India’s invitation to the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi is a major step to keep New Delhi invested in the Middle East at a time when China is making a big push in the region. El Sisi will be India’s chief guest at this Republic Day Parade on January 26. By honouring the Egyptian President […]Read More

NEW DELHI: The protests by Iranian women against the hijab are now over two months old and with reports suggesting the morality police is being disbanded, the clerical regime in Tehran seems inclined to bend the rules a bit. But in this conversation on The Gist, Vivek Katju, former diplomat who was Secretary West […]Read More

Ten consecutive nights of mass protests in Iran, ostensibly against the compulsory wearing of the hijab for women but underscoring the reality that this is a regime out of touch with its young. Deaths so far, 41 according to the Iranian authorities, human rights groups say it’s 57 and mounting. The judiciary has warned of […]Read More

SAMARKAND: The SCO summit in Samarkand was a Made for Uzbekistan event, designed to showcase its natural beauty, magnificent and perfectly preserved historical monuments and organisational (read government) competence and efficiency in carrying through a successful world summit. But in a move perhaps harking back to Soviet times, access to Samarkand was tightly controlled for the […]Read More

SAMARKAND: The United States has been dragging it feet for months now with regard to renegotiating the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, says Seyed Mohammad Marandi, adviser to Iran’s nuclear negotiating team. Speaking to StratNews Global Editor Surya Gangadharan during the SCO heads of state summit here, he said Iran wants to get full benefits […]Read More
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