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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with US President Donald Trump

Saudi Arabia needs drastic restructuring

The CIA recently concluded that MBS was behind the grotesque murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi...

29 Nov 2018 7:05 AM IST

Noted photographer Paul Saltzmans talks about his exhibition that has 25 rare photographs of The Beatles, clicked during his week-long stay in Rishikesh. (Pic Credit: Paul Saltzman)

Beatles' 1968 White Album is in tune with today's world

In retrospect, though, it could easily be argued that the thoughtful questions Lennon poses made his song more pertinent...

22 Nov 2018 7:27 AM IST

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto addressing a gathering in Karachi. (Photo: Dawn)

Lest we forget

It is salutary to recall that one of the most potent popular rebellions in Pakistan was sparked by goods worth Rs 5,000.

8 Nov 2018 7:27 AM IST

More than 16 poets have confirmed participation and the festival will provide space for the workshops which will give an opportunity to the poetry lovers to learn from the accomplished poets. (Representational image)

Poetry & war: The monstrous anger of guns

The Latin quotation from Horace translates as: It is a sweet and honourable thing to die for one's country.

1 Nov 2018 2:35 AM IST

Presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is taken on the shoulders of a supporter moments before being stabbed during a campaign rally in Juiz de Fora, Brazil. (Photo: AP)

Electing Bolsonaro is a self-goal for Brazil

The 1964 military coup in Chile was directed against a President perceived by the far right as being too far to the...

25 Oct 2018 1:26 AM IST

For centuries, the Olympics have served as the premier forum for testing the limits of human performance. This year, Intel will add to the experience by flexing its technology and innovation muscle.

An American tragedy, with potent acts of defiance

The international record holder, John Carlos, came third as fellow team member Tommie Smith set a new world record.

18 Oct 2018 1:17 AM IST

Jamal Khashoggi (Photo: AP)

The price of a journalist's criticism in Saudi Arabia

For much of his career, Khashoggi had in fact been fairly close to his nation's ruling family.

11 Oct 2018 7:37 AM IST

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Hysteria over Kavanaugh: US Prez firm on SC rightward shift

Appointees are nominated by the President and confirmed by Congress, and the appointments are potentially for life.

4 Oct 2018 1:34 AM IST

The electorate could be asked whether or not it accepts the deal negotiated by its government with the EU, or it could simultaneously be given the option of reversing the result of the 2016 referendum by altogether rejecting the very idea of a Brexit.

What will the question be if there is a 2nd vote on Brexit?

Last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May took her controversial Chequers plan to an EU summit in Salzburg, and...

27 Sept 2018 1:17 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: AP/File)

Re-educating' Xinjiang: How the Chinese rule Uighurs

The Uighurs are Turkic Muslims, and official Chinese fears of fundamentalist radicalisation are not exactly unfounded.

20 Sept 2018 12:29 AM IST

Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Akesson celebrates at the election party in Stockholm. (Photo: AP)

Europe shift: Swedes flirt with politics of far-right

Sweden, which was once almost a byword for European social democracy, flirting with the far right evokes a sense of...

13 Sept 2018 7:21 AM IST

Yemen tragedy is escalating amid growing Mideast mess

It was a 500-pound American bomb that the Saudi Air Force dropped less than a month ago on a school bus, causing dozens...

7 Sept 2018 12:28 AM IST