Beware Taliban promises, Afghanistan envoy to China warnsThe withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, and a surge in fighting as Taliban insurgents gain territory, raise concerns for China, whi...
06 Aug, 2021, 04.42 PM IST
Paris raps Pakistan over Alvi remarks on French MuslimsAddressing a conference on religion on Saturday, Alvi said: "When you see that laws are being changed in favour of a majority to isolate a ...
23 Feb, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
French lawmakers approve bill to battle Islamist extremismPresident Emmanuel Macron's centrist party rallied around the legislation, with 347 National Assembly lawmakers voting in favour, 151 again...
16 Feb, 2021, 10.51 PM IST
France fighting Islamist extremism, not Islam: Emmanuel MacronFrench President Emmanuel Macron has said his country is fighting "Islamist separatism, never Islam", responding to a Financial Times artic...
05 Nov, 2020, 09.38 AM IST
AP explains: Why does France spark such anger in the Muslim worldBut the country's efforts to integrate Muslim immigrants have faltered. The official French doctrine of colorblindness is intended to ignor...
01 Nov, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
Turkey calls for boycott of French goods amid Macron rowTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has led the charge against President Emmanuel Macron over his robust defence of the right to mock re...
26 Oct, 2020, 11.43 PM IST
Tensions between EU and Turkey escalate over Erdogan insultsErdogan said Saturday that Macron needed his head examined. He made the comments during a local party congress, apparently in response to s...
26 Oct, 2020, 07.36 PM IST
'Resist the blackmail': French companies brace for Arab boycottFrench President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to take the fight to Islamic radicals after the October 16 beheading of a history teacher who ha...
26 Oct, 2020, 05.22 PM IST
View: Imperative to zap the cancer of religious radicalism to save the body politicTo zap a cancerous tumour with radiation is not to attack the body in which the tumour has grown, but to save it. Attempts to apply painful...
19 Oct, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
View: PM with the silver bullet styleBypassing elites to communicate directly with the masses may be popular, but it carries risks.
21 Sep, 2019, 11.27 AM IST
View: Blind trust in China is sending Pakistan hurtling down the Zimbabwe wayChina just helped effect a regime overthrow in Zimbabwe. To protect its investments, it will also seek to control Pak politics with militar...
12 Jul, 2018, 03.24 PM IST
Here's how schools of faith, mobiles are radicalising KashmirThe traditionally moderate school followed by the majority in Kashmir is being replaced by the Saudi-imported Salafism or Wahhabism.
09 Jul, 2017, 11.18 AM IST
Age of the stone wars in KashmirSimplistic official narratives try to elide the fact that behind the protests lie killings of civilians and an acute political crisis.
02 Jul, 2010, 06.32 AM IST
- India to probe security of China-made telecoms: Minister
India is to investigate whether its use of Chinese-made telecom equipment in sensitive border and insurgency-hit areas could jeopardise nat...
28 Aug, 2009, 07.15 PM IST