Barbara Slevin, fellow at the Stimson Center and author, discusses the possibility of regime change in Iran following recent Israeli strikes. An expert from the Stimson Center explains why regime change is not easy, citing Iran’s robust theocratic system, the loyalty of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, and the lack of a strong opposition. The expert…
NEW DELHI: Centre came under the circle of skepticism again over missing “caste” word in the gazette notification issued for India’s 16th census on Monday. The central government, however, dismissed this assuring that caste enumeration would be a part of the upcoming census.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his changing stance…
Muhammad Yunus on Dhaka: बांग्लादेश में मोहम्मद यूनुस के नेतृत्व वाली अंतरिम सरकार को विपक्षी दलों, सिविल सेवकों, शिक्षकों और सेना के विरोध का सामना करना पड़ रहा है. इससे घबराई यूनसु सरकार ने ढाका मेट्रोपॉलिटन पुलिस (डीएमपी) को राजधानी ढाका में सभी सार्वजनिक समारोहों, जुलूसों और रैलियों पर व्यापक प्रतिबंध लगाने के निर्देश दिए…
Ever since the German Parliament building reopened in Berlin in 1999, its second-largest meeting room has been occupied by what had often been Germany’s second-largest party, the Social Democrats. Even the room’s name, the Otto Wels Hall, bears the party’s imprint: Wels led the Social Democrats from 1919 until the Nazis drove him to exile….
A view of the deserted market after Pakistan continues to violate the ceasefire, in Poonch on Wednesday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: The India-Pakistan border continues to be tense on Thursday, a day after armed forces carried out “Operation Sindoor” against terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir (PoJK). The armed forces, under “Operation…
The South Asian nation of Singapore just concluded its 2025 general elections. While PM Lawrence Wong’s People’s Action Party (PAP) registered a resounding victory, winning 87 seats, the Indian-origin Pritam Singh-led Workers’ Party (WP) won ten seats in the house of 97 elected members. Singh, whose WP bettered its 2020 vote share by 3.78 percentage…
Delhi approves bill to regulate private school fees with fines up to Rs 10 lakh for unauthorised hikes (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Delhi Cabinet has approved a landmark legislative proposal aimed at regulating fee structures in private schools across the capital. Titled the Delhi School Education Transparency in Fixation and Regulation of Fees Bill,…
Lee Jae-myung, a liberal who wants greater economic parity in South Korea and warmer ties with North Korea, became the main opposition party’s presidential candidate Sunday, solidifying his position as front-runner to succeed recently ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. The former Democratic Party chief had led the opposition-controlled parliament’s impeachment of Yoon over the…
In the latest sign of deepening repression in what was once virtually the sole Arab democracy, a court in Tunisia has handed down heavy sentences to prominent opposition figures convicted on charges of conspiring against state security, the country’s official news agency said on Saturday. Rights groups and lawyers have called the charges baseless. Forty…
As the Modi government celebrates the extradition of Tahawwur Rana — accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks — one senior Congress leader is reminding the nation that such victories are built on years of groundwork. In this exclusive interview, Salman Khurshid, former External Affairs Minister, pulls back the curtain on what it…