Besides other related-developments about the US-supported Indo-Israeli nexus, first of all, we need to refocus on terror attacks in Munich where on July 22, 2016, the lone gunman Ali David Sonboly killed 10 people after the deadly shooting in Olympia shopping mall and outside a nearby McDonalds. Having no connections with the Islamic State group…
With Iran supporting the revival of the Great Silk Road that once connected East Asia with Europe, Sputnik asked Moscow-based Oriental-affairs expert Vladimir Sazhin to about the role Tehran will play in this major geopolitical project. “Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, confirmed Tehran’s backing for the Beijing-proposed…
Too many soldiers are overweight and look “slovenly” in their uniforms, India’s military leadership said, when unleashing a tough war on obesity. From now on, puffy servicemen must lose weight and become fit, or miss out on promotions. “This issue has serious ramifications not only affecting combat readiness but also leading to avoidable ailments,” reads…
Air China, Asia’s third largest airline, has found itself in the middle of a racism storm since its inflight magazine began advising tourists to avoid London’s ethnic minority neighborhoods. A feature article on the British capital that appeared in the latest edition of Wings of China told its readers: “London is generally a safe place…
Back in March, I wrote an article which analysed how the well (or not so well) Saudi Arabia’s newly formed “Coalition against Terrorism” was performing. It was initially hailed by the western world as a senior Muslim Arab country (Saudi Arabia) leading a united stand of Muslim countries against ISIS and all other ‘Muslim Terrorist’…
Indian security forces will use shells full of a chilli compound as an alternative to shotgun pellets, to control crowds in Kashmir, the interior minister said on Monday, after widespread use of the weapons wounded thousands and inflamed public anger. More than 3,800 people have been wounded and one killed by shotgun pellets since protests…
