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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.
    Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar addressing a press conference in Patna. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Opposition flounders as it hunts for a leader

    The BJP now prepares for the general election with the aim of capturing as many more states as possible.

    11 Sept 2017 1:22 AM IST

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    In Mideast, chasing an elusive peace

    Syria is in its seventh year of civil war, with protagonists on various sides near exhaustion.

    28 Aug 2017 2:17 AM IST

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation on the countrys Independence Day from the ramparts of the historical Red Fort in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Modi and Kovind offer a glimpse of New India'

    President Kovind has no election to fight in the near future, and he was therefore free to express the Sangh Parivar's...

    16 Aug 2017 2:01 AM IST

    In this file photo, President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. The White House is suddenly engaged in a multipronged pressure campaign against Beijing, borne of frustration with the limited results of their much-touted cooperation on ending North Koreas nuclear threat. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    As Trump flounders, Xi set to make gains

    Washington has levers against Beijing but using them in the form of tweets in making foreign policy as he goes along is...

    14 Aug 2017 12:29 AM IST

    Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leaves the premises of the JIT with son Hussain Nawaz in Islamabad. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Pak melodrama is full of twists

    Politicians might govern the country after a fashion, but the Army lives by its own rules and is above reproach.

    1 Aug 2017 12:01 AM IST

    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)Opinion
    Trump's ambitions need Indian finesse

    Trump's daughter Ivanka was also made an adviser and given an office in the West Wing of the White House.

    20 July 2017 2:16 AM IST

    India and China flags (Photo: PTI/File)Opinion
    Crisis as India stands in way of Chinese dreams

    One has also to look the India-China relationship against a wider canvas.

    17 July 2017 3:18 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Israel & Palestine: Modi must keep ties balanced

    President Trump has aced the discussion by suggesting that he is for a one-state or two-state solution if the two...

    3 July 2017 12:21 AM IST

    British Prime Minister Theresa MayOpinion
    May on borrowed time, UK needs a new leader

    Beyond Ms May's fate lies the portentous question of the crisis facing the British political system.

    19 Jun 2017 1:49 AM IST

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev (4th L), Chinese President Xi Jinping (3rd L), Russian President Vladimir Putin (4th R), Pakistans Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Extreme Right) and other Heads of Delegations after inclusion of new Member States, at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, in Astana, Kazakhstan on Friday. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    India, as a part of SCO, to face new challenges

    India's full membership of the SCO will have other consequences.

    13 Jun 2017 1:28 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump (Photo: AP)Opinion
    World won't wait while Trump experiments

    Trump is suggesting that his relationship with the world is transactional, apart from ending the so-called Islamic...

    5 Jun 2017 12:10 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman during a bilateral meeting in Riyadh. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Trump visit may deepen Shia-Sunni divide

    The US first lady, however, did not cover her head, as is the local custom for women.

    22 May 2017 12:37 AM IST

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