeting with major US oil companies over Venezuela, an energy expert tells The Indian Express that the uncertainties far outweigh potential benefits for them
Iran protests reflect simmering economic pain, and a familiar anger against the regime
January 10, 2026 12:26 IST
A demonstration by shopkeepers in Tehran over the economy has spiralled into a rising wave of anger in Iran against the ruling regime. These demonstrations differ from earlier protests in terms of the trigger, but mirror them in significant ways
Nobel Prize ‘ultimate sin’: Why Trump refuses to back Machado in Venezuela
January 6, 2026 18:33 IST
Maria Corina Machado, 58, has been one of Maduro’s staunchest opponents over the past two decades. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 'for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.'
What is the legal case against Maduro — and why has he claimed to be a ‘prisoner of war’?
January 7, 2026 11:16 IST
According to the 25-page indictment, since 1999, when Maduro was first elected to public office, he, his wife, Cilia Flores, his son, Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, and his fellow indicted Venezuelan leaders participated in a 'relentless campaign of cocaine trafficking'
After Venezuela, alarm bells in Mexico, Colombia, Cuba: What’s behind Trump’s latest threats?
January 6, 2026 18:34 IST
Trump directly threatened action against Colombia and Mexico, if they failed to reduce the flow of illicit drugs into the US, while Cuba, a close ally of Venezuela, 'looks like it's ready to fall' on its own without American intervention
China This Week | China’s reaction to Venezuela crisis, and Pak-China foreign ministers’ meeting
January 6, 2026 12:06 IST
Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, we look at China’s relationship with Venezuela, what the US attack could mean for it, and its “ironclad” ties with Pakistan.
Maduro’s capture has a China fallout: A blow to its influence in the region, and a signal on TaiwanSubscriber Only
January 6, 2026 22:47 IST
China is Venezuela’s largest external economic partner, and a big consumer of its oil. Many Chinese investments are now in jeopardy, but the bigger question is whether the American action potentially emboldens Beijing to take over Taiwan.
After Venezuela, is Greenland next? Inside Trump’s alleged ‘3-phase plan’ to take the Arctic island
January 6, 2026 12:09 IST
The rebuttal marks the latest response in a year-long campaign by the US to annexe the autonomous Danish province. Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in 'purchasing' and taking control of the Arctic island from Denmark.
After Maduro: 3 things to know about Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez
January 4, 2026 20:33 IST
Rodríguez, 56, comes from a family well-known for its Leftist political standing. She enjoyed the confidence of Nicolas Maduro, and, curiously, US officials also reportedly had her as their pick to succeed Maduro.
‘Sovereignty violation’, ‘Dangerous precedent’: Legal issues around the US capture of Venezuela’s Maduro
January 4, 2026 19:05 IST
The US military action has been criticised as disproportionate, even in the realm of the country’s history of interventions in South America for securing its own interests, such as oil in Venezuela’s case.
Maduro’s capture marks the return of US interventionism. Yet again, it’s all about the oilSubscriber Only
January 12, 2026 12:41 IST
Trump’s military action in Venezuela plunges the country into uncertainty and marks a worrying reassertion of the 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine, now rechristened as the ‘Don-roe Doctrine’.
With Maduro’s capture, Trump uses ‘war on drugs’ to effect regime change in Venezuela
January 4, 2026 14:00 IST
How has the Trump administration characterised its war on drugs? How severe is the problem of fentanyl trafficking? And is Venezuela a major player in illicit drug trafficking?
History repeats itself: How US captured Panama’s leader Noriega nearly 36 years ago, much like it arrested Maduro
January 3, 2026 19:21 IST
This is not the first time that the US has gone into a Latin American country and captured its leader for drug trafficking. Nearly 36 years ago, the US invaded Panama, and arrested its ruler Manuel Noriega. The operation also involved a long playlist of heavy metal and rock songs
US strikes Venezuela, captures President: Who is Nicolas Maduro?
January 4, 2026 13:13 IST
Maduro's capture, announced by the US, marks an extraordinary end to a rule characterised by allegations of authoritarianism, human rights abuses and devastating economic crises
US Strikes Venezuela: Before explosions in Venezuela’s Caracas, months of tensions over drugs, and an old US interest — oil
January 3, 2026 19:05 IST
US Strikes on Venezuela Latest News: The attack has come after months of military build-up in the region, with the deployment of troops, aircraft, and warships. The US government has accused Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro of drug trafficking and working with gangs
What are Saudi Arabia and UAE doing in Yemen, and what led to their rift?
January 3, 2026 13:26 IST
Saudi Arabia and the UAE came together against the Houthis in Yemen. They now find themselves at opposite sides in the conflict, with the Saudis backing the internationally recognised government and the UAE supporting a secessionist southern force that took over swathes of territory last month
Explained: Iran’s latest protests, where Trump said the US was ‘locked and loaded’
January 2, 2026 19:36 IST
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has acknowledged the validity of a key driver for the agitation: frustrations over Iran’s economic conditions.
Beyond the drills: Why China’s ‘Justice Mission 2025’ is the boldest warning to the US, Taiwan yet
December 31, 2025 08:44 IST
Several media reports indicated that these were among the largest drills conducted near Taiwan in recent years
Amazon’s stingless bees become the first insect to be granted legal rights: What does it mean?
December 31, 2025 07:49 IST
tingless bees, as their name suggests, are a class of bees which either do not have stingers or have stingers that cannot cause much pain. They are found in tropical regions across the world, and about half of the 500 known species live in the Amazon
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