Paul Young dare not sing his chart topper “Love is in the Air” in the rarefied air of Kashmir over Puna Tander where the ill- fated MiG 21 Bison flown by bewhiskered Abhi Nandan, crashed after being shot down by a Pakistani fighter aircraft. The Indian reflex action of Balakot foray, much in the nature […]
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Why Afghanistan has been a battleground for so long
The modern Afghanistan emerged during the 19th century as a buffer state between the Russian and the British empire. From the beginning it was a theatre for battles between them. It has witnessed incessant coups and counter-coups, civil strife and invasions. Since early 1970s it has remained a conflict zone. Decades of conflict have shattered […]
NATO fetes 70 years, but Trump not partying
Seventy years after it was formed to counter the Soviet Union, Russia has returned to the top of the agenda for NATO. But the alliance faces another, more unlikely problem — criticism from the US president. The 29-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization is celebrating its 70th anniversary with talks among foreign ministers Wednesday and Thursday […]
Lessons in loathing at North Korea’s museum to ‘US atrocity’
Every few minutes a new set of visitors arrives at the ‘Revenge-Pledging Place’ at North Korea’s Sinchon Museum, where regime propaganda insists US troops massacred more than 35,000 people during the Korean War. A volunteer among the group – they could be from a school, army unit, factory or official organisation – stands up in […]