30 yrs on, US urges China to give details of those killed in Tiananmen square

IMAGE: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters The United States has urged China to make a full public accounting of those killed and missing in the Tiananmen......

Why did the British suck up to the Chinese?

'The "Hollandisation" of British policy may not bring the expected gains as the future may show,' says Claude Arpi. IMAGE: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Britain's Queen Elizabeth toast each......

What got the world talking in 2014

The year 2014 is coming to an end. It was the year of conflict, the year of strife. Year 2014 will be remembered for several reasons -- the rise and threat of the Islamic State, the downing of two......

China needs a clear solution for Uighur separatism

Despite a lot of lip service to national unity, functional relations between the Han Chinese immigrants and the Uyghur regional majority have not developed on equitable basis, says R Hariharan......

Prannoy Roy plans to take NDTV global

Three nights a week, Prannoy Roy anchors the main, 9 o'clock news on India's top-rated English-language news channel, NDTV 24x7. He's every bit the trusted, reassuring news presenter, right down to......

Phelps passes Spitz with golden eight

Is Phelps the greatest Olympian? Have your say! Michael Phelps won an Olympic record-breaking eighth gold at one Games on Sunday in Beijing to beat fellow-American swimmer Mark Spitz's seven from......