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US President Donald Trump lauded India as a "great country" with a "very good friend at the top," following a controversial social media repost that disparaged India and China. The US Embassy clarified Trump's positive remarks, while India's MEA acknowledged the reports. The repost criticized immigration, alleging bias and a lack of loyalty from certain immigrant groups.

Iran and the US remain locked in a standoff, with Iran effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz and the US imposing a naval blockade. Both actions disrupt global commons, while escalating rhetoric and social media influence commodity prices worldwide. India, heavily reliant on regional energy flows, faces significant economic fallout from this 'dual blockade'.

Trump's Board of Peace has received only a fraction of the $17 billion pledged for rebuilding Gaza, preventing plans for the war-hit region's future, This funding crisis has halted plans for a US-backed Palestinian technocratic body to govern Gaza, leaving its deployment stalled due to a lack of available funds and ongoing security concerns.

The Middle East's conflicts are analyzed through the lens of 'proxies and levers,' where state actors use non-state groups to project power and achieve strategic goals. This approach, while avoiding direct military costs, often results in prolonged violence, instability, and humanitarian crises, complicating peace efforts in the region.

With tensions rising near the Strait of Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb — another maritime chokepoint — is coming into focus over fears that it could become the next shipping lane to be targeted, especially with the entry of the Houthi group into the current conflict. For India, the repercussions will be significant

Iran has publicly dismissed Trump’s 15-point proposal, insisting that the fighting would end only on Tehran’s terms. Privately, Iranian officials have nevertheless signalled that they are open to negotiations

Artists at the Academy Awards voiced political statements. They protested immigration policies and called for Palestinian liberation. Some wore badges advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza. An actor was unable to attend due to a travel ban. A mother spoke about gun violence. A documentary director drew parallels to US politics.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday at least 31,045 people have been killed in the territory during more than five months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The latest toll includes 85 fatalities over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 72,654 people have been wounded in Gaza since the war began on October 7.

The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Saturday at least 9,488 people were killed in the Palestinian territory since war with Israel erupted last month. The ministry said at least 3,900 children were among those killed since Israel began striking the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the October 7 attacks carried out by Hamas militants in southern Israel.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday that a total of 28,176 Palestinians have lost their lives and 67,784 have sustained injuries in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since October 7. In the past 24 hours alone, the ministry reported that 112 Palestinians were killed and 173 others were injured.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza on Sunday said that more than 29,092 Palestinians have lost their lives and 69,028 people have been injured since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7. The conflict in Gaza began on October 7 when Hamas gunmen breached border defenses to attack Israeli towns, killing some 1,200 people and dragging 250 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli reports.

A Hamas health official on said Sunday that an Israeli air strike destroyed the cardiac ward of Gaza's biggest Al-Shifa hospital, as fighting around the facility raged. "The occupier (Israel) completely destroyed the cardiac department of Al-Shifa hospital... The two-storey building has been completely destroyed in an air strike," Youssef Abu Rish, deputy health minister in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said.

A Hamas delegation departed for Cairo to discuss "new ideas" aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, an official from the group said, as Israeli air strikes killed 26 people across the territory Tuesday. Gaza's civil defence agency said that a spate of Israeli air strikes since dawn on Tuesday killed at least 26 people across the Hamas-run territory.