Why US won't declare Pak a 'terrorist State'

'Can the US be persuaded to embark on a path of calibrated and stronger sanctions on Pakistan?''India will have to realistically base its strategy on getting the US to reduce/end its financial aid......

Surge of Saudi nationalism hurts US

'The surge of Saudi nationalism is the last thing Washington wants,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: President Donald Trump, flanked by White House Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, second......

A warrior prince rises in Arabia

The Middle East's power house is about to get a new ruler who is only 31 and he may lead Saudi Arabia for decades, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right,......

Indian-origin lawyer is Obama's special envoy

Indian-origin lawyer Rashad Hussain will be America's new special envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, a post vital to President Barack Obama's bid to repair the United States'......

India warns of high oil prices hurting global recovery

India, the world's third-largest energy consumer and importer, on Wednesday warned of high oil prices hurting the nascent and fragile global economic recovery and floated an idea of long-term......

Mukesh Ambani bats for bridging the digital divide

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Monday pressed for bridging the digital divide "both among nations and within nations", saying connectivity and communications have become the fundamental rights of......

Global consensus must to provide affordable energy to all: Modi

The world, he said, needs to move towards a transparent and flexible market for both oil and gas. In a subtle message to oil cartel OPEC, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said efforts to......

India holds out olive branch to Arab League to deepen trade

Why should India buy olives from Europe when it could do so from the world's largest producers? Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, and Syria are among the top olive producers in the world, but......

Sports events, concerts in UAE canceled, postponed as coronavirus spreads

IMAGE: A woman wears a protective face mask, following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, as she walks at Dragon Mart, a Chinese themed discount shopping centre, in Dubai. Photograph:......