Tehran evacuation order: Trump calls for immediate withdrawal from Iran’s capital — what we know so farDonald Trump has called for immediate evacuation of parts of Tehran. This follows intensified Israeli airstrikes. Nuclear sites are targete...
17 Jun, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
Iran-backed militias in Iraq ready to disarm to avert Trump wrathSeveral Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are ready to disarm to prevent conflict with the U.S., after warnings from the Trump administration...
07 Apr, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
USAID shutdown by Trump-backed DOGE puts Iraq in peril, hundreds of development projects under threatThe stopping of USAID operations has put the middle-east country of Iraq in crisis as hundreds of development projects backed by the Americ...
14 Feb, 2025, 01.12 AM IST
Israel has landed heavy blows on Hezbollah. The victory it seeks could prove elusiveHezbollah and Lebanon have faced a devastating week with Israeli strikes killing top commanders and bombing militant sites. Despite tactica...
25 Sep, 2024, 10.28 AM IST
No nukes? Ukraine-Russian war will shape world's arsenalsIt's a point that people and politicians of non-nuclear powers globally are raising more often, at what has become a destabilising moment i...
21 Jun, 2022, 10.32 AM IST
From Saddam Hussein to IS: Iraq still exhuming mass gravesDictator Saddam Hussein went to war with Iran from 1980 to 1988. Next came the 1991 Gulf war over Kuwait, then the 2003 US-led invasion, ye...
10 Jun, 2022, 10.46 AM IST
Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, diesAs secretary of state, Albright was the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government. She was not in the line of succession ...
24 Mar, 2022, 07.00 AM IST
They were some of 9/11's biggest names. Where are they now?In the aftermath of the planes falling from the sky, America and the world were introduced to an array of personalities. Some we had known ...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
Islamic State Vs Islamic Ideals: There is no clash of civilizations and terrorism isn’t jihadThe 200 mn Muslims in India are the legatees of magnificent contributions made by the Ulema and Sufis, over centuries of fraternal coexiste...
04 Dec, 2015, 12.43 PM IST
ISIS is reportedly using information leaked by Edward Snowden to evade intelligence authoritiesThe New York Times reported this week that ISIS has "studied revelations from Edward J. Snowden, about how the US gathers information on mi...
22 Jul, 2015, 12.23 PM IST
46 nurses stranded in Iraq to return todayIn what is being seen as a major success for the Modi-led government, the 46 Indian nurses have been moved to Iraq's non-conflict zone on F...
05 Jul, 2014, 04.55 AM IST
- 9/11: The rage isn't over yet
Ten years after 9/11, the belief that the US military juggernaut, once unleashed, can counter any threat has ebbed.
10 Sep, 2011, 02.24 PM IST
- In the end, it's the commodity
Shed a tear or two for the poor dictator, for the beast of democracy is driving him to extinction. Legends like Kim Il Sung, Papa Doc and J...
02 Jan, 2007, 03.29 AM IST
- Look who is topping searches!
Google is god of search right? But Yahoo, the erstwhile king of directory searches, is still popular in the US. And it has come out with a ...
09 Dec, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- Trouble in Thailand
The army commander who seized Thailand’s government in a swift, bloodless coup promised Wednesday to act as Prime Minister for only two wee...
21 Sep, 2006, 04.25 AM IST