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Nuclear-armed Pakistan, a staunch US Cold War ally and key player in the US-backed invasion of Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, has watched warily as Washington has in recent years pivoted towards its arch-foe. (Photo: PTI/File)

Pakistan wary of deepening India-US ties as Tillerson heads to...

Many Pakistanis feel betrayed that its traditional ally is now cosying up to India over Afghanistan.

24 Oct 2017 7:48 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

The warring lovechildren of Cold War era

Caught in the midst of these competing ambitions is the fledgling government of the Fulbright scholar and academician...

11 Nov 2017 12:58 AM IST

A post-Trump Democratic administration may well decide to opt for the win-win relationship proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Where is the new Cold War headed?

Chinese efforts to build a so-called win-win' relationship through trade concessions and cooperation on Korea and...

15 Oct 2018 12:07 AM IST

The Berlin Wall has been down, for as long as it was up: 10316 days. (Photo: Facebook/Howard Griffin Gallery)

Berlin Wall: The rise, and the artist who lead its fall

Thierry's aim was to paint the Wall so that it looked like a deformity and stood out, not to beautify it.

7 Feb 2018 11:32 AM IST

Asked about the impression in the US that New Delhi is a good bet to contain Beijing, she said India is unlikely to be part of such an initiative. (photo: AP)

India-China ties a 'cold war-like' bond in making: ex-US diplomat

New Delhi is unlikely to join something framed as a US-led front to contain Beijing, says former American diplomat...

3 Feb 2018 12:21 PM IST

Cubas President Raul Castro (L) enters the National Assembly followed by his successor Miguel Diaz-Canel. (Photo: AP)

After 6-decade of Castro rule, Cuba all set to greet Miguel Diaz-Canel...

Diaz-Canel will become the island's first leader born after the 1959 revolution, and the first in 60 years who is not...

19 April 2018 3:04 PM IST

The coffin is a concrete dome, built in the late 1970s on Runit island, part of Enewetak atoll, as a dumping ground for waste from the nuclear tests. (Photo: AFP)

UN chief concerned about nuclear 'coffin' leakage in Pacific

He described structure on Enewetak atoll in Marshall Islands as 'kind of coffin' and said legacy of Cold War-era nuclear...

17 May 2019 12:56 PM IST

This Jan. 3 1976 photo made by the National Reconnaissance Office shows Mount Everest at center. This and other once-classified Cold War era spy satellite images are showing scientists that glaciers on the Himalayas are now melting about twice as fast as they used to. (National Reconnaissance Office via AP)

Himalayan glaciers are melting fast revealed by old spy images

The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount Everest, has been losing ice at a rate of about 1 per cent a year since...

20 Jun 2019 5:44 PM IST

The missiles fired by the North last week were described as a new type of tactical guided short-range weapon. (Photo: AFP)

US tests medium-range missile after exiting INF treaty with Russia

The missile was launched on Sunday from the US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los Angeles,...

20 Aug 2019 2:08 PM IST

Kudlow discounted the notion that next years election increases the urgency for President Donald Trump to conclude the trade war. (Photo: AP)

White House adviser compares China trade talks to Cold War

US and Chinese officials have agreed to hold their next round of talks in Washington next month.

7 Sept 2019 10:33 AM IST

Foreign agents, defined as involved in politics and receiving money from abroad, must register with the justice ministry, label publications with the tag and submit detailed paperwork or face fines. (Photo: File)

Putin says Russia will make new missiles banned during Cold War

Putin said Moscow had urged US to de-escalate spiralling arms race between the former Cold War foes, but that Washington...

6 Sept 2019 10:40 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Chinas President Xi Jinping (AFP)

Sunanda K Datta Ray | As US, China spar; India needs to fend for...

India must consider its own long-term geopolitical imperatives more than American overtures

29 July 2020 4:51 PM IST