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Scott Morrison will be Australias new Prime Minister. (Photo: AP)

Power games in Oz: After Morrison, what's next?

Last week, for the fourth time in little more than eight years, Australia changed horses midstream after a few days of...

30 Aug 2018 7:20 AM IST

(Representational Photo: Prague.eu)

Prague 1968: Why socialism with a human face' had failed

It was springtime in Prague, and by then Czechoslovakia had been in a creative turmoil for several months.

23 Aug 2018 9:38 AM IST

Gen. Zia-ul Haq (Photo: biography.com)

The death of a dictator

It was almost miraculous. A pall that seemed permanent had suddenly been lifted from Pakistan.

16 Aug 2018 7:20 AM IST

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits the Qutub Shahi tomb at Ibrahim Bagh in Hyderabad on Friday. He is on a three-day visit to India. (Photo: DC)

If Tehran has regime change, it must come from within

The Iranian economy has been tanking for a while. It is likely to deteriorate further after US sanctions.

9 Aug 2018 7:23 AM IST

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu

View from Pakistan: New racist law in Israel makes Mideast peace more...

Benjamin Netanyahu is happy to cavort with the anti-Semitic leaderships of Poland and Hungary, not to mention the Trump...

2 Aug 2018 7:37 AM IST

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called The Snake to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

If Nato were to collapse, would it really be such a bad thing?

Nato emerged at the start of the Cold War as a counterweight to the Communist bloc. It ought to have been wrapped up...

19 July 2018 7:31 AM IST

The H1N1 virus has got used to Indian conditions and the virus is surviving when there is a dip in temperatures at night.

Science still isn't good at prevention of diseases

Investigations in recent decades have led many specialists to conclude that the virus originated in the US.

12 July 2018 7:21 AM IST

Andr©s Manuel L³pez Obrador (Photo: AP)

L³pez Obrador represents a rare glimmer of hope

Mexican Presidents get only one term, so the 64-year-old Amlo will have just six years, after he assumes power in...

5 July 2018 7:30 AM IST

Donald Trump ordered the creation of a sixth branch. (Photo: Pixabay)

It's wrong to respond to a refugee crisis with cruelty

The policy of wrenching children from their parents has been implemented since last year.

28 Jun 2018 7:15 AM IST

Kim Jong-Un has overseen unspoken reforms that have allowed the market to play a greater role in North Koreas economy. (Photo: AFP)

North Korea nukes: Optics are good, but a real deal is a long way off

North Korea has also kept a keen eye on Iraq, where Saddam Hussein faced an American-led invasion after abandoning his...

21 Jun 2018 7:11 AM IST

Late Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (Photo: AP)

Ortega-free' future looks unlikely in Nicaraguan

Pent-up resentments related to other various issues kept emotions on the boil.

14 Jun 2018 6:31 AM IST

Robert F. Kennedy (Photo: AP)

What if Bobby became Prez in '68: Would it change US?

Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) listens politely at first, then realises the song is about his brother and his face crumples up.

7 Jun 2018 6:52 AM IST