Deportation fears rise for 5 lakh migrants after Trump policy wins Supreme Court backingThe Supreme Court permits the Trump administration to end a Biden program. This program gave temporary residency to 500,000 immigrants. The...
31 May, 2025, 11.58 AM IST
Ho Chi Minh’s triumph and Vietnam’s history of hungerLast week marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, a key moment in Vietnam’s history and the story of Ho Chi Minh, who started hi...
04 May, 2025, 08.18 PM IST
Vietnam's Michelin star restaurants are its hot new tourist attractionsVietnam's fine dining sector is growing, drawing locals and tourists. Michelin has recognized several restaurants, highlighting the country...
15 Oct, 2024, 10.57 AM IST
Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud caseVietnam's real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death in the country's largest financial fraud case ever. Lan was accused of il...
11 Apr, 2024, 03.10 PM IST
Who is Mai Whelan? Squid Game's first winner awaits millions amid tax tangleVietnam-born Mai Whelan triumphs in Squid Game: The Challenge, winning a record-breaking USD 4.56 million. Despite her victory, delayed pay...
09 Dec, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Travel Guide: The best way to spend 36 hours in Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHow quickly Vietnam's biggest city is transforming with new urbane enclaves and upscale planned communities, as well as the high-rises cons...
15 Aug, 2023, 04.42 PM IST
What's happening with Afghanistan evacuations?Afghans trying to reach the Kabul airport face a gauntlet of danger, and there are far more who want to leave than will be able to do so. T...
25 Aug, 2021, 09.09 PM IST
Afghanistan may turn China's Belt & Road into a $282 billion creditor trapThe People’s Republic has invested huge infrastructure projects as well as extended huge loans to Islamabad as part of the Belt and Road In...
20 Aug, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
In Taliban's seven-day march to power, a stunning string of winsIn just a week, militants won city after city, toppled the government and grabbed the grand prize of Kabul. Even for a country scarred by g...
18 Aug, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what's nextThe Taliban, a militant group that ran the country in the late 1990s, have again taken control.
17 Aug, 2021, 06.52 PM IST
As Taliban capture power in Afghanistan, Britain asks: Is America back or has it turned its back?Britain fears the Taliban's return and the vacuum left by the West's chaotic withdrawal will allow militants from al Qaeda and Islamic Stat...
16 Aug, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Taliban sweep across Afghanistan's south; take four more cities including GhorThe latest significant blow was the loss of the capital of Helmand province, where American, British and allied NATO forces fought some of ...
13 Aug, 2021, 11.30 PM IST
‘In the end we felt betrayed’: Vietnamese veterans see echoes in AfghanistanAll said they saw stark similarities between Vietnam 46 years ago and Afghanistan today: a swift pullout, an enemy defying peace deals, and...
08 Jul, 2021, 01.35 PM IST
Explained: When is United States' war in Afghanistan really over?For the United States and its coalition partners, the endgame is murky. Although all combat troops and 20 years of accumulated war materiel...
02 Jul, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
Nothing fishy about this: Ex-Apple engineer turns stinky sauce into an upscale condimentRed Boat Fish Sauce is now found in the kitchens of Michelin-starred restaurants.
18 Dec, 2018, 01.52 PM IST
Six facts on the city renaming spreeWhile renaming for political purposes was not uncommon even in the past, this scale of ‘religious’ renaming is been unprecedented.
12 Nov, 2018, 11.06 AM IST
Famous five! Bill Gates’s hot book picks of 2017The world’s second richest man reads about 50 books a year.
06 Dec, 2017, 09.24 AM IST