There is a before and an after. Geopolitics rarely offers such clean lines, but the beginning of 2026 has drawn one in ink that will not wash out. The Middle East that existed before Iran mined the Strait of Hormuz is gone. What has replaced it is something older, rawer,
India’s economic outlook has come under fresh pressure as escalating tensions in the Middle East feed into higher energy costs, renewed inflation risks, and growing geopolitical uncertainty around critical shipping routes. Moody’s lowers India growth forecast to 6% Credit rating agency Moody’s Ratings has cut India’s growth projection for the
At the 82nd session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov delivered a pointed message to the region’s policymakers: the Arctic is no longer a frozen frontier, it is a highway, and Russia intends to use
At the 82nd session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov delivered a pointed message to the region’s policymakers: the Arctic is no longer a frozen frontier, it is a highway, and Russia intends to use
Brazil’s domestic political environment is entering a decisive phase, with the latest polling reflecting a tightly contested race. A recent survey places Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro in a near dead heat in a potential second-round vote. Bolsonaro records 42% support, while Lula follows closely at 40%,
There is a particular kind of moment in history when the powerful, in their arrogance, do something so naked, so unfiltered, that the mythology holding power together cracks in real time. The United States’ war against Iran has been that moment. Not because the US has never behaved this way
The next generation of blood-thinning medicine might not come from a laboratory synthesising new chemical compounds. It might come from a forest. Specifically, from the wood of the common spruce and a breakthrough by Russian chemists at the Krasnoyarsk Science Centre of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of
As India takes the helm of the BRICS Summit (https://iol.co.za/news/world/2025-11-17-brics-represents-a-new-era-for-the-global-south/) this year, the stakes have never been higher. In an exclusive interview, South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Professor Anil Sooklal, shares his insights on the multifaceted challenges facing the bloc, from geopolitical tensions to the pressing need for sustainable
As India takes the helm of the BRICS Summit (https://iol.co.za/news/world/2025-11-17-brics-represents-a-new-era-for-the-global-south/) this year, the stakes have never been higher. In an exclusive interview, South Africa’s High Commissioner to India, Professor Anil Sooklal, shares his insights on the multifaceted challenges facing the bloc, from geopolitical tensions to the pressing need for sustainable
In a striking geopolitical reversal, a crude oil tanker carrying Iranian oil is headed to India for the first time since May 2019. The shipment, nearly 600,000 barrels aboard the Eswatini-flagged vessel Ping Shun, is expected to dock at Vadinar in Gujarat by 4 April, marking a significant shift in