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India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Xi and Trump

The collapse of the prime minister’s high-stakes efforts to transform ties with the world’s two superpowers has exposed the limits of India’s leverage.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeing relations with President Trump break down over issues including trade with Russia.
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Trump Wasn’t the First to Deport These Men, and He Won’t Be the Last

Dozens of Bhutanese men ejected from the United States are now in refugee camps in Nepal, which doesn’t want them but has nowhere to send them.

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Bhutanese people, members of the harassed Lhotshampas ethnic minority, have lived in refugee camps in Nepal since the 1990s.
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Flash Floods in Indian Himalayas Kill 4, and Dozens Are Missing

The Indian Army and other forces were helping with the rescue, officials said. The flood’s full death toll may be higher, with so many missing.

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A picture from the Indian Army shows houses partially buried by a mudslide in Dharali in the state of Uttarakhand, India, on Tuesday, after flash floods.
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India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

There is a growing sense in India that its leaders should not allow American policymaking to shape its choices on vital energy supplies.

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An oil refinery in Guwahati, India, in 2023. Russia is the source of more than one-third of India’s oil imports.
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Modi’s ‘True Friend’ Trump Deals India a Big Blow With Tariff Threats

India’s prime minister has made a big effort to build closer ties using his rapport with the U.S. president, but critics say he is getting little in return.

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President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at a joint news conference at the White House in February.
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India Says It Killed 3 Militants Behind Spring Terrorist Attack in Kashmir

The government has faced criticism for being slow to catch the shooters who slaughtered 26 civilians and started clashes between India and Pakistan.

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An Indian soldier clearing the road on Monday at a checkpoint near the site of a gun battle on the outskirts of Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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The Air India Plane Crash Took His ‘Everything’

His son and daughter-in-law brought love to his home and represented the family’s hope for a better life.

Anil Ambalal Patel kissing a photo of his son, Harshit, and his daughter-in-law, Pooja, on the morning of their funeral.
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