An inadvertent depoliticization of foreign policy under a career diplomat-turned-minister has led to a major erosion in India’s decision-making role in international affairs. Never before has an Indian Foreign Service officer been directly inducted into the Union cabinet as external…
China used fake LinkedIn profiles in an attempt to collect sensitive data from NATO and European Union institutions by demanding information from staff, a European security source said on Friday. LinkedIn’s professional networking app. Photo: Unsplash. The operation, suspected to…
Escalation spreads throughout the region The escalation extended across the Gulf, with Iran-backed Houthi forces firing a missile at Israel for the first time since the start of the war, while Israeli forces intensified attacks in Lebanon and Beirut. Other…
It was supposed to be a joyous family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her home by air ambulance. Lilia…
Russian airstrikes across Ukraine early Saturday killed at least four people and damaged critical infrastructure, including a port and a maternity hospital, authorities said, as Russia continued its war against Ukraine. Moscow has fired drones into Ukraine in nighttime volleys…
Justice Jyoti Singh, in an interim order on a suit by Gambhir, said that as one of the “most decorated cricketers of this country”, he has the right “to protect his name, likeness and all other attributes of his personality…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – Organizers of Saturday’s No Kings rallies across the country are predicting that the protests against the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration could add to one of the largest demonstrations in US history,…
The growing confrontation in the Persian Gulf is entering uncertain territory, with risks extending far beyond the region. For India, the stakes are extremely high – economically, strategically and politically – sparking calls for India to step in as a…
Istanbul boasts a world-class museum, an ambitious array of galleries, and unexpected art encounters scattered throughout its many neighborhoods. Photo: Nick Hilden for the Observer There are a few standard sites to see when in Istanbul. The great mosques and…
Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images A title from Standard to make cockney patriotic hearts sing: “‘Boris buses off roads across London as Sadiq Khan ‘cleans up previous mayor’s messy legacy’”. The original Routemasters, introduced in the mid-1950s to fill the…
