China asks US to pay UN debts in full
In a move construed as a continuation of their diplomatic spat over several issues, China has asked the US to “fulfill its financial obligations” and clear its debts to the …
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US hits Taliban with airstrikes after peace deal
A new peace deal to end the war in Afghanistan seemed to be falling apart as the US carried out fresh air raids against the Taliban this week.“The US conducted …
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There is India, a free society (of) over a billion people, successfully lifting countless millions out of poverty : Trump
“There is India, a free society (of) over a billion people, successfully lifting countless millions out of poverty and into the middle class.We think of the many before us who …
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India,US sign COMCASA pact
Taking a leap of faith, India and the US signed a crucial security pact called COMCASA at the 2+ 2 dialogue in New Delhi on September 6.The pact will lead …
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If they don’t shape up,I would withdraw from the WTO : Trump
“If they don’t shape up, I would withdraw from the WTO, was the single worst trade deal ever made,we rarely won a lawsuit except for last year,In the last year, …
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On Iran and Trump, India has landed between a rock and a hard place
IRAN TRUMP ERA For some years now, India has liked to think of itself as a “leading power” rather than simply a “balancing power”. But if the Modi government’s response …
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If You Hit, You Will Be Hit Back’: Iran Warns US, Allies After Attacks in Syria
Supreme leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei threatened the United States and its allies during a Monday speech to workers leading up to International Workers’ Day. The remarks came in response to a Sunday attack on a base in Syria that killed a number of Iranians.
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‘I Have Bigger Nuclear Button’: Trump’s Tweets Threaten to Derail Korean Talks – Analyst
Seoul is proposing to hold high-level talks on January 9 with Pyongyang at the demilitarized zone between the two countries, South Korea’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon said on Tuesday.The minister suggested holding talks at the Panmunjom village after Kim Jong Un expressed hopes that the country’s athletes would take part in the upcoming Winter Olympic Games set to take place in South Korea.
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TRUMP CONNECT: A NEW INDIA-US CHEMISTRY
Initial anxieties about how President Donald Trump’s volatile policy postures and nationalist agenda will impact the India-US relations have now become muted. PM Modi’s visit to the US, followed by Washington’s greater receptivity towards New Delhi’s concerns on terrorism and Afghanistan, has infused a new dynamism in India-US relations, says Meera Shankar, India’s former ambassador to the US in an article written exclusively for India and World, a pioneering magazine focused on international relations
The election of Donald Trump as President of America brought new uncertainties in India-US relations. His “America First” approach and call for strong trade action to protect American jobs from being shipped overseas promised fresh trade frictions and the lack of clarity on the US’s role in the Asia-Pacific raised questions whether the Strategic Partnership would be diluted in favour of a more transactional approach. Today, eight months down the road and following Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the US in June, 2017, the India-US Partnership is on course, centred on shared interests in countering terrorism, managing a more assertive China and shaping a balance conducive to peace and stability in the broader Asia-Pacific region.
Is it Jerusalem or Jerusalems?
For a gentile, kafir, infidel and pagan, Jerusalem might be another piece of territory as good or as bad as Alaska. This is, however, not true for the followers of the three Abrahamic faiths, and with valid reasons. Their genealogical trajectory is sequential and closely intertwined and some of their key historical moments are traced to the City of Jerusalem. Religion is an article of faith and hence one either accepts all beliefs and traditions or rejects them altogether; and modernity presupposes that no faith is inherently superior to or supersedes the other.According to Islamic traditions, between 610 and 623 CE, Jerusalem was the direction of prayer or Qibla until it was changed towards the Ka’aba in Mecca by Prophet Mohammed in February 624. The city is also associated with the Prophet’s ascendance to heaven or the Night-Journey and his Ascension on a winged horse traced to 620 CE. Thus, Jerusalem is the third holiest place in Islam after Mecca and Medina.
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