In 1959, Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-2016) established communist rule in Cuba after overthrowing military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista who was perceived to be a puppet of USA....

The rise of China has broken the world from the shackles of the uni-polar world as it’s the only contender that is capable of challenging United States of...

In 1286 King Alexander III of Scotland died without leaving any successor. So the crown passed to his three-year-old granddaughter Margaret (“Maid of Norway”) who succeeded him. It...

On February 27, 1933 the Reichstag (German Parliament) was set on fire. The Nazis arrested Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch council communist who was caught on...

Recently I read a book ' Perilous Intervention: The Security Council and politics of chaos ' penned by Mr. Hardeep Singh Puri who as a diplomat has served...

George Orwell in his famous work 1984 depicted a dystopian country, Oceania, which is ruled by Big Brother, the leader of the dictatorship that governs it. The oppressive...

Last year Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Iran signed a pact to develop the strategic Chabahar port. The port is located in the southeastern Iran...

China the all weather friend and ally of Pakistan has repeatedly blocked Indian attempts in UN to ban Masood Azhar, chief of Jaish-e-Mohammad (terror outfit based out of...

In December, last year OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and non-OPEC members agreed to be on the same page and cut oil production. It was a...

Two days after Donald Trump was ridiculed for questioning Swedish migration policy, riots broke out in Rinkeby, an immigrant suburb of Stockholm. The incident happened when the police...

Just few days back the Swedish ministers were in the news when they went to meet Iranian president Hassan Rouhani wearing hijabs. Since Sweden claims to have the...

The US recognized India as a ‘Major Defence Partner’ and made changes in its export control laws that would benefit India by facilitating easier transfer of technologies and...