Pune in Maharashtra hosted the five-day BRICS Information and Communication Technologies Track from 17 August to 21 August 2026. The 7th Meeting of the BRICS Working Group for...
On 16 August 2026, Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated that its forces shot down or neutralised 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. On the same date, a Spanish F-18 fighter...
India will host the BRICS Environment Working Group meetings in New Delhi on 17 and 18 August 2026. The meetings will include the BRICS Senior Officers’ Meeting of...
Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), a state-owned Indian oil and gas company, secured a licence from the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to...
Iran’s parliament approved the general framework of a bill on 16 August 2026 that seeks to criminalise interviews, discussions, and other communications with media outlets classified as hostile...
The Indian government’s “Suryapath Tiranga” global relay completed its journey on 15 August 2026 across 54 Indian diplomatic missions and posts in 54 countries. The 19-hour relay was...
Hurricane Lala strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on 15 August 2026 with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph while moving just offshore of Hawaii’s Big Island. The...
Oman and Saudi Arabia launched the Secure Green Land Corridor in August 2026 as a direct land logistics route across the Rub’ al Khali, also called the Empty...
Saudi Arabia has launched the Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition (MMDC) to coordinate maritime security in the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. The...
The United States named India in a “shadow transhipment network” linked to Chinese goods entering the American market through third countries. The White House Office of Trade and...
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Flores Island, Indonesia, on 15 August 2026 at 5:58 AM local time. The United States Geological Survey placed the shallow quake at a...
