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ahmed sabirDefying Congress, Trump sets $8 billion-plus in weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE By : Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of…
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IMF approves $6 billion agreement with Pakistan for 3-years Sun. 12 May 2019 Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said on Sunday that a staff-level agreement…
The other side of ‘Allahu Akbar’
In his travels through the Mideast and Africa, our writer found mostly peaceful Muslims, kind to a fault and proud of their religion By James Jeffrey I want to talk…
Don’t expect anything very different from Modi in his 2nd term
By Bharat Karnad Narendra Modi has been returned to power with a bang by the people. Despite a record of tepid success in the domestic and economic spheres at home…
2019 General Elections ‘Time’ magazine cover story says PM Narendra Modi is India’s ‘divider-in-chief’
By Scroll Staff The Time magazine cover story has been written by novelist Aatish Taseer, according to whom "hope is off the menu" in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The…
LUS offers to sell THAAD defence system to India as alternative to Russian S-400s
The exact date of the offer of THAAD and the PAC-3 systems to India could not be ascertained, but the offer was confirmed by multiple government agencies By Yaswan Raj…
Never mind Balakot, IAF is worse off than Pakistan Air Force on pilot strength
Compared to Pakistan Air Force's 2.5 pilots per aircraft, the IAF is at a ratio of 1.5. The IAF also has issues with squadron strength and target practice By Snehesh…
Narendra Modi, India’s ‘watchman,’ captures historic Election victory
Intense feelings about Mr. Modi, for or against, Helped drive turnout to 67 percent, the highest ever By Jeffrey Gettleman, Vindu Goel, Kai Schultz, Suhasini Raj & Hari Kumar He…
US, Russia engage on Venezuela
By M. K. Bhadrakumar The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov remarked last Thursday in Moscow that no contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are expected at…
United States deployments followed ‘clear indications’ Iran was preparing to attack
By Robert Burns & Catherine Lucey A White House decision to dispatch an aircraft carrier and other military resources to send a message to Iran followed “clear indications” that Iranian…