RUSSIA-UKRAINE Ukraine conflict: Russia's military gambitJohn CherianRussia invokes the right to protect civilians doctrine, which was used by the U.S. in its post-Soviet Union wars, to a launch special military action
RUSSIA-UKRAINE Ukraine conflict: Western provocationJohn CherianThe Soviet leadership was promised in 1990 that NATO would not “move an inch eastward”, so the military alliance’s decision to include Ukraine touche
World Affairs: Africa A wave of coups in West AfricaJohn Cherian The recent military takeovers in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso are the result of increasing terror attacks from extremist forces aligned to Al Qaeda a
China-Russia Historic summit between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin strengthens China-Russia tiesJohn CherianPresidents Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin agree to expand strategic and economic ties in the face of the West’s efforts to militarily encircle China an
Cover Story: The hijab controversy Islamophobia comes to a head in France John Cherian France, the first country in Europe to ban the wearing of full veils in public a decade ago, has since seen a deepening of Islamophobia, with the Sena
World Affairs: Yemen Yemen’s unending tragedy John Cherian Fresh military attacks by both the Houthi movement and the United States-backed, Saudi Arabia-led coalition signal a serious escalation of Yemen’s sev
World Affairs: Ukraine The U.S. fuelling tensions in the face of what it says is an imminent Russian invasion of UkraineJohn CherianBoth Russia and Ukraine have rejected the West’s propaganda that a Russian invasion of that country is imminent, but that has not deterred the U.S. an
World Affairs: Australia Djokovic case highlights Australia’s xenophobic border laws John Cherian Tennis star Novak Djokovic may be an egocentric personality with contrarian views, but inadvertently, when his visa application for participating in t
World Affairs: Kazakhstan Kazakhstan: Another colour revolution?John CherianViolent protests rock Kazakhstan for the first time in 30 years. The Kazakh President claims that external actors were involved in the plot to destabi
Cover story: COVID-19 Omicron: Another global wave of COVID-19 John CherianThe Omicron variant has swept across the world, affecting even countries with “zero COVID” policy such as China as well as the countries that had rela
West Asia ‘The Civilian Casualty Files’ expose the Pentagon’s killing fields in West Asia John Cherian ‘The Civilian Casualty Files’, a groundbreaking investigation based on hundreds of confidential Pentagon files, reveals that military air strikes auth
World Affairs: Myanmar Myanmar's military leadership shows no sign of backing down as the first anniversary of its coup approaches John CherianThe army leadership appears unrelenting in its bid to remain the dominant player in Myanmar’s politics despite its alienation from the majority of the
SlideshowCaptured in timeAs independent India turns 75, some of the defining images of those seven decades.
