India and the Philippines have elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership, emphasizing expanded cooperation in defence, security, and maritime domains. This development includes finalizing terms for joint military exercises and India’s support for freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific. Both nations voiced concerns over China’s actions in the South China Sea, reaffirming the importance of the 2016 arbitral award.

Reefs have been battered by cyclones and starfish that eat coral, but heat stress driven by climate change is the main cause of damage. 

​Reefs have been battered by cyclones and starfish that eat coral, but heat stress driven by climate change is the main cause of damage.  

US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow on Wednesday, as Trump’s deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine looms. 

​US envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Moscow on Wednesday, as Trump’s deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine looms.