In this image released by X/@MEAIndia on March 12, 2025, PM Modi attends the National Day celebrations of Mauritius as the Chief Guest at Champ de Mars, Mauritius. | Photo Credit: X/@MEAINDIA From Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (March 12, 2025) unveiled a grand vision for security and growth for the Global South … Read more
The Trump administration is halting a $1 billion programme that helps preserve affordable housing, threatening projects that keep tens of thousands of units livable for low-income Americans. The action is part of a slew of cuts and funding freezes at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, largely at the direction of President Donald … Read more
Aerial view of smoke billowing from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the Yorkshire coast, on March 11, 2025 in the United Kingdom. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The ship’s captain arrested in connection with a crash into a U.S. flagged tanker off the coast of England is a Russian national, … Read more
Chairman of Demokraatit, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, centre, celebrates during the election party at Demokraatit by cafe Killut in Nuuk, early Wednesday, March 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The centre-right Demokraatit Party won the most votes in Greenland’s parliamentary elections, a surprise result as the territory went to the polls in the shadow of U.S. President … Read more
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The European Union (EU) on Wednesday (March 12, 2024) announced retaliatory trade action after the Donald Trump administration officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25%, with duties on industrial and agricultural products that will go into effect April 1, … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump officially increased tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports to 25% on Wednesday (March 12, 2025), promising that the taxes would help create U.S. factory jobs at a time when his seesawing tariff threats are jolting the stock market and raising fears … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla car model S, in front of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on March 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump shopped for a new Tesla on the White House driveway on Tuesday (March 12, 2025), selecting a … Read more
A man walks near red flags on Tiananmen Square during a preparatory session meeting of China’s National People’s Congress in Beijing, China on March 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP The annual meeting of the Chinese parliament ended with rumours swirling around the absence of its chairman Zhao Leji and concerns over the slowing economy … Read more
(This article is part of the View From India newsletter curated by The Hindu’s foreign affairs experts. To get the newsletter in your inbox every Monday, subscribe here.) When Abu Mohammad al Jolani, leader of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), captured Damascus in December after a lightning military campaign, many thought it would be a new beginning … Read more
U.S. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a chart that shows high tariffs from other nations, including India, as she speaks with reporters on March 11, 2025, in Washington | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. again raised the issue of tariffs that India imposes on its goods, citing high tariffs on American alcohol … Read more