ANKARA: The presidents of Turkiye and Belarus spoke by phone early Tuesday on the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko discussed Monday’s negotiations between delegations...
Putin is no friend to Muslims, or to the Global South. But the Western liberal order that he is competing with may still come in second in a popularity contest against him. Mosharraf Zaidi FOR Vladimir Putin, the news from Ukraine is not good. Russia’s invasion of...
By Asad Raza After a continuous barrage of criticism for overlooking the Russian aggression dubbed as its naiveté, Germany has announced new military plans, which might change the regional and global geopolitics dimensions once again. In a historic announcement to the...
One can only hope that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is over soon. The consequences of a conflict that does not end soon will be calamitous. A G NOORANI THERE is absolutely nothing that can justify Russia’s attack on Ukraine on Feb 24. History is relevant always but...
“Ganga To Mississippi – Walking With The Rainbow” is a memoir, a family history, part family novel, part self-examination, interspersed with generational trauma, and imbued with immigrant folklores, all in a package of realism and ‘counter archive.’ Written by an...
By Zakir Hussain While news outlets are increasingly publishing reports of Chechen rebels being roped in by Russia to join its aggression in Ukraine, several formidable media outlets, including formidable US magazine Foreign Policy, dub such reports a Moscow’s...
By Zakir Hussain A Gujarat court’s decision to award capital punishment to 38 Muslims have sent shockwaves in the community. Six of them are from Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh district. People like me believe that they were are common young men, struggling for their...
By Wafa Sultana IIn 2012, exactly ten years ago, members of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike (Karnataka Communal Harmony Association) and I, stood in front of the taluk office in Udupi questioning unconstitutional objections by the Principal of a college in...
The political aim of Russia seems to be to target Ukraine’s leadership to give up demand of NATO membership Major General S.B. Asthana RUSSIA has declared war on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and is executing a plan meticulously prepared and war-games. NATO appears to...
Palestinians must also reflect on the unavoidable truth – that those who have normalised and profited from the Israeli occupation and apartheid cannot possibly be the ones who will bring freedom and justice to Palestine. RAMZY BAROUD WHEN Nelson Mandela...