Tag: Middle East
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World witnessing emergence of a new order: President
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the world is witnessing dramatic changes in the international order and it is time to find effective solutions to global challenges that have risen. "This year, you have had to address the dramatic changes in the international political and security scenario. The traditional equations of power, 'hyper-power' and global …
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May 6, 2017 -
Pope Francis heads for Egypt as ‘pilgrim of peace’
Pope Francis flies to Egypt on Friday for a visit aimed at fostering reconciliation with the Muslim world against the backdrop of recent jihadist attacks on the Middle East's biggest Christian community. The 80-year-old pontiff is due in Cairo around 14.00 local time (1200 GMT) and his 27 hours on Egyptian soil will include a …
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April 28, 2017 -
Travels with chai
I am fond of travelling, especially off the-beaten path. On these trips, although I cherish many moments of solitude, I also enjoy meeting all kinds of people and it would not be wrong to say that without this interaction with the locals and other visitors, my trip would be incomplete. Whether I am in solitude …
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April 8, 2017 -
The logic of collective blame
In 21 March 2017, the United States announced a ban on electronic devices larger than cell phones from hand luggage on inbound flights from eight countries. Airlines operating non-stop flights from 10 airports in Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates were told to require passengers to place all …
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March 29, 2017 -
The logic of collective blame
In 21 March 2017, the United States announced a ban on electronic devices larger than cell phones from hand luggage on inbound flights from eight countries. Airlines operating non-stop flights from 10 airports in Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates were told to require passengers to place all …
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March 29, 2017 -
Not on your lap!
It is a remarkable instance of coordination in the air, when the greater imperative of concerted action on the ground to confront terrorists has floundered on the rock of prevarication. The United Kingdom has joined the United States to reinforce the latter’s anti-immigrant agenda. Whitehall has followed up the sweeping ban imposed by the White …
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March 22, 2017 -
‘Electronics banned from cabin in inbound US flights’
Airlines that fly from certain countries in the Middle East and Africa to the US must soon require passengers to check in almost all electronic devices rather than carry them into the cabin, a US official has said. The official said this will impact some airlines flying into the US, while another administration official specified …
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March 21, 2017 -
Middle East, India push up global arms trade to highest levels
The global transfer of major weapons systems rose over the past five years to the highest volume since the end of the Cold War, according to an annual report on weapons sales released on Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in the report said the Middle East nearly doubled its arms imports and …
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February 20, 2017 -
Middle East, India push up global arms trade to highest levels
The global transfer of major weapons systems rose over the past five years to the highest volume since the end of the Cold War, according to an annual report on weapons sales released on Monday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in the report said the Middle East nearly doubled its arms imports and …
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February 20, 2017 -
Dark comedy scripted by Trump
It was almost as funny to listen to the “experts” on US channels trying to summarise Donald Trump’s ravings on the Middle East as it was to listen to his original gobbledygook at his press conference with Bibi Netanyahu. Unable to understand what the President’s inanities actually meant, the lads and lasses of the satellite …
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February 18, 2017 -
Dark comedy scripted by Trump
It was almost as funny to listen to the “experts” on US channels trying to summarise Donald Trump’s ravings on the Middle East as it was to listen to his original gobbledygook at his press conference with Bibi Netanyahu. Unable to understand what the President’s inanities actually meant, the lads and lasses of the satellite …
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February 18, 2017 -
Fence-sitting on Mideast
As with a welter of other issues, Donald Trump has now effected a policy shift towards the Middle East and in the company of Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. In the net, he appears to have jettisoned US dealings with the region, spanning several decades. He has been explicit on the point that the US …
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February 18, 2017 -
Another Mideast round
The latter-day Concert of Europe has cautioned Israel and America not to abandon the hope of a two-state solution to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. The caveat at the recent Paris conference was advanced at a critical juncture ~ barely a week before Donald Trump’s inaugural. A change or status quo in the Middle East will hinge …
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January 21, 2017 -
Another Mideast round
The latter-day Concert of Europe has cautioned Israel and America not to abandon the hope of a two-state solution to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. The caveat at the recent Paris conference was advanced at a critical juncture ~ barely a week before Donald Trump’s inaugural. A change or status quo in the Middle East will hinge …
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January 21, 2017