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Anyhow, Ubolratana rapidly withdrew her candidacy and, for good measure, was officially disqualified this week.

Thailand frees Arab dissident, but democracy takes a beating

The endgame in the al-Araibi saga, meanwhile, played out with a much bigger political drama as its backdrop.

14 Feb 2019 1:29 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan is not headed towards peace after US exit

There can be no question the Afghan Taliban regime that began consolidating its power in the mid-1990s was atrocious in...

7 Feb 2019 3:01 AM IST

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Afghanistan is not headed towards peace after US exit

There can be no question the Afghan Taliban regime that began consolidating its power in the mid-1990s was atrocious in...

7 Feb 2019 2:26 AM IST

Venezuelans will mostly be pleased over Nicolas Maduro's exit

The latter and his sponsors were clearly hoping that the Venezuelan military would come to the party and topple Maduro.

31 Jan 2019 1:46 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May (Photo: AP)

Brexit may be Britain's worst crisis since World War II

The most worried segments of the public have lately been stockpiling food and medicines, just in case.

24 Jan 2019 2:02 AM IST

Remembering Red Rosa: The inspiration' behind Lenin?

Germany was transformed on the eve of the November 1918 armistice, largely through direct action by soldiers, sailors...

17 Jan 2019 12:49 AM IST

18-year-old Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed al-Qanun (2nd L) being escorted by a Thai immigration officer (R) and UNHCR officials at Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok. (Photo: AFP)

The depths of patriarchal depravity

Initially there was cause to fear that Rahaf al-Qunun's attempted flight to freedom would come to a sticky end.

10 Jan 2019 7:38 AM IST

Although Pakistan is not a contracting party, we can still glean from this that the determinants of naturalisation in any given protracted situation are less legal than economic, social, cultural or racial.

A sour note in Dhaka, US still in a flux: 2019 has shaky start

Alongside its allies, it appears to have repeated the feat 48 years later.

3 Jan 2019 12:22 AM IST

US President Donald Trump

Trump's move to leave Syria & Afghan leaves West in a tizzy

Mr Trump's dismay at US foreign engagements evidently extends to Afghanistan, where a somewhat more gradual...

27 Dec 2018 12:47 AM IST

Prime Minister Australian Scott Morrison (Photo: AP)

Doing politics over Jerusalem, Oz PM fails in bid to please all

Australia's Morrison never had much credibility to start with, and now, like Aesop's misfortunate miller, he's also lost...

20 Dec 2018 1:28 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron

Has Macron imbibed any lessons so far?

Macron's popularity, meanwhile, has been in the low 20s, and one recent poll has it down to 18 per cent.

13 Dec 2018 7:06 AM IST

Noam Chomsky (Photo: AP)

Noam: An international living treasure

Chomsky initially acquired renown within academia as a groundbreaking master of linguistics.

6 Dec 2018 7:10 AM IST