World Affairs Editor
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Rajan Thind leads The NE Times' coverage of world affairs, tracking policy, governance and the big stories shaping the globe. He writes explainers and analysis that put the day's news in context.
Speaking aboard a missile warship, the Russian leader said Moscow will start seizing European vessels if EU states keep detaining sanction-busting tankers, and claimed conflict potential in the Asia-Pacific is growing.
The season's third named storm spun up over the central Atlantic as forecasters gave a tropical wave near Cabo Verde an 80% chance of development, with Tropical Storm Dolly potentially days away.
The carrier's roughly 5,000 sailors and Marines are in their ninth month at sea supporting operations against Iran, a modern record for consecutive days without a port call, and families describe a crew under severe strain.
The Moon's shadow crossed Siberia, Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain on Tuesday evening, giving mainland Spain its first totality since 1905 and drawing millions into the path for up to 2 minutes 18 seconds of darkness.
JNIM and Islamic State affiliates have increased attacks in Niger and Burkina Faso, reports say, as the AES states coordinate responses and deepen ties with Russia.
ISWAP and Boko Haram factions have continued attacks on bases, villages and schools while Nigerian forces report rescues, leaving the northeast an active war zone.
Baloch insurgents killed abducted police and soldiers while Pakistani forces reported killing dozens of militants, in attacks and sweeps across the province.
An Italy-led mission detained a sanctioned, Cameroon-reflagged tanker near Sicily, tying the Ukraine war to sanctions enforcement and Mediterranean shipping.
Accusations of external sponsorship and cross-border spillover are making Sudan's war harder to contain, as regional states are said to back rival sides.
A rights report has challenged the safeguards of Ecuador's militarised anti-gang campaign, alleging abuses and raising questions about the scope of US involvement.
Drones struck two gas vessels at Egypt's Damietta port, with no party confirmed responsible, as Cairo condemned the attack and worked to prevent wider escalation.
Israeli officials warned Hamas could rebuild if troops left before weapons and tunnels were dismantled, exposing the security dispute the framework has not settled.
Stripped of the ground it once held, ISIS endures through rural cells staging ambushes, kidnappings and bombings across Iraq and the Syrian desert, monitors report.
Foreign strikes and militia drone attacks pressed Baghdad to assert control, as some Popular Mobilization factions weighed disarmament while others firmly refused.
Defence officials in New Delhi and Islamabad traded sovereignty claims over Kashmir this week, hardening the rhetoric even as the Line of Control stayed quiet.
Myanmar's army has moved back onto the offensive in several regions, reports say, while resistance forces struggle with coordination and supply.
In a 100-day speech, Min Aung Hlaing set out a five-year road map of development and later elections, while rejecting an ASEAN peace plan he said lacked consensus.
Ceasefire monitors and the UN mission reported rising civilian harm and urged faster progress on security and elections, as leaders pledged support for the deal.
Clashes over strategic highland positions near Minembwe show that agreements brokered by regional and US mediators have yet to reach the fighters on the ground.
Netanyahu said settlement approvals near the clash site would be accelerated as ministers pressed for annexation, opening a political front in the West Bank.
Romania said a fighter jet downed a suspected Russian drone after repeated airspace incidents, testing NATO's rules on attribution and escalation near the border.
An assault on the border town of Am Dafok killed people and wounded peacekeepers before forces regained control, exposing how fragile the CAR's north-east remains.
Turkey has deployed aircraft and ground forces while Egypt sent over 1,000 troops to join AUSSOM, deepening the foreign military role in Somalia.
An explosion outside a Cucuta police base injured officers days before a presidential handover, testing the government's total-peace strategy on a tense border.
A proposed committee and international force would run Gaza's civil affairs and security, but their legitimacy, authority and financing remain untested.
Damascus is extending its authority after fighting with Kurdish-led forces, but ISIS remnants and unresolved Kurdish integration shape a fragile post-Assad order.
With the capital no longer the focal point, fighting has moved to the regions linking Sudan's rival eastern and western zones, deepening a de facto partition.
A Samara warehouse fire after a reported Ukrainian drone strike renewed debate over dual-use logistics, economic warfare and the workers caught in between.
A rebel group's claim that it executed three alleged spies, which Indonesia disputes by calling the victims civilians, has sharpened a hard-to-verify conflict.
The US struck Iranian targets after saying its forces in Jordan were attacked, as President Trump promised retaliation and Iran vowed to answer the strikes.
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