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News Reports

US strikes Iranian military bases on Kharg Island, the heart of Iran’s oil industry, IRGC warns complete destruction of Gulf energy infrastructure if Iranian...

OpIndia Staff - 14 March, 2026

The US military on Friday hit Iranian military bases on Kharg Island, a small island located on the northern Persian Gulf. President Donald Trump...

News Reports

LPG-loaded tankers cross Strait of Hormuz to come to India: PM Modi’s diplomatic outreach in West Asia secures Indian interests, again

OpIndia Staff - 14 March, 2026

In the middle of a critical military and trade crisis, PM Modi’s carefully crafted foreign policy is what is preventing panic and scarcity in the nation. For the Modi government, engaging with partners in West Asia, closer to home, supersedes the game of optics Trump administration is currently engaged in.

News Reports

Iran’s Ambassador to India says vessels bound for India through the Strait of Hormuz will be granted safe passage, because ‘India is a friend’

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2026

Iran's Ambassador to India, Mohammad Fathali, has confirmed that Tehran will grant safe passage to vessels bound for India through the Strait of Hormuz,...

Economy and Finance

From Pakistan to Vietnam: How the Strait of Hormuz crisis is triggering an energy shock across Asia

Dhruv Mishra - 13 March, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most strategically important energy chokepoints in the world. It is Located between Iran and Oman. T

Opinions

India’s strategic tightrope in the US-Israel war against Iran: As a closed Strait of Hormuz threatens energy supplies, will PM Modi play the peacemaker?

Divyansh Tiwari - 13 March, 2026

In the middle of the smoke and confusion, all eyes are on New Delhi. India, a developing powerhouse with deep, ancient civilizational ties to Iran as well as a powerful, modern strategic engagement with Israel and the United States, is currently walking the closest diplomatic tightrope of its modern history.

Opinions

Is the US facing an increased domestic terrorism threat while Trump fights a war 7,000 miles away in Iran?

Shraddha Pandey - 13 March, 2026

On 12th March 2026, a vehicle-ramming attack was carried out by a rifle-armed Islamic jihadi named Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a Lebanese-born naturalised American citizen, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit, Michigan.

News Reports

US: Old Dominion University shooter Mohamed Jalloh chanted “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire, was earlier convicted for supporting ISIS

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2026

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the case as an act of terrorism.

News Reports

Four killed in Kabul as Pakistan launches fresh strikes against Afghanistan, fuel storage facility of Kam Air attacked in Kandahar

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2026

In an X post, Zabihullah Mujahid, the official spokesperson of the Taliban regime, confirmed the Pakistani attack, saying that Pakistani forces have bombed Kabul, Kandahar, Paktika, and other regions.

News Reports

‘When oil prices go up, we make a lot of money’: US President Donald Trump gloats amid ongoing war with Iran

OpIndia Staff - 13 March, 2026

In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump declared, "The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money."