SCO Summits White Water: India Defies Hague on Indus Treaty, Trump's Sanctions Loom Over Tehran Ties

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek turned into a diplomatic free-for-all this week, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif trading barbs over the Indus Waters Treaty. The Hague-based Court of Arbitration ruled that the 1960 treaty remains in force and ordered India to curb construction on the Ratle hydroelectric project in Jammu and Kashmir. India flatly rejected the ruling, citing a "lack of jurisdiction" and...