Rubio in India to renew ties after Trump's China lovefest
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, comes out after a visit at Mother House, the headquarters of the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India, Saturday, May 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday opened a visit to India that will include talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, looking to renew ties with a usually like-minded partner a week after Washington's warm summit with China.
Rubio, a devout Catholic, began his four-day, four-city tour by touring the headquarters of Mother Teresa's charity in the eastern city of Kolkata and praying over her tomb.
Wearing a yellow garland over his suit, Rubio, who was visiting India for the first time in his life, smiled before an assembly of nuns, all clad in the late humanitarian's signature white and blue saris.
