The Israel-Iran war will make it harder for New Delhi to navigate global turbulence even as an oil flare-up poses a threat.

It's been a week of big international headlines, mostly bad. A London-bound aeroplane came down barely a minute after take-off in Ahmedabad, India, killing all but one of the 242 passengers on board.

It's been a week of big international headlines, mostly bad. On Friday the world woke up to news that Israel had launched a co-ordinated assault on Iranian nuclear sites and military facilities, ...