Japan reaches out to Russia for peace deal
Seeking to mend fences, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reached out to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for a summit meeting as he renewed his call for progress on an …
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Targeting Iran: Sudan, Bahrain cut ties, UAE downgrades ties
After the historic nuclear deal in July 2015 between Iran and the P5+1 countries, Iran’s international isolation seemed to have come to an end. However, the recent developments in the …
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After Mazar-e-Sharif, blast near Indian consulate in Jalalabad
Barely hours after terrorists targeting the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif were gunned down, an explosion erupted in Jalalabad near the Indian consulate on January 5, signaling the renewed onslaught on …
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US’ message to Saudi Arabia, Iran: Show restraint
In the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Middle East, the US has asked Saudi Arabia and Iran to show restraint as the tensions between the two regional powers erupted …
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US asks Pakistan to take action against Pathankot terrorists
In an act of solidarity with India in the wake of the Pathankot terror attack, the US has literally served a notice to Pakistan saying that it expects Islamabad to …
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Questions we must ask about the Pathankot attack
Some things about the attack on the Pathankot IAF base are obvious. First, something is seriously wrong with our border management in the area. Despite the fencing and presumably heavy patrolling, …
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India to ‘review ties with Pakistan’ after Pathankot operations
India is exploring options to continue the bilateral dialogue with Pakistan in the aftermath of the ongoing terror attacks in Pathankot, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that the government …
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From Lahore surprise to Pathankot shock: Can talking cure manic-depressive India-Pakistan ties?
Breakfast and lunch in Kabul, tea in Lahore, dinner in Delhi. And mourning in Pathankot! The gap between the dreamy idyll and the shock of reality is so stark in the perennially conflicted, convoluted India-Pakistan relations that it defies imagination.
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NSA Doval busy dousing Pathankot fire, cancels visit to China
In the aftermath of the terror attack hitting the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, killing seven Indian soldiers, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s visit to China, which was expected …
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Embassy attack: Saudi Arabia, Iran cut off diplomatic ties
Hitting a new low in the relations between the two West Asian regional powers, Saudi Arabia has cut off diplomatic ties with Iran after protesters attacked its embassy in Tehran. …
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