BRICS

NEWS ANALYSIS

Beyond hugs and goodwill, leaders of Russia and Iran return home from Brics empty-handed

2026-09-14T03:38:13.000Z
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sep 12 welcomed Brics nations to join a new group of nearly 30 countries set up by Beijing and called the World AI Cooperation Organization.

Xi pitches China-led open-source AI ecosystem at Brics summit amid US rivalry

2026-09-14T00:25:19.000Z
Host India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) said that Brics had come of age and it was time to translate its unity and consensus into concrete results on the global stage.

Iran, UAE back Brics call for ‘maximum restraint’ despite being divided by Middle East war

2026-09-13T03:01:17.000Z
Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are also represented at the two-day Brics summit.

Xi takes centre stage at Modi’s Brics summit as Iran war deepens

2026-09-12T07:33:20.000Z
With India as the current chair of Brics, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek to issue a powerful declaration focusing on issues such as Iran and global sanctions.

Brics summit will put India’s diplomatic balancing act to the test

2026-08-31T23:00:00.000Z
Brics brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iran and the UAE.

Brics talks end without joint statement, exposing divisions over war in Iran

2026-05-16T02:48:35.000Z
China President Xi Jinping (right) and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Their countries remain at odds over border issues and Brics' strategic direction.

Brics+ wall has growing Middle East cracks

2026-05-12T23:00:00.000Z
Driving the impasse is the fact that multiple members of the bloc are on different sides of the conflict, making any hard consensus difficult to wrangle.

Iran war shows limits of Brics as India pushed to choose sides

2026-03-25T11:07:00.000Z
The RBI has publicly expressed interest in linking India’s digital rupee with other nations’ CBDCs to expedite cross-border transactions and bolster its currency’s global usage.

India’s central bank proposes linking Brics’ digital currencies: sources

2026-01-19T06:23:45.000Z