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    • September 25, 2022

    Economic empowerment, alleviation of poverty can only turn India into vibrant global power

    History’s lesson for humankind is that there are no friends when it comes to international relations. Its only self-interest which comes in the garb of “friendly relations “. Friendship lasts...
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    • May 27, 2021

    The Suez transform

    You would say the times have changed, and, old ideas are no longer relevant May be, but certainly, not all of them. Top leadership is more a punishment than a...
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    • November 21, 2020

    Rouhani, Zarif face criticism for suggesting talks with US

    While Iran seeks the removal of sanctions, some officials are not keen to reenter direct talks with the US. President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are under...
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    • November 18, 2020

    ‘Relationship reassessed’: Joe Biden and Saudi Arabia relations

    Analysts suggest Biden administration could end the near-unconditional support that Riyadh has enjoyed over the years. Abubakr Al-Shamahi US President-elect Joe Biden has made his position on Saudi Arabia and...
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    • November 6, 2020

    A New Administration Won’t Heal American Democracy

    The Rot in U.S. Political Institutions Runs Deeper Than Donald Trump By Larry Diamond (Foreign Affairs) Regardless of who wins the 2020 presidential election, the health of American democracy will...
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    US Presidential Election 2020 : Biden increases lead in Nevada, Arizona

    Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday alleged that the Democrats sabotaged the election process and blamed ‘Big Media, Big Money and Big Tech’ for coming to their aid. He...
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    • September 25, 2020

    The Endless Fantasy of American Power : Neither Trump Nor Biden Aims to Demilitarize Foreign Policy

    ANDREW BACEVICH In this year’s presidential election campaign, candidates have largely sidestepped the role of armed force as an instrument of U.S. policy. The United States remains the world’s preeminent...
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    • June 4, 2020

    Taliban maintains ties with al Qaeda, says UN report

    New Delhi, June 04 (DN&V): The United Nations sanctions monitors, in a report to the UN Security Council, have said the Taliban, especially the Haqqani Network branch, maintains close ties...
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    • May 19, 2020

    Chinese scientists develop new drug to stop corona virus

    A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt.The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before...
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    • May 12, 2020

    Oil crash forces Saudi to announce austerity measures

    New Delhi, May 12 (DN&V) Saudi Arabia has announced a slew of "painful" austerity measures to tide over the crisis of cheap oil. The measures include: Suspending the cost of...
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    • May 6, 2020

    Chinese ministry warns Xi of war with US

    John Bowden A report from China's top intelligence ministry presented to President Xi Jinping reportedly warned of growing anti-Chinese sentiment around the world and raised the possibility of military conflict...
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    • May 5, 2020

    Coronavirus behaviour puts scientists in a fix, massive hunt for drug

    DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: With the deadly corona virus ravaging the world a massive search for the drug has been launched globally to effectively tame the virus. Nearly 200 pharmaceutical...
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    Dr. Fauci dismisses claims virus escaped from Chinese lab

    Fauci told National Geographic “a number of very qualified evolutionary biologists" had thrown water on the theories touted by President Trump. Nick Visser Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious...
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    • May 3, 2020

    Inside the extraordinary race to invent a coronavirus vaccine

    Carolyn Y. Johnson Ian Haydon, a healthy 29-year-old, reported to a medical clinic in Seattle for a momentous blood draw last week. “Oh yeah,” said the nurse taking his blood....
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    • May 2, 2020

    European ambassadors warn Israel over annexation plans

    Rina Bassist Eleven ambassadors of European countries registered a demarche with Israel’s Foreign Ministry on April 30, warning against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex parts of the...
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    • May 1, 2020

    Soaking up the Sun to treat COVID-19 isn’t a bright Idea

    Brian Mastroianni While some research has been done on ultraviolet radiation as a way to kill microorganisms, it is not sanctioned as a COVID-19 therapy. The research that’s been done...
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    • April 29, 2020

    COVID-19 Could Bring Down the Trading System

    By Chad P. Bown For three years, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has attacked the global trading system. Now other forces are battering international trade. The pandemic spread...
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    Israel nears a point of no return

