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Ukraine dumped?

The explosive confrontation between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelenskky has exposed a widening gulf in the US-Ukraine relationship, leaving Kyiv more vulnerable at a critical moment in its war against Russia.

Security Failure

The release of Israel’s official military report on the failures of 7 October 2023 marks a critical moment in the country’s reckoning with one of its darkest days.

Abandoned abroad

On the afternoon of 5 February 2025, a US military aircraft landed at Amritsar’s Shri Guru Ramdas Ji International Airport, carrying 104 Indian immigrants who had entered the United States illegally.

Renewables Race

India’s clean energy ambitions are bold and necessary, but the country faces an uphill battle in turning them into reality.

A pizza, half-baked, was Gorbachev’s legacy

As Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union passed away, a remarkable Pizza Hut advert filmed in 1997 resurfaced. In the ad, Gorbachev walked alongside his granddaughter across Moscow’s famous Red Square and entered a Pizza Hut

Monuments and memories

Public memory is not uniform or static. Statues and memorials erected in the years after the second world war are prime examples.

Turkish twist

It would be naïve for the region and the wider world, however, to ascribe any other motive than the purely utilitarian to this change in tack by President Erdogan.

Short of Teesta

While India’s studied silence on Teesta has disappointed Dhaka, Mr Modi’s pledge to discuss the economic issue has been generally welcomed by the Bangladesh delegation.

Awaiting Redemption

 Muslim leaders feel that this rhetoric is peddling anti-Muslim sentiments in a climate when Muslims are already feeling alienated and marginalized.