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US House schedules first step toward vote on sweeping Russia sanctions bill
A September 14 Rules Committee meeting creates a new procedural opening for legislation targeting Russian energy buyers, while disputes over presidential tariff power threaten its House passage.
Rising salinity is erasing medicinal plants from Bangladesh’s Sundarbans
The loss is weakening a traditional healthcare resource while exposing how climate change is reshaping livelihoods around the world’s largest mangrove forest.
Modi tells Putin that diplomacy should guide efforts to end the Ukraine war
The New Delhi bilateral meeting moves beyond Putin's summit arrival and tests India's attempt to retain close Russian ties while presenting itself as a peace interlocutor.
India’s 7.8% quarterly growth figure triggers dispute over statistical credibility
A revision to the comparison period has renewed scrutiny of GDP methods, delayed surveys and the reliability of data used for policy and investment.
Russia turns to South Korean and Turkish fuel as refinery outages reshape trade
A new energy-market assessment says record August imports and the first reported Turkish gasoline cargoes show the domestic impact of Ukraine’s campaign against Russian oil infrastructure.
Putin arrives in New Delhi as India opens a BRICS summit dominated by the Iran and Ukraine wars
Modi is hosting leaders from Russia, Iran and China as conflict, energy security and the expanded bloc’s internal divisions test its capacity for collective action.
Three Indian migrant workers remain missing after Nepal’s Himalayan floods
The disappearance of construction workers from one Bihar village shows how the disaster crossed borders and erased precarious livelihoods.
India signals support for stricter red warnings on packaged food
A Supreme Court proceeding has pushed the government toward labels that could flag excessive sugar, salt or saturated fat individually, potentially tightening an industry-backed draft.
Trump administration proposes ending the 60-day job-loss grace period for H-1B workers
The draft rule would require holders of several employment-linked visas to depart when their qualifying job ends unless another lawful status is secured.
Lindy Cameron becomes the first woman appointed to lead Britain’s Foreign Office
The former cyber-security chief and high commissioner to India will replace Olly Robbins as the department’s top civil servant after a period of leadership turmoil.
Saima Wazed resigns as WHO South-East Asia director amid fraud investigations
The daughter of former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina left the UN health agency post after a prolonged suspension, while denying the allegations against her.
Ukraine urges US House to act on Russia sanctions bill before election recess
Kyiv’s sanctions commissioner says the legislation faces a four-day congressional window, while an earlier White House policy statement confirms administration support for the measure.
TUC urges Burnham to rewrite UK migration reforms over social-care and workplace risks
Britain’s trade-union leadership has opened a new political challenge to longer settlement waits as recent official data show steep falls in care-worker recruitment.