Hope and hate: How migrant influx has changed GermanyA decade after Germany opened its borders to a million migrants, the country grapples with the consequences. While some celebrate a more co...
29 Aug, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
After Trump’s team calls him a ‘Madman’ over Syria strikes, Netanyahu out for 3 days with food poisoningTensions escalate between the Trump administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to unexpected airstrikes in Syria, wit...
21 Jul, 2025, 07.15 PM IST
What will happen to Syria's war debts?Following the ousting of Bashar al-Assad, Syria faces the complex task of reintegrating into the global economy and addressing its substant...
19 May, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
Was Bashar al-Assad poisoned in an assassination bid in Moscow? Reports say he was taken ill on Sunday and was struggling to breatheSyrian leader Bashar al-Assad, currently in exile in Moscow, reportedly fell seriously ill on Sunday, sparking fears of a poisoning assassi...
03 Jan, 2025, 04.16 PM IST
The curious case of Assad clan's missing billionsFor years, Bashar al-Assad and his family carefully cultivated an image of the Syrian leader as a modest, austere figure. Assad's regime co...
16 Dec, 2024, 03.53 PM IST
Is Iran next? Fall of Assad jolts a vulnerable leadershipIran's foreign policy is in disarray after the downfall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a key ally. With its "Axis of Resistance" weak...
11 Dec, 2024, 10.09 AM IST
Syria rebels name head of transitional govtRebels ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and installed a transitional government. Islamist leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, heading the...
10 Dec, 2024, 08.34 PM IST
Fall of Assad regime 'historic opportunity for people' of Syria: US President Joe BidenPresident Biden announced the fall of the Assad regime in Syria after rebel forces seized control. He declared it a historic opportunity fo...
09 Dec, 2024, 03.28 PM IST
Islamic State attacks Syria jail, military base in Iraq in deadly escalationThe jihadist group has yet to comment on the attacks and there is no indication that they are coordinated but, according to analysts, they ...
21 Jan, 2022, 11.45 PM IST
Al-Qaida chief appears in 9/11 video amid rumors he is deadAl-Zawahri became leader of al-Qaida following the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan by US Navy SEALs.
12 Sep, 2021, 03.59 PM IST
On the sidelines, Hezbollah looms large over Gaza battleHezbollah's shadow loomed large during Israel and Hamas' two-week battle, with the possibility it could unleash its arsenal of missiles - f...
21 May, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
A decade on, the broken dreams of the Arab SpringOn January 14, 2011, social networks were flooded with footage of lawyer Abdennaceur Aouini defying a curfew to stand in the iconic Avenue ...
23 Nov, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
IS haunted by desertions; looks to recruit IndiansAccording to intelligence reports, nearly 150 Indians, mostly from southern states, are under surveillance of security agencies for activel...
13 Jul, 2018, 05.29 PM IST
Islamic extremist terrorism is the enemy of US: Rudy Giuliani"I did not say all of Islam. I said Islamic extremist terrorism. Failing to identify them properly maligns decent Muslims around the world,...
19 Jul, 2016, 11.58 AM IST
Turkey at the crossroads as deal with EU in jeopardyGrappling with several challenges ranging from the continuing influx of Syrian refugees to attacks from Kurdish separatists and IS terroris...
16 May, 2016, 12.31 PM IST
Islamic State has overshadowed al-Qaeda as principal terrorist threat: US"Originally an outgrowth of al Qaeda in Iraq, in the past two years ISIL has eclipsed core al Qaeda as the principal terrorist threat we fa...
08 Mar, 2016, 01.11 PM IST
World united in fight against ISIL: Barack ObamaUS President Barack Obama today said the international community is united in its fight against the dreaded terror group.
20 Sep, 2014, 06.47 PM IST