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February 17, 2026, 01:25 PM - 5 min read
The Conference has exposed deeper fractures in US-EU relations and highlighted prevalent disagreements among EU leadership. Although Rubio adopted an unusually softer tone, the message remained clear: the US would not fund, defend, or take an easy stance on Europe—especially regarding its policies on immigration and defence.
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February 16, 2026, 01:12 PM - 2 min read
The meeting comes ahead of what many consider a tough legislative election for the nationalist leader against a resurging opposition.
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February 5, 2026, 08:31 PM - 4 min read
Seeking to curb China’s grip on rare earths, the US has proposed an allies-led critical minerals trading bloc with price floors and shared financing. Washington says the move will strengthen supply chains vital for defence, clean energy and high-technology manufacturing.
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February 5, 2026, 08:12 AM - 4 min read
India’s External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, who spoke about the meeting later, said New Delhi supports the Forum on Resource, Geostrategic Engagement (FORGE), which succeeds the US-led Mineral Security Partnership
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February 4, 2026, 08:06 AM - 3 min read
External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, met US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in Washington DC on Tuesday to discuss formalising the recently-approved trade deal between India and the US and touched upon bilateral cooperation in critical minerals’ exploration and mining
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January 30, 2026, 03:46 PM - 8 min read
Iran is a “threshold state”—a country with the technical capacity to produce nuclear weapons but that has not crossed the final line of production. A destabilised threshold state poses three risks: loss of centralised command over nuclear material and scientists, incentives for factions to monetise or export expertise, and acceleration logic—actors racing to secure deterrence before collapse.
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January 29, 2026, 08:37 AM - 3 min read
The idea to create a working group to address differences between the concerned nations came up during a meeting between the foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland with US Vice President JD Vance and Rubio in Washington earlier this month following stiff resistance to US President Donald Trump’s ambitions to seize Greenland, a Danish territory
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January 28, 2026, 06:20 PM - 3 min read
The hearing was Rubio’s first public appearance before Congress since the US raid on Caracas that led to the capture of her predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, on January 3.
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January 26, 2026, 09:32 AM - 2 min read
"On behalf of the people of the United States, I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the people of India on your Republic Day," Rubio said on Sunday.
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January 25, 2026, 03:25 PM - 3 min read
In a post on X, Jaishankar said he met US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor; US Reps from Alabama, Mike Rogers; Adam Smith of Washington state; and Jimmy Patronis of Florida
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January 20, 2026, 09:48 AM - 2 min read
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, responding to the offer, said Paris “must say no because, at present, the charter of the Board of Peace extends beyond Gaza and therefore exceeds the scope of the peace plan endorsed by the United Nations.”
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January 14, 2026, 08:09 AM - 3 min read
The Jaishankar-Rubio phone call came a day after newly-appointed US ambassador Sergio Gor said there will be some contact between the two sides on the trade issue
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