Iranians are on cloud nine as international sanctions imposed on the country have been lifted. After the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) certified that Iran has completed the necessary preparatory steps to implement the nuclear deal it had signed with Western powers, sanctions were lifted. Following this Iran would not only be able to trade […]
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Taiwan elects first female President
In the 67-year-old political history of Taiwan, male has dominated the power structure of the country. However, for the first time, male dominance has been demolished and that too comprehensively when voters elected Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leader Tsai Ing-wen, a former lawyer and professor as their President. In fact, Tsai’s election as the first […]
Final Debate: Democrats spar over Gun Control and Healthcare
Candidates for the Democratic race to the White House clashed in a final television debate before caucuses in Iowa on February 1. Incidentally, it was also one of the liveliest debates and involved the three candidates – Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley. From the outset, the debate was dominated by […]
Obama’s last State of the Union address
US President Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union address is his last as he prepares to step aside for the next President who will be chosen after the elections in November this year. So, as the President prepares to get eclipsed by a new candidate at the end of the year, he set on […]
How to Interpret Sean Penn’s Interview With Mexican Drug Lord in Rolling Stones?
Here’s a story that would make Don Corleone (Godfather) look like a midget. A Mexican drug lord, who has been literally calling the shots in entire Mexico and America when it comes to drug trafficking, has occupied public imagination like no one else. In fact, it was a moment of epiphany for the world when […]
US Gun Laws: Obama’s Push for Reforms
Some 13,286 people were killed in the US by firearms in 2015. There were 372 mass shootings in the US in the same year. It killed 475 people and injured 1,870. The statistics look even scarier when you know that over 300 million guns are circulating in the US waiting to end up in the […]
North Korea tests nuclear weapon
North Korea has moved a step forward in increasing its military might by conducting a nuclear weapons testing at the Punggye-ri Test Site. Though there is as yet no conclusive proof of the testing but what gave rise to the suspicion was a 5.1 magnitude “seismic event” that occurred on Tuesday near the country’s nuclear […]
Controversy surrounding the deportation of Indian students from the US
High handed approach of the US immigration authorities against Indian students has once again exposed the mess that surrounds American system. So far as many as 200 Indian students, largely from Hyderabad, have been deported in the last fortnight by the US authorities. Some students have been treated very humiliatingly in that process. For example, […]
Tensions simmer between Iran and Saudi Arabia
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an all-time low with the recent execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi authorities. The execution was severely criticized by Iran, which said Saudi Arabia will face divine revenge for its actions and angry protestors in the country in a violent display of […]
Is ‘Safe’ Boring? A Take on the Safest Countries in the World
There are several secrets to living a well-rounded life. The choices that we make as individuals in our life are the most important in this regard. However, our greater community and the authority figures – the government to be precise – also play a major role in this by ensuring that the legal, social, and […]