New Delhi, May 23 -- Lots of headlines jostling for attention this week.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing came days after US President Donald Trump's China trip, which many analysts and media commentators criticized for lacking tangible outcomes.

Then came the extraordinary New York Times scoop claiming Israel and the US had planned to install former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as head of a new administration after removing Khamenei.

Meanwhile, another round of crunch talks is underway as Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir landed in Tehran in yet another attempt to broker peace. This came even as Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly held a less-than-cordial phone conversation over...