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Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and now Syria are living examples of the monumental failure of US foreign policy. Apparently, the US never learnt any lessons from the Vietnam war.

The clock is ticking on the Americans' varsity for Afghans

Some clues may lie in the other stalled effort being carried out by the Americans in Afghanistan

14 Jun 2019 1:08 AM IST

Do burkinis' offer modesty or draw more attention?

The body is technically completely covered with hardly any skin showing.

18 May 2019 12:05 AM IST

ISIS brides: A problem for the West and Muslim world

In recent interviews, Shamima has stated that going public with her plea to the British government was likely not in her...

1 March 2019 12:00 AM IST

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Hambantota: Art of using old tricks to get new land

China was there to help make it all happen and then Sri Lankan leader Mahinda Rajapaksa was glad to accept.

22 Feb 2019 12:45 AM IST

Eiffel Tower (Photo: Pixabay)

Dark' tourism is on the rise, cashing in on human misery

It is well known that in India, which markets itself as exotic India in its pro-tourism commercials, tourists can take...

15 Feb 2019 12:24 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)

2 Muslim women in US Congress make history, break a stereotype

No sooner had the clip featuring Representative Tlaib hit the contentious airwaves of American cable news that it went...

11 Jan 2019 12:29 AM IST

If one looks at the science, then it is true that there are studies that show no link between talc from Johnsons baby powder and ovarian cancer and various lung ailments.

The problem with baby powder

It is difficult to tell whether the exercise in limiting the damage from lawsuits will be successful.

21 Dec 2018 12:26 AM IST

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone

Laughing celebrity brides

The curly-moustache sporting groom, Ranveer Singh, is resting on cushions next to Padukone.

6 Dec 2018 12:03 AM IST

Later, he realised he had intruded into a marriage ceremony and silently left the place.

Halt arranged marriages, people will be much happier

It is no surprise that divorce has become far more prevalent, though not less stigmatised, than it used to be.

12 Oct 2018 2:01 AM IST

Laura Bush (Photo: AP)

America is no saviour of women in Afghanistan

The aims of Promote were to improve the status of 75,000 Afghan women at all levels of society.

21 Sept 2018 12:17 AM IST

The increasingly popular premise that women who wear a headscarf can do anything has expanded in a way that has largely nullified the premise of modesty. (Representational image)

Headscarves have evolved as a symbol of identity

All of this would be readily acceptable were it not for the fact that this particular contest is a beauty pageant.

6 Sept 2018 7:50 AM IST

Within this tragedy lies another one. According to new research collected and published by the United Nations, nearly 33 per cent of the people captured on the mountain were children. These children were taken into IS captivity soon after to become future fighters or propaganda material. (Photo: Representational Image/AFP)

The children of terror

Participation, of course, is presented as an honour that the children have to earn, an imprimatur of belonging.

31 Aug 2018 1:18 AM IST