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    US President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Bye, Barack: You could have done a lot more...

    The activists who facilitated Obama's presidency had plenty of cause to feel abandoned, even betrayed.

    19 Jan 2017 12:49 AM IST

    US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The Trump, Putin drama: A tragedy or a farce?

    Ingrained hostility between Moscow and Washington is obviously not a desirable state of affairs.

    12 Jan 2017 6:44 AM IST

    Ambulances are seen near the scene of the attack in Istanbul, on New Years Day. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    As Mideast simmers, future bleak for Turkey

    Syria's largest city was recently wrested from rebel control by forces allied to the govt of Bashar al-Assad.

    5 Jan 2017 6:31 AM IST

    Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)Opinion
    From 1917 to 1991... End of a revolution!

    Gorbachev had been aware of its capacity to do mischief, and had made it harder to obtain.

    22 Dec 2016 3:28 AM IST

    US President-elect Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump's US looms: The world waits, shudders

    The China-US relationship has hitherto been based on a one-China policy.

    15 Dec 2016 12:23 AM IST

    Austrian President elect Alexander Van der Bellen (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Appeal of the far-right is growing all over Europe

    The Austrian election coincided with a constitutional referendum in neighbouring Italy.

    8 Dec 2016 4:55 AM IST

    A picture of Fidel Castro is held during a rally honoring the late Cuban leader at the Revolution Plaza in Havana, Cuba. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Fidel's iconic stature is set to endure...

    The field hospitals were handed over to the Army, and Cuba offered 1,000 medical scholarships to Pakistani students.

    1 Dec 2016 1:34 AM IST

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