Putin cancels visit to France amid Syria tensions
Russian President Vladimir Putin has canceled a planned visit to France after Paris shortened the program for the trip. The development comes amid increased...
Greek parents padlock school against refugee children as education plan gets underway
Greek parents padlocked the gates of a school on Tuesday in protest against a controversial plan to allow refugee children access to education. The parents waved...
No 10 plays down warning of £66bn annual Brexit impact
Downing Street has warned against attempts to “reheat the arguments” of the EU referendum following claims that the Treasury has issued dire internal warnings...
Are Libyans abandoning democracy in search of stability?
It has been nearly five years since Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi was captured and killed by Libyan rebels near his hometown of Sirte...
Is Russia pulling Turkey away from the West?
A bi-national meeting was held in Moscow Oct. 2, bringing together Ahmet Tunc — an adviser of Melih Gokcek, the mayor of Ankara and a...
How Peres’ funeral highlighted rift among Israeli Arabs
The decision by Knesset members of the Joint List of predominantly Arab parties to boycott the funeral of former President Shimon Peres on Sept....
Chidambaram Interview Dropped as NDTV Censors News that ‘Compromises National Security’
“Our Army cannot be doubted or questioned or used for political gains,” channel staffers are told in an internal email. The graphic that played out...
Rare agreement between Saudi and Iranian Islamic scholars: soccer poses a threat
Sunni scholars in Saudi Arabia and their Shiite counterparts in Iran may be at war over who is a Muslim, but there is one...
Face to face with Bin Laden
Speaking exclusively – and chillingly – to Robert Fisk, the ‘rebel leader’ openly plotted terror against the West. Osama bin Laden, the fiercest opponent of the...
Amid Syrian chaos, Iran’s game plan emerges: a path to the Mediterranean
Not far from Mosul, a large military force is finalising plans for an advance that has been more than three decades in the making....
Public humiliation: Chechen leader’s simple strategy to control social media
Ramzan Kadyrov is punishing ordinary people who criticise his rule with televised shamings, as well as detentions and abuse Aishat Inaeva, a social worker from...
Why a jobless GDP growth could spoil Narendra Modi’s 2019 run
Union finance minister Arun Jaitley now exercises more caution when he speaks about India's economic performance during foreign trips. The 'we-are-the-best-and-everything-is-fine-here' tone has changed...