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Turkish Intelligence Targets India: Erdogan’s Expanding Footprint near New Delhi Raises Concerns: OPED

OPED: Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Recent disclosures based on confidential documents indicate a concerning expansion of Turkey's overseas intelligence activities, with India emerging as a...

Is Su-57 Dead? With 114 Rafales, AMCA & 6th-Gen Jet on Cards for IAF, Is It End of Road For Russian Fighter

India recently approved $25 billion in fresh defence proposals to buy transport aircraft, S-400 AD systems, and remotely piloted aircraft amid tensions with Pakistan....

No Leverage, No Authority — Why Pakistan is Still The “Perfect Choice” to Mediate US-Iran Talks: OPED

There are quite a few improbable elements here. Firstly, Iran has not officially acknowledged that it is either speaking with the US or even...

Iranian Sailors Trapped in Sri Lanka: Tehran Demands Return, US Pressure Mounts — Can Colombo Stay Neutral?

"You can't be neutral on a moving train," is the title of US historian and activist Howard Zinn's 1994 autobiography. The world (or the 'train'),...

FCAS vs GCAP: After Mystère, Mirage & Rafale, Will India Stick with France or Pivot to UK-Japan for 6th-Gen Jets?

While developing its much-awaited fifth-generation aircraft, AMCA, India is also considering joining one of two European sixth-generation fighter programs. The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD)...