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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
Japan is floating its biggest naval vessel to ‘test its capability’ by sending it to an ‘extended mission’ in South China Sea. The move is a challenge ...
In the Vedas, we learn about Vritra, the Father of Dragons. This monstrous beast- described as a gargantuan black monstrosity is vast enough to surround the Earth ...
It is a common joke among Foreign Affairs enthusiast that there are two kinds of international crises- the Important and the Urgent. No one ever cares about ...
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 ...
The otherwise unknown African country of Djibouti is caught in a U.S. - China military faceoff amidst the heightened tensions between the two countries in South China ...
Only fools expect the fire that is consuming neighbour’s house would not touch their own. It is surprising to note that Chinese, the land of Confucius, one ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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