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US President Donald Trump thanks the audience at the end of joints statements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: PTI)

Don's policies making US a sadder, more dismal place

The sadness of America, the hopelessness of America, will in this way spread its wings and tentacles.

7 July 2017 12:52 AM IST

People take part in a vigil at Finsbury Park in north London, where a vehicle struck pedestrians in north London Monday, June 19, 2017. A vehicle struck pedestrians near a mosque in north London early Monday morning. (Photo: AP)

Amid terror, a challenge for Muslims in the West

For Muslims who live in and around Finsbury Park, the attack was not a surprise.

23 Jun 2017 2:35 AM IST

The shooter alleged that she was raped after she fell unconscious after having the drink. (Representational image/ PTI)

Till attitudes change, it will remain a man's world

In Egypt, 58.5 per cent of women believe that men should have the final word in decision-making related to matters at...

19 May 2017 12:18 AM IST

President-elect Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

How the Syrian conflict made a hero out of Trump

Long-term solutions must be sustainable; exogenous influences can never produce sustainable stability.

13 April 2017 3:22 AM IST

Britains Queen Elizabeth II, center, poses for a picture following the presentation of the Guidon to the Royal Lancers by Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, England. (Photo: AP)

For Britain, lessons from the empire as it exits EU?

If the British feel any remorse about their plunder, it is not made explicit in the arrangement of such objects.

6 April 2017 3:50 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)

Trump's new war on terror' to create jobs in America?

The first and least likely option in realigning the war on terrorism would be complete disengagement.

24 Feb 2017 12:35 AM IST

US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)

A ban on the Brotherhood may extend to others

While many Trump advisers and supporters, have long opposed the Muslim Brotherhood, the new move has caused concern.

17 Feb 2017 4:48 AM IST

(Photo: harappa.com)

What the Harappa seals really say

The politics of Hindutva are not the only brand of politics implicated by the seals.

9 Feb 2017 4:43 AM IST

David Hale (Photo: AFP)

Getting ready for future with no foreign aid

Regardless of which of the two statements represents Trump's actual intentions, the prognosis in general is not a good...

7 Jan 2017 12:34 AM IST

Firefighters inspect the site after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market and killed several people in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: AP)

A mistake & its fallout

Escalating xenophobia in the West, including Germany, has ensured that all brown men of any religion are considered...

29 Dec 2016 3:41 AM IST