Syria selects members of first post-Assad parliament in contested processSyria is set to select its first post-Assad parliament, a process widely criticized as undemocratic. Interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa will ap...
05 Oct, 2025, 07.37 AM IST
How Syria's first elections since autocrat Assad's ouster is expected to unfoldSyria will hold parliamentary elections this Sunday. This marks the first vote since Bashar Assad's removal. Most seats will be filled by e...
02 Oct, 2025, 10.46 AM IST
Syria to revalue currency, dropping two zeros in bid for stability, sources saySyria plans to introduce new banknotes in December, removing two zeros to combat devaluation and restore confidence in the pound after a 99...
22 Aug, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
Six months after deposing Assad, Syria faces security, economic challengesSince assuming power after toppling Assad, Syria's interim President Sharaa has achieved international recognition and sanctions relief. Ho...
03 Jun, 2025, 09.03 AM IST
A mysterious meeting with Syrian president is at the center of spy chief's nomination fightTulsi Gabbard is facing renewed scrutiny over her 2017 meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad as she awaits her confirmation as Preside...
29 Jan, 2025, 11.03 AM IST
India votes in favour of UNGA resolution on Palestine calling for end to Israeli occupationIndia supported a UN General Assembly resolution calling for Israel's withdrawal from Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, includin...
04 Dec, 2024, 12.01 PM IST
On resolutions relating to situation in W.Asia, India votes in favour of 5, abstains on oneThe Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) of the UN General Assembly approved six draft resolutions on November 9 all by ...
12 Nov, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
View: Russia’s brutality in Ukraine has roots in earlier conflicts“Massive devastation and collateral fatalities among the civilian population are acceptable in order to limit one’s own casualties,” Alexei...
19 Mar, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Ukraine: How citizenship and race play out in refugees' movements in EuropeCriticisms imply that the European Union treats refugees from the Global South differently, and that such treatment is based on race. Criti...
13 Mar, 2022, 12.02 PM IST
After Shailaja, ex-journo Veena George to helm Kerala Health department in covid eraShailaja's non-inclusion, after she played a leading role in the state's fight against Covid-19, had created a flutter and various sections...
21 May, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
Assembly polls: A raging battle in Kerala’s ‘Vatican’ keeps Christian electoral belt edgyAs the battle has high stake for Jose’s and KCM’s future, the Pala establishment is rallying behind him as a thanksgiving for KM Mani’s pat...
01 Apr, 2021, 07.21 AM IST
Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longerAustralia introduced the law as the number of extremists held in prisons on terror-related convictions was increasing and public concerns g...
10 Feb, 2021, 03.31 PM IST
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict draws in fighters from MideastFighting has raged since September 27 in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, leaving several hundred dead. The enclave lies within A...
09 Oct, 2020, 02.32 PM IST
US Senate passes bill to strengthen ties with 'Major Defence Partner' IndiaThe new designation allows India to buy more advanced and sensitive technologies from the US at par with some of its closest allies, and en...
19 Jun, 2018, 01.05 PM IST
Sensex cracks over 150 points; Nifty50 below 9,250; Adani Ports, Sun Pharma slipSensex was trading 124 points lower at 29,806.68. The index had hit a low of 29763.02 in trade. The NSE dropped 39 points, or 0.42 per cent...
07 Apr, 2017, 09.33 AM IST
Trump's new order bans immigrants from 6 Muslim nations, except IraqThe new version specifies that people who have already been issued visas, green-card holders and dual citizens won’t be denied entry.
07 Mar, 2017, 12.57 AM IST
PM’s move to reach out to BJP averts gridlockThe prime minister told the leaders of the main opposition that the economic situation was getting complicated and appealed for consensus.
05 Sep, 2013, 05.25 AM IST