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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for a stand-alone visit to Israel on Wednesday to upgrade bilateral relations, its timing faces geopolitical headwinds. While defence and security, labour and trade, AI and technology, and IMEC project connectivity will be at the top of the agenda for his meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the…
Plans for the India-Middle East-Europe-Economic Corridor (IMEC) cannot proceed without some progress on the Palestinian question, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Friday (October 17, 2025), adding that Egypt would be interested to join all such connectivity projects once the situation is “conducive”. Mr. Abdelatty told a group of journalists that he had discussed…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) discussed with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni the proposed free trade agreement between India and the European Union (EU) and thanked her for the support to it. In a phone…
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Washington: US President Joe Biden and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed discussed the progress of the landmark India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and underscored its potential to usher in a “new era of international connectivity”. The ambitious project was launched at the 2023 G20 Leaders’ Summit in New Delhi,…
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World leaders pose for a family photo with G7 heads of States and heads of delegation of Outreach countries at Borgo Egnazia resort during the G7 Summit hosted by Italy, in Savelletri, on June 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations have committed to promoting concrete infrastructure initiatives such…
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People walk past a graffiti, depicting a Houthi fighter stopping an Israeli ship off the coast of Yemen. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: As the Red Sea crisis enters its fourth month, global supply chains are increasingly grappling with inflated freights, delayed vessel schedules, and product shortages. It has once again brought…
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President Joe Biden and Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on, Oct. 25, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Joe Biden has said that he is convinced that one of the reasons why Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel was…
Welcoming the announcement of the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described it as the “largest cooperation project in our history” that will “change the face of the Middle East, Israel, and will affect the entire world”. The new economic corridor, which many see as an alternative to China’s…