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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: AP)

Why Warsaw failed to fulfil its objective of isolating Iran

That obviously does not prevent him, alongside so many other prominent anti-Semites, from perceiving Israel as a shining...

21 Feb 2019 12:20 AM IST

Sources said that the home department and jail authorities would study the report and then take a decision.

Thailand frees Arab dissident, but democracy takes a beating

Anyhow, Ubolratana rapidly withdrew her candidacy and, for good measure, was officially disqualified this week.

14 Feb 2019 1:54 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan is not headed towards peace after US exit

There can be no question the Afghan Taliban regime that began consolidating its power in the mid-1990s was atrocious in...

7 Feb 2019 12:17 AM IST

Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro (Photo: AP)

Venezuelans will mostly be pleased over Maduro's exit

US-led sanctions and sharp fluctuations in the price of oil, Venezuela's key export, have justifiably been blamed for...

31 Jan 2019 12:32 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit at the Europa building in Brussels on Thursday, June 22, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Brexit may be Britain's worst crisis since World War II

The most worried segments of the public have lately been stockpiling food and medicines, just in case.

24 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Remembering Red Rosa: The inspiration' behind Lenin?

Germany was transformed on the eve of the November 1918 armistice, largely through direct action by soldiers, sailors...

17 Jan 2019 12:15 AM IST

Sabarimala Temple

The depths of patriarchal depravity

It is by no means only men, though, who construe menstruation as unclean , nor is the phenomenon restricted to Hindu...

10 Jan 2019 12:00 AM IST

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

A sour note in Dhaka, US still in a flux: 2019 has shaky start

The Bangladesh election was a sour note at the end of what has generally been a dismal year.

3 Jan 2019 1:13 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Trump's move to leave Syria & Afghan leaves West in a tizzy

Trump's dismay at US foreign engagements evidently extends to Afghanistan, where a somewhat more gradual disengagement...

27 Dec 2018 12:26 AM IST

Scott Morrison will be Australias new Prime Minister. (Photo: AP)

Doing politics over Jerusalem, Oz PM fails in bid to please all

Australia's Morrison never had much credibility to start with, and now, like Aesop's misfortunate miller, he's also lost...

20 Dec 2018 12:12 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

Has Macron imbibed any lessons so far?

Macron's popularity, meanwhile, has been in the low 20s, and one recent poll has it down to 18 per cent.

13 Dec 2018 12:10 AM IST

Noam Chomsky (Photo: AP)

Noam: An international living treasure

Chomsky has more than 100 books to his credit, and remains an erudite and clear-minded presence on alternative TV and in...

6 Dec 2018 6:25 AM IST