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US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive to hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP

Trump deporting Indians from America gives Modi a problem

Both men won an election last year and enjoy friendly relations, but tariffs and the sight of shackled Indians are huge problems for the man from Gujarat, whose supporters are those being deported

Shakir Husain 13 February 2025
Gurjeet Singh Aujla (C), an election candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC) party alongside supporters, celebrates after taking the lead in vote count figures for India's general election in Amritsar on June 4, 2024. Narinder NANU / AFP

Indian voters shatter BJP's dream of domination

The BJP's poorer-than-expected performance gives its potential coalition partners more leeway as Modi awaits an invitation from India's president to form a new government

Shakir Husain 05 June 2024
Rahul Gandhi (L) has been a thorn in the side of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R), who is nevertheless expected to win the country's 2024 general election Marco Lawrence

Rahul Gandhi: The thorn in the side of Modi

The scion of a famous dynasty leads an opposition alliance into the 2024 elections. Today, he is both dismissed and feared by rivals. As Indians prepare to vote, he has honed his appeal.

Shakir Husain 14 April 2024
A member and activist of left-wing organisations holds a placard during a protest against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and Delhi's Inderlok incident, in Bengaluru on March 13, 2024. AFP

India citizenship law seen as attack on secularism

The recently implemented CAA law grants Indian citizenship to certain non-Muslims. Critics decry it as yet another step towards fascism in the world's largest democracy.

Shakir Husain 15 March 2024
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks into the Ram temple to officially consecrate the temple in Ayodhya in India's Uttar Pradesh state on January 22, 2024. AFP

Ayodhya temple inauguration gives Modi popularity boost ahead of polls

India's opposition simply cannot compete with the BJP's money, power, mass mobilisation tools and media control, making a Modi victory come April a near-guarantee

Shakir Husain 23 January 2024
In election-year India, the ruling party knows that discontent among the poor is a threat to its chances Eduardo Ramon

Can the BJP’s popularity withstand rising poverty in India?

In election-year India, the ruling party knows that discontent among the poor is a threat to its chances

Shakir Husain 09 January 2024
Why are Western leaders rolling out the red carpet for the Indian premier despite his less-than-flattering human rights record? Al Majalla explains. Mona Eing and Michael Meissner

Narendra Modi: From humble tea trader to courted global statesman

Why are Western leaders rolling out the red carpet for the Indian premier despite his less-than-flattering human rights record? Al Majalla explains.

Con Coughlin 13 August 2023
A supporter waves a flag of India's main opposition Congress party at a massive rally organised by the party against inflation, at Ramlila Ground, in New Delhi, India, September 4, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

India's Congress Party Likely to Get First Non-Gandhi Chief in 25 Years

India's main opposition Congress party is likely to elect a new party president from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty for the first time in nearly 25 years, as it looks for a reset ahead of the next…

26 September 2022
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris during their meeting in the Ceremonial Office at the White House on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Modi’s Reform Momentum Has Finally Hit a Wall in India

Investors must be wondering what promise New Delhi will break next as the ruling party tries to win upcoming state elections. First, the government made a U-turn on the three laws that Prime Minister…

Andy Mukherjee 27 November 2021
Brother of a person who died of COVID-19 performs rituals during cremation in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Coronavirus cases in India are surging faster than anywhere else in the world. (AP)

The Covid-19 Disaster in India

As the tsunami of Covid-19 cases hit the second most populous country in the world, an unprecedented situation is unfolding for the current generation of Indians who have not witnessed chaos at this…

Ritu Mahendru with Inshah Malik 30 April 2021
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq and Syria, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Israeli spy Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

29, Sep 2026

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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