Damascus: Syria’s new transitional prime minister on Tuesday said it was time for “stability and calm” in the country, two days after longtime president Bashar al-Assad was toppled by rebels in a lightning offensive. The rebels appointed Mohammad al-Bashir as the transitional head of government to run the country until March 1, a statement said. … Read more
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship as soon as he gets into office to make good on campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefine what it means to be American. But any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Birthright citizenship means anyone born in the United … Read more
Seoul: South Korean police searched President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office Wednesday over his imposition of martial law last week, reports said, as some of his top officials were arrested, detained and questioned about their actions in enforcing his orders. The developments come hours before the main liberal opposition Democratic Party submits a new motion to … Read more
Mumbai: The case of Bengaluru Techie Atul Subhash who died by suicide citing alleged harassment by his estranged wife has opened up a debate on misuse of ant–dowry lawy. Mumbai-based lawyer Abha Singh described the case as a ‘gross misuse of law,’ stating that false charges and harassment led to the death of the victim, … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has filled the key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty to him after he felt bruised and hampered by internal squabbling during his first term. Some of his choices could face difficult confirmation fights in the Senate, even with Republicans in control, and two candidates have already withdrawn from … Read more
The Rajya Sabha MP also said Banerjee’s ability to defeat the BJP electorally has spurred many leaders to express a desire to see her in a larger leadership role. The INDIA bloc is united in its strategy to defeat the BJP, Trinamool Congress leader Sushmita Dev said on Tuesday, even as the chorus grew for … Read more
The swearing-in of Devendra Fadnavis as Maharashtra’s new chief minister, almost two weeks after the alliance bagged 80 per cent of the total 288 seats in the Assembly, settles nothing. It is probably the start of a game of thrones that will play out over several years as the three-legged Mahayuti alliance of the BJP-Shiv … Read more
Way back in 2004, King Abdullah of Jordan had coined a controversial and loaded term called the “Shia Crescent”, that indicated land and territory from Shia-dominated Iran running across the Iraqi-Syrian swathes up to the southern coast of Lebanon. The subsequent fall of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni-led Iraq to Shia forces, along with the successful negation … Read more
India has had its say on the situation in Bangladesh where the safety of minorities has been under a grave threat. In diplomatic terms, the meetings the foreign secretary Vikram Misiri had with his counterpart Md Jashim Uddin, the chief adviser to the interim regime, Muhammad Yunus, and the foreign affairs adviser, Md Touhid Hossain, … Read more