India has disregarded pressure imposed by western nations, and continues to engage in trade and energy cooperation with Russia Indian oil refiners have started purchasing the majority of their Russian oil via UAE-based traders using dirhams, the Gulf state’s currency, instead of the US dollar, a number of informed sources …

The decision to try one of the so-called “Beatles” ISIS members in the US was to conceal his previous links to British intelligence and his role in their regime-change efforts in Syria. In January 2023, reports emerged that Alexanda Kotey, known as “Jihadi George” and one of the four British …

“Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy. Over 80 percent of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea,” according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Coastal nations have varying degrees of economic importance based on their geographic …