Nasser Al-Qasem/ Seven Billion Today while I am not from the UK, I cannot help but be worried about what the future holds for the Middle East and relations with the West. Boris Johnson is now prime minister, and as I said, while I do not know everything, he does seem lik ...বিস্তারিত
William Pesek/ Asia Times Upgrading ‘Womenonomics,’ US trade talks and Constitutional revision are the standout issues after election. Japan’s centuries-strong patriarchy had a wake-up call Sunday when one of the globe’s most unequal parliaments saw a record surg ...বিস্তারিত
Ambassador Muhammad Zamir writes for DOT The annual meeting of leaders from countries with the largest and fastest-growing economies convened in Osaka this June was important because it tried to find a convergence of views on several important issues- climate change, Iran, ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: A court in Pakistan yesterday remanded to custody Hafiz Saeed, accused of masterminding a four-day attack on Mumbai in 2008, after a hearing following his arrest last week on terrorism financing charges, his lawyer said. Saeed's arrest came just ahead of a visit to ...বিস্তারিত
Paul Stocker/ Open Democracy Johnson’s success in the Conservative leadership election is based upon undeliverable or potentially disastrous promises, either of which will only increase the Brexit Party surge. oris Johnson is all set to be crowned leader of the Conserv ...বিস্তারিত
James M. Dorsey/ Eurasia Review Saudi attitudes towards the plight of thousands of illegal Rohingya in the kingdom fleeing persecution in Myanmar and squalid Bangladeshi refugee camps help explain Saudi support for China’s brutal clampdown on Turkic Muslims in its troub ...বিস্তারিত
Daniel T. Willingham/ Gulf News We should be fully aware of how it affects us and the potential consequences for others. Not only do smartphones provide unprecedented access to information, they provide unprecedented opportunities to multitask. Any activity can be accomp ...বিস্তারিত
Belinda Nicholson/The Conversation Yes, the Sun absolutely spins. In fact, everything in the universe spins. Some things spin faster than the Sun, some are slower than the Sun, and some things spin “backwards”. How did the Sun start to spin? Well, when the Sun was bo ...বিস্তারিত
Neville Nicholls/ The News Week This month the world has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the Moon. But this week sees another scientific anniversary, perhaps just as important for the future of civilisation.Forty years ago, a group ...বিস্তারিত
International 2007: Pratibha Patil is sworn in as India's 1st female President. 1999: 86th Tour de France: Lance Armstrong wins 1st of 7 consecutive Tour de France titles but is later disqualified for drug cheating. 1997: Scientists announce the first human stem cells to ...বিস্তারিত