    By Ishaan Tharoor with Ruby Mellen The coronavirus pandemic may be ravaging the world, but it proved the ultimate boon to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The public health emergency...
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    How to Use a Face Mask Correctly

    New Delhi: Wearing a face mask often helps people feel protected and reassured. But can a surgical face mask keep you from being exposed to or transmitting certain infectious diseases?...
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    • April 28, 2020

    The World Doesn’t want to pick between the US and Chins

    By Ishaan Tharoor, with Ruby Mellen The coronavirus pandemic has spiked tensions between China and the United States. In Washington, hard-line lawmakers in Congress are pushing punitive legislation against Beijing,...
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    Dubai malls open, but Emiratis reluctant to shop

    Dubai residents are now allowed to move about freely as of April 25 between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m., according to a directive from Dubai's Supreme Committee of Crisis and...
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    FDA Issues Warning About Hydroxychloroquine Over Heart Issues

    New Delhi, April 28: The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine is being widely promoted as a “cure” for COVID-19, but we still lack good data on its true benefits. Some small clinical...
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    Up to 80 percent with SARS-CoV-2 are ‘silent carriers’

    DN&V Correspondent New Delhi: Recent studies suggest that up to 80 percent of people with SARS-CoV-2 are silent carriers. Testing of pregnant women in New York revealed that most who...
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    • January 31, 2020

    Trump’s Middle East plan marks the end of the two-state solution

    By Ishaan Tharoor President Trump called his plan for Middle East “peace” an “unprecedented” development that swept past “even the most well-intentioned plans” of his predecessors. It is in keeping...
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    • December 13, 2019

    The Clash of Capitalisms: The Real Fight for the Global Economy’s Future

    BRANKO MILANOVIC (Foreign Affairs) Capitalism rules the world. With only the most minor exceptions, the entire globe now organizes economic production the same way: labor is voluntary, capital is mostly...
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    • November 21, 2019

    Washington’s Persian captivity: 40-year obsession with Iran

    By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon (Foreign Affairs) Imagine historians a century from now trying to decide which foreign power the United States feared most in the decades from the...
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    • November 19, 2019

    America’s Arms Sales Addiction

    By William D. Hartung (Information Clearing House) It’s no secret that Donald Trump is one of the most aggressive arms salesmen in history. How do we know? Because he tells...
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    • November 14, 2019

    Europe seeks diplomatic next steps on Iran

    Laura Rozen November 12, 2019 (Al Monitor) Washington — Hoping to try to revive diplomatic efforts to get the United States and Iran back to the table, and to keep...
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    • November 7, 2019

    How Trump’s foreign policy mixes religion with money

    BY ADAM TAYLOR (The Washington Post) New York : It’s hardly a secret that the Trump administration embraces religion. The president has spoken of his defense of “Judeo-Christian values,” while...
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    Baghdadi’s death complicates Turkey’s plan in Idlib

    Fehim Tastekin (Al-Monitor) Although Turkey is trying to curb operations against Syrian opposition groups in Idlib, back-to-back American operations hunting down notable Islamic State (IS) members have complicated Ankara’s efforts...
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    How you can help fight Alzheimer’s

    Bill Gates Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation I’ve been learning about (and funding) work on Alzheimer’s Disease for a few years now. In a wrap-up blog post at the...
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    • November 5, 2019

    Iraq protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala

    Daily News and Views Baghdad: At least three Iraqi protesters have been killed during an attack on the Iranian consulate in the Shia holy city of Karbala, according to security...
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    • October 15, 2019

    The Scramble for Northeast Syria

    Washington : On December 14, in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly announced that he would order U.S. forces to withdraw from...
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    • August 8, 2019

    Feeding the Israel lobby: Congress gives the Jewish State whatever it wants

    By Philip Giraldi August 07, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - If you have been wondering when the twenty Democratic aspirants for the presidency will begin a serious discussion of American...
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    • July 24, 2019

    US troops return to Saudi Arabia after 16 years

    Bruce Riedel American troops are coming back 16 years after they left Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud announced on Saturday. According to press reports hundreds of American...
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    • July 23, 2019

    How Iran Sees Its Standoff With the United States?

