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French centrist presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

France is still deeply divided: It's too early to celebrate

The Gaullist right wing's failure to make it into the second round is unprecedented in the Fifth Republic.

27 April 2017 12:09 AM IST

Vladimir Lenin (Photo: AP)

Flashback 1917: How Lenin seized the moment

News of the February Revolution in 1917 had struck Lenin as a thunderbolt.

20 April 2017 12:31 AM IST

Martin McGuinness (Photo: AP)

Terrorism' then & now: Just see how it changed

There is plenty of circumstantial evidence, though, pointing to some kind of jihadist intent.

30 March 2017 1:18 AM IST

File photo, legendary U.S. musician Chuck Berry performs on stage at the Avo Session in Basel, Switzerland. (Photo: AP)

Shakespeare' of the world of rock'n'roll

Roll Over Beethoven was also a declaration of intent, a pronouncement to the effect that the times were changing.

23 March 2017 4:00 AM IST

Geert Wilders, the limelight-hogging leader of the extreme right-wing Freedom Party.

Key test for populists in Dutch polls

One of the biggest questions is whether the Dutch citizens of Turkish origin will play into the hands of Geert Wilders.

16 March 2017 1:58 AM IST

Women wearing a pink turban as they participate to celebrate International Womens Day in Chandigarh. (Photo: PTI)

Women are at the heart of all revolutions

It was hardly a democratic institution, but its relations with the palace were nonetheless fraught.

9 March 2017 12:18 AM IST

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: AP)

A no-state solution' looms for Palestine?

Australia's closest neighbour, New Zealand, was struck off Netanyahu's itinerary after its conservative govt...

2 March 2017 6:33 AM IST

Pakistani para-military soldiers stand alert after a deadly suicide attack at the shrine of famous Sufi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)

On terrorism, some points for Pakistan to ponder about

This is not the first Sufi shrine they have targeted, and it's unlikely to be the last.

23 Feb 2017 6:03 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

For Trump, the Russia problem will linger

The new President's refusal to utter so much as a word against the Kremlin is nonetheless most intriguing.

16 Feb 2017 3:26 AM IST

US President Donald Trump stands with British Prime Minister Theresa May in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Amid raging Brexit row, a middle way eludes UK

It remains to be seen how Labour will decide to vote if its amendments are defeated, which seems likely.

9 Feb 2017 6:07 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

As Trump goes wild, a backlash is building

The immigration order has meanwhile sparked chaos and widespread protests at airports across the US.

3 Feb 2017 12:35 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump's first 100 hours as US President

Trump's very election as President fell into the stranger-than-fiction category.

26 Jan 2017 6:02 AM IST