A Coalition Under Pressure The Quad, an alliance comprising the United States, India, Japan, and Australia, has emerged as a key counterweight to China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific. While not a formal military alliance,

Moscow: Russia has formed a new Quad like the US. It has been named the Afghanistan Quad. Its aim is to work with the powerful countries of the region on the future of Afghanistan. Now Russia wants India to join this Afghanistan Quad.

On his first full day as secretary of state, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad: the United States plus India, Japan and Australia, representing nearly 2 billion people and more than a third of global GDP.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that India’s inclusion in ‘Afghan Quad’, comprising Russia, China, Pakistan, and Iran, would be the ‘right step’

The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the China-focused "Quad" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.

Indian Ambassador to Japan, Sibi George, expressed enthusiasm for strengthening India-Japan ties, highlighting plans to bring 50,000 Indian professionals to Japan and increasing Japanese companies in India from 1,

I expect every nation on earth to advance their national interests. And in those instances – and I hope there will be many – in which our national interests and theirs align, we look forward to working with them,

U.S. officials say the Trump administration would begin formal international engagements this week when Marco Rubio — expected to be confirmed soon as secretary of state — meets with the foreign ministers of India,

US President Trump, in a call with Prime Minister Modi, emphasised the importance of increasing India’s procurement of American-made security equipment and achieving a fair bilateral trade agreement.

The reference by President Trump to a “fair bilateral trading relationship” in the phone conversation with Mr Modi is being seen in this context

U.S. President Donald Trump stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday,