The cease-fire deal brokered by Russia-Turkey is a potential turning point in the country’s six-year civil war.

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite gazed imperiously over snow-covered woodlands, the stage for Nato's ‘Iron Sword’ exercise. One of the European Union's toughest leaders — and a karate black belt to boot — she knows that power these days needs real military hardware to back it up. With an increasingly bellicose Russia on its doorst

What began as a fancy slogan during the 2014 polls, Modi’s campaign of Congress Mukt Bharat no longer looks like a distant possibility.

If the president-elect makes good on promises to unravel Obama's climate change, trade and nuclear agreements, he will leave Obama's legacy defined not by his ambition but by his restraint, for better or worse.

The media – both electronic and print – is showing long queues in front of ATMs and is interviewing a few aggrieved to present the impact of demonetisation on the common person. The picture being painted is quite dismal. But is this the only version? Are there some missing pieces? We are an excessive cash economy Let's start with a few fa

The fear of standards falling as a result of introduction of vernaculars is unfounded.

Trump has held out hope of improving relations, but it's unclear what that portends for military ties

Bilateral relations between the two nations have come a long way and are set to flourish

Pakistan faces many serious problems -- and among them is the status and invulnerability of holy cows, and people who are above Pakistani laws. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not a living being, yet it has also gained the status of being one -- and people are warned of serious consequences if they dare to oppose or criticise this ne

Western media coverage created a distance between nations -- Western and Muslim. Indian media coverage distanced 180 million Muslims with a distinct nuance on the war on terror and strengthened majoritarianism.

Conflict of the generations will continue in the foreseeable future with probably neither side emerging as winner.

Goals 1 and 2 of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envision eradicating poverty and ending hunger in an extreme form in the world by 2030. Much will depend on how developing countries fare on the twin goals over the coming decade-and-a-half. This is because a bulk of the poor and hungry population is concentrated in the developing reg