Houthi display of force challenges embattled Yemen leader
Houthi fighters battled guards at the Yemeni president’s private home and entered his palace on Tuesday, raising the stakes in a turbulent campaign for more political power that has enfeebled state authority and thrown the Arab state deeper into turmoil. Speaking hours after his... read more »
Today, Kiran Bedi’s Turn. Big Roadshow for BJP’s Presumptive Ch...
NEW DELHI: In an open jeep, with multiple garlands around her neck and BJP leaders surrounding her, Kiran Bedi has begun a road show down the narrow roads of Krishna Nagar, the east Delhi constituency from which she is contesting her first election. It is clearly designed as a show of unity after... read more »
Japan PM Shinzo Abe rushes home to lead hostage crisis response
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rushing home from the Middle East Wednesday to take charge of Tokyo’s response after Islamic militants threatened to kill two nationals unless he pays a $200 million ransom. A defiant Abe vowed he would not bow to “terrorism” as Japan... read more »
‘Delhi Debate’ heats up: Maken accepts Kejriwal’s challen...
New Delhi: A clash of personalities appears to be in the making in the high-stakes battle for Delhi with Congress’ Ajay Maken accepting Arvind Kejriwal’s challenge to him and Kiran Bedi to hold a public debate over issues concerning Delhi. Now all eyes would be on whether Bedi... read more »
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan keeps key rates unchanged; EMIs won’t go down for now
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan dashed expectations of the government, consumers and business leaders as he kept lending rates unchanged on Tuesday despite plunging... read more »
Clashes in Hong Kong as pro-democracy protests escalate
BEIJING – Clashes between Hong Kong police and protesters overnight Sunday and Monday morning marked a violent escalation for the more than two month-old pro-democracy movement in the... read more »
Imran Khan threatens to “shut down” Pakistan by December 16
Pakistan’s opposition leader Imran Khan threatened to “shut down” the entire country by December 16 if the Nawaz Sharif Government failed to initiate an impartial probe into the... read more »
Mudgal Report: Three more questions Supreme Court should ask BCCI, Srinivasan
The Board for Control of Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) attempts to obfuscate the issues currently before the Supreme Court are not a new tactic. As lawyer Rahul Mehra detailed for... read more »
Trinamool targets Amit Shah in Parliament, to hold huge counter-r...
A day after Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on her home turf, Trinamool Congress launched a counter-attack in... read more »