    By Seyed Hossein Mousavian My old mother is very ill, and so I have spent the last couple of weeks with her in Iran. My stay here has afforded me...
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    • May 25, 2019

    Will Iran go for change in political system?

    During a speech May 22 to university students, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addressed a number of significant issues, including the future of the country’s political system and the...
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    • May 21, 2019

    The rising wave of radicalism threatens the stability of Central Asian states

    By Rajan Kumar As Sri Lanka endeavours to overcome the enormity of the Islamic State (IS) coordinated terrorist attack which killed 253 people last month, there are reasons for the...
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    Millions to be affected as Google restricts Huawei’s use of Android after Trump blacklist

    Alphabet Inc's Google has barred phone maker Huawei from some updates to the Android operating system, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the US government has sought...
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    • May 20, 2019

    Mounting tension in Gulf: Donald Trump warns to destroy Iran

    WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Iran on Sunday, suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed. "If Iran wants to...
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    • May 17, 2019

    Could Iraq play a role in easing US-Iran tensions?

    Makram Najmuddine (al-monitor) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo decided May 8 to cancel his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and instead head to Iraq. The top US diplomat...
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    • May 12, 2019

    Iran seeks broader defence cooperation with Russia amid US pressure

    Alireza Noori (al-monitor) May 10 Amid rising US pressure, Iran and Russia appear to be gearing toward forging closer military and defence ties. Last week, the commander of the regular...
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    • May 11, 2019

    Saudis’ troubled ties in region threaten Trump’s anti-Iran agenda

    Bruce Riedel (al-monitor.com) As the United States ups the pressure on Iran, the Donald Trump administration is relying on Tehran's archenemy and long time US ally Saudi Arabia to shore...
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    Trump to Iran: Call me

    Laura Rozen (al-monitor.com) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump Thursday urged Iran to call him, and said the United States and Iran could make a fair deal. “What I would like...
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    • May 10, 2019

    PM Modi on ‘Time’ magazine cover with controversial headline

    New Delhi: American news magazine Time has featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover page of its May 20 issue with a headline that may create controversy across the...
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    The Art of a New Iran Deal

    What the World’s Diplomats Really Think of Trump’s Endgame in Iran By Sanam Vakil (Foreign Affairs) A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on...
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    • May 9, 2019

    How US sanctions facilitate Turkish-Iranian understanding on Syria

    Hamidreza Azizi US President Donald Trump’s recent decision not to extend the sanctions waivers for the purchase of Iranian oil has been met with widespread reaction around the world. One...
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    • August 5, 2018

    Senior Iranian clerics ask Rouhani to fight rampant corruption

    Teheran: As a third day of protests erupted across major Iranian cities over the country’s worsening economic situation, the clergy in Iran is looking inward. Rather than only pointing the...
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    • August 2, 2018

    Caution and doubt in Iran as Trump offers direct dialogue

    “It’s good for the country, good for them, good for us and good for the world. No preconditions. If they want to meet, I’ll meet,” US President Donald Trump said at a...
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    • July 28, 2018

    Pakistan’s Sham Election: How the Army Chose Imran Khan

    By C. Christine Fair (Foreign Affairs) Newcomers to Pakistani politics greeted the outcome of Wednesday’s general election—an apparent victory for former cricket star Imran Khan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party—with optimism. They were...
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    • July 11, 2018

    Iran’s shaming of young dancer draws backlash

    Teheran: After the Iranian authorities arrested Instagram dancer Maedeh Hojabri and forced her to confess to violating "moral norms" on state television, Iranians have begun posting their own dancing videos to show support....
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    • July 9, 2018

    Hassan Rouhani takes on critics, shady interests and ‘culture of opacity’

    Teheran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani  is not giving in to conservative and reformist critics in the wake of growing protests over the miserable state of Iran’s economy, instead intensifying his...
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    • June 23, 2018

