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Death of Stalin: When tragedy becomes farce

According to Rinzai Zen, sudden enlightenment could be achieved, possibly after self-cultivation spread over many...

31 May 2018 1:50 AM IST

Armenias president Serzh Sargsyan

Malaysia and Armenia offer lessons for all

During the second vote, there were an estimated 250,000 people in the square and streets outside Parliament, awaiting...

24 May 2018 3:37 AM IST

Iran President Hassan Rouhani

Avoid a war with Iran, it will not spare any country

Hassan Rouhani's government is under considerable pressure from the hardliners who have always resented the nuclear...

17 May 2018 3:47 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron (Photo: AP)

In France, the spirit of revolt seems to have echoes of 1968

There is a temptation to perceive in this spirit of revolt echoes of May 1968.

10 May 2018 1:27 AM IST

200 years later, Karl Marx is still relevant

It was only after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 that Marx acquired renown as both a prophet and a bogeyman.

3 May 2018 7:22 AM IST

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un will pirouette on a diplomatic catwalk in a calculated game of international one-upmanship.

All eyes on Trump-Kim meeting that looms ahead

Most Western analysts are of the opinion that the concept of â€œdenuclearisationâ€ means very different things to the...

26 April 2018 7:14 AM IST

Damascus skies erupt with service to air missile fire as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the Syrian capital Damascus, Syria, early Saturday, April 14, 2018. Syrias capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as U.S. President Donald Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the countrys alleged use of chemical weapons. (Photo: AP)

If Iran-Israel rift escalates, it may engulf entire region

Syria's capacity as a potential crucible for the next world war has been far from exhausted.

19 April 2018 7:15 AM IST

UK Labour part leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Photo: AP)

Anti-Semitism row, spying' claims fail to silence Corbyn

It is reassuring, though, that Corbyn has not been cowed into tempering his criticism of the latest atrocities in Gaza.

12 April 2018 7:12 AM IST

Martin Luther King Jr (Photo: AP

Dr King's legacy goes far beyond civil rights; his spirit lives on...

In the United States, April 4 marks the assassination of its most prominent 20th-century moral exemplar.

5 April 2018 7:13 AM IST

US Special counsel Robert Muellers team wants to question US President Donald Trump as part of the investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, media reports said on Tuesday.

It's scary: Bolton may now unleash global havoc

Colin Powell, Bush's initial secretary of state, considered Bolton a spy for vice-president Cheney in the state...

29 March 2018 1:37 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Spy plots in Putin era: A return of Cold War?

Arguably, the least interesting of these revolved around the level of turnout and the extent of Vladimir Putin's...

22 March 2018 1:05 AM IST

The nation that picked Donald Trump as President in 2016 hasnt changed all that much.

My Lai 1968: Has America learned any lessons at all?

Ron Haeberle had captured the final moments of a small bunch of civilians who were among the estimated 504 massacred 50...

15 March 2018 3:46 AM IST