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S Nihal Singh has four editorships under his belt, with globetrotting stints in Singapore, Pakistan, Moscow, London, New York, Paris and Dubai.
    North Korean media appeared to have had no major coverage of Kims invitation to meet US President Donald Trump or South Korean President Moon Jae-in to discuss the future of Pyongyangs nuclear weapons programme. (Photo: File)Opinion
    Trump-Kim meet looms... It all seems totally unreal

    North Korea has given no hint of what it really wants if it is to give up its nuclear weapons.

    14 March 2018 12:28 AM IST

    Actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan during a meeting in Chennai. (Photo: Asian Age)Opinion
    Will honest politics' work for Kamal?

    Kamal Haasan has been saying all the right things, including the need to practise honest politics.

    26 Feb 2018 12:05 AM IST

    President Jacob Zuma appointed Justice Ray Zondo as Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of South Africa. (Photo: Twitter)Opinion
    Zuma's exit: Will it herald change in Africa?

    South Africa, we must remember, has one of the highest inequalities in the world as well as an appalling rate of...

    19 Feb 2018 4:51 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra ModiOpinion
    All-out war on Cong puzzling: What is Modi's real gameplan?

    The PM realises that a democratic form of government gives India global respect, but he's a man in a hurry.

    9 Feb 2018 2:30 AM IST

    Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, goes to polls on December 9 and 14. (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    What's Modi's plan for India after 2019?

    Does Mr Modi have a roadmap beyond the victory post-2019?

    26 Jan 2018 1:48 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    New Mideast ballgame: Saudis, Israel in charge

    The world has sympathised with the Jews for what Nazi Germany did to them in the past.

    11 Dec 2017 12:24 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets people during his election campaign for the forthcoming Assembly polls in Bhuj. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Some disturbing trends evident in Gujarat race

    Modi's main opponent in Gujarat is the Congress Party and he must therefore paint it in black colours.

    4 Dec 2017 12:14 AM IST

    Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe (Photo: AP)Opinion
    An African Spring after the coup' in Zimbabwe?

    The question on everyone's mind is whether the events in Zimbabwe are like the equivalent of an Arab Spring in Africa.

    20 Nov 2017 12:13 AM IST

    Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Saudis & Iran hold the key as Mideast sizzles

    Saad Hariri is a close Saudi ally and under Lebanon's peculiar system the President must be a Shia while the Prime...

    7 Nov 2017 12:16 AM IST

    Secretary of State Rex Tillerson also said that states that use terror as an instrument of policy will only see their international reputation and standing diminish, in an apparent dig at Pakistan. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Amid closer ties with US, don't ignore other links

    New Delhi was obviously pleased with the underlying theme of the homily and called it an optimistic view.

    23 Oct 2017 12:32 AM IST

    Emmanuel MacronOpinion
    EU needs to chart a new course

    The police tried to manhandle those going to vote deepening divisions, for which Madrid belatedly apologised.

    9 Oct 2017 1:21 AM IST

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Merkel's top priority: Restore order to EU

    Merkel is often billed as the world's most powerful woman.

    26 Sept 2017 1:46 AM IST

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