    US Congress wants Trump to resume aid to Syria

    The purse-string holders in the Senate today cleared an annual foreign aid spending bill that allocates $150 million in Syrian stabilization assistance in an apparent rebuke of Trump’s aid freeze....
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    • June 19, 2018

    Why Iran won’t leave Syria just yet

    Beirut: Another layer in the battle for Syria has been evident for years yet has only now come to the world’s attention. To Iran and Israel, this battle lies at the...
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    • June 16, 2018

    Sadr allies with Iran-backed coalition to form government in Iraq

    Baghdad: In the wake of the sudden coalition deal struck between Muqtada al-Sadr's Sairoon Alliance and the pro-Iran Fatah Alliance on June 12, the allied parties seem to be trying to soften...
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    • June 12, 2018

    Trump, Kim Jong Un reach out to comprehensive deal, global peace

    Singapore: US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un concluded an extraordinary summit on Tuesday with lofty promises by the American president to take care of a "very dangerous...
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    Bird’s unique 27000 km flight

    New Delhi: On June 19, 2014 a few miles outside Noma, Alaska, a biologist Wally Johnson trapped a male Pacific Golden Plover sitting on a nest.  After weighing and measuring...
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    • June 5, 2018

    Saudi Arabia issues driving licences to women

    Riyadh, June 5: Abandoning its rigid and decades old anti-women policies the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today issued driver’s licences to 10 women. So far women in Saudi Arabia were...
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    • May 31, 2018

    Is a Deal With North Korea Really Possible?

    The Gap Between Expectations and Reality By Joseph Yun Over the past few weeks, the on again-off again U.S.–North Korean summit has drawn a considerable amount of attention to the question...
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    • May 29, 2018

    Gunman kills 3 in suspected Belgium terror attack

    Belgium: Attacker who shot dead 2 cops and took school cleaning lady hostage killed by police after rampage in eastern city of Liege Belgian news website DHnet.be reported. The attacker...
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    • May 27, 2018

    Iran-Saudi Arabia Relations

    Reasons behind worst relationship between two middle east nations: Saudi Arabia and Iran
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    • May 24, 2018

    Iraq elections: Will Sadr seek a new beginning with Turkey?

    Ankara : Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition scored major points in the recent parliamentary elections with Sadr’s positions against virulent influence peddling and the presence of foreign military forces...
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    Keep 6 inches distance from boys, Pak Varsity girls told

    Islamabad, May 24: A Pakistani university has asked male and female students to maintain a distance of six inches when together, causing an uproar in social media against the varsity’s...
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    • May 20, 2018

    MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY ARE NOW THE DUCHESS AND DUKE OF SUSSEX

    London: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been awarded new royal titles by Queen Elizabeth II as the couple tie the knot in Windsor, U.K., on Saturday (May 19, 2018)....
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    • May 16, 2018

    Twitter to Reduce Visibility of disruptive, Negative Accounts

    By Sarah Frier (Bloomberg.com) San Francisco: Twitter Inc is taking another step to reduce the amount of harmful content on its site, this time expanding the effort beyond users who...
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    Gaza burns as Israel, US celebrate embassy opening in Jerusalem

    Gaza City May 16: Israel is facing a growing backlash and new charges of using excessive force, a day after Israeli troops firing from across a border fence killed 59...
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    • May 4, 2018

    Cambridge Analytica closes down operation

    Urban Mirror Correspondent New Delhi, May 4: The controversial Cambridge Analytica (CA), the consultancy firm for political parties, has closed down the operation. The CA, facing legal cases in several...
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    • April 30, 2018

    Washing out of Democracy.

    There is tremendous   concern over the way precious time and taxpayers money was lost during the  just concluded Budget session of Parliament.It was shocking that around 250 hours of the...
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    • April 29, 2018

    Make those at the top accountable

    Make those at the top accountableV.S.Pandey                                                                                                                       Former Secretary,Government  of India . Last week former Secretary , Coal, Government of India ,  Mr H.C.Gupta was convicted by the CBI court...
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