
AI-generated summary
The conflict in Ukraine has continued since the 2022 Russian invasion. India, traditionally neutral, has maintained relations with Russia while calling for dialogue. Trump's tariff policy, marked by frequent reversals, aims to reduce American trade deficits but has not yet produced the expected effects.
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War in Ukraine: For the first time, Indian Prime Minister Modi urges Putin to “end the war”
Narendra Modi says India will support any peace effort aimed at ending the fighting and believes the conflict between Russia and Ukraine must end “for the good of humanity”.
Customs duties: the headlong rush of Donald Trump, caught in his own trap
American trade policy has changed more than 50 times since January 2025, through threats, reversals and negotiations. A year and a half later, the tariffs have not had the effects promised by the White House on external deficits, prices or relocations.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
India will intensify its diplomatic efforts to facilitate peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
Likely · Within weeks
The United States will continue to adjust its tariff policy in response to internal and external economic pressures.
Very likely · Within months

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the fall of the Iranian regime was "within reach," asserting that Israel had the ability to eliminate the threat once and for all, amid heightened tensions between the United States, Iran and their regional allies, including American strikes in Iran, Iranian retaliations in Kuwait and the Emirates, and clashes in Yemen.

For the second night in a row, hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed in Russia due to the detection of Ukrainian drones, after ambiguous statements by Volodymyr Zelensky and Andriï Sybiha on the dangerousness of Russian airspace, provoking reactions from Moscow and the ICAO.
Israel announces the release of five detained Lebanese, while Iran attacks American bases in Kuwait and the Emirates in retaliation for American strikes, and Donald Trump's threats and Israel's posture fuel a regional escalation.
The United States is threatening to no longer support British sovereignty in the Falkland Islands in order to push new Prime Minister Andy Burnham to increase the United Kingdom's defense budget, according to The Telegraph. Furthermore, a ferry that capsized off the coast of Cyprus with 267 people on board completely sank, leaving at least eight dead and seventeen missing, while several people, including the captain, were taken into custody.

The United States struck two Iranian oil tankers off the coast of the Islamic Republic with drones firing missiles, according to Axios, marking the first US naval attack since tensions began. These strikes are part of an American maritime blockade aimed at stopping Iranian oil exports, already at a standstill since mid-July, depriving Tehran of its main income. The targeted ships, probably the Sinopa and the Hawk, were empty and linked to the National Iranian Tanker Company. Centcom declined to confirm details but cited “maritime assets” as targets, while three commercial vessels were already out of service as of September 2. The economic impact of the blockade is considered more significant than the strikes themselves.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first time urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, saying India will support any peace effort and that the conflict must end "for the sake of humanity."