World and Diplomatic Affairs Correspondent
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Priya Nair reports on world affairs and diplomacy for The NE Times, explaining how global events and India's foreign relations affect readers at home.
Ukraine's president has removed Mykhailo Fedorov as defence minister after six months, deepening a sweeping cabinet overhaul as peace diplomacy resumes.
American strikes reached the Iranian capital's outskirts on day five of renewed war, with Iran reporting 35 dead and its negotiator calling the fight existential.
Washington has imposed a 25% Section 301 tariff on most Brazilian goods from 22 July, citing content-moderation orders, IP failures and ethanol barriers.
The IAEA says it has lost track of Iran's nuclear inventories as the Security Council splits over snapback sanctions, yet a detainee release hints at an opening.
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump is weighing ground forces to take Gulf islands and a strike on Iran's fortified Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site.
A flash flood emergency covers Kerr County and Uvalde as torrential rain returns to the Texas Hill Country a year after floods that killed more than 130.
Keir Starmer told MPs his political journey is over at his final PMQs, as Labour prepares to crown Andy Burnham and reshape the cabinet within days.
Germany's chancellor used his summer press conference to rule out any AfD role in government, as polls show the far right leading in two eastern states.
A drone crashed into a tanker at Iraq's Basra terminal on 16 July, briefly halting all crude loadings and exposing Baghdad's deepening entanglement in the war.
Iranian missiles and drones struck US military facilities in three allied states on 16 July, drawing GCC condemnation and warnings of a wider Gulf war.
Houthi missiles aimed at Saudi Arabia's Abha airport ended four years of calm, and the group now warns it could close Bab el-Mandeb as the Iran war spreads.
The US Navy-led maritime centre raised Hormuz to its highest alert after Iran struck three tankers, with war-risk cover now near 5% of a ship's value.
Two fires that burned more than 2,000 hectares of the historic forest near Paris are contained; Macron has pledged a national fund to replant the woodland.
Brussels and Kyiv signed a defence industrial partnership and a Drone Deal on 15 July, with €1bn released to scale joint drone production by end of 2026.
Smoke from hundreds of Canadian wildfires has pushed air quality alerts across the US Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, exposing over 115 million people to bad air.
A bipartisan Senate bill honouring the late Lindsey Graham would slap tariffs of up to 100% on the top five buyers of Russian oil, a list that includes India.
Senate Democrats voted down debate on the NDAA 50-46, calling it a permission slip for war on Iran, a rare stall for a bill that has passed for over 60 years.
The US restored a naval blockade of Iranian ports and struck new targets on July 14, while Iran hit Gulf states, pushing last month's interim deal to collapse.
Ukrainian drones have struck over 100 Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov in days, halting key routes and lifting wheat futures as Moscow scrambles for alternatives.
Pakistan's Ishaq Dar urged restraint in a call with Iran's Araghchi as Islamabad, Qatar and Oman press mediation despite renewed US strikes and a failed Doha round.
Wildfires stoked by record heat have killed at least 14 people, burned about 50,000 hectares in Spain and forced mass evacuations across France and southern Europe.
Beijing expelled ex-Politburo member Ma Xingrui from the Communist Party on graft charges, making him the third member of the elite body felled by Xi's campaign.
France staged its largest-ever Bastille Day parade on July 14, with 6,700 troops and Ukrainian soldiers marching as Zelensky watched alongside 30 leaders.
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