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Trump’s phone conversation with Ukrainian President sparks renewed calls for impeachment

US President Donald Trump has allegedly pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the Ukrainian business dealings of Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.

Can Canadian PM Justin Trudeau recover from the recent blackface, brownface controversy

The question in everyone’s mind is whether Justin Trudeau can survive the recent crisis, which hits at the heart of his carefully-curated liberal-pluralist image.

Will decade-long Saudi Arabia-Iran proxy wars escalate into a direct confrontation?

For nearly a decade now, Saudi Arabia and Iran have been indulging in proxy wars across Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

Democratic candidates again call for Kavanaugh’s impeachment after new assault charge

The new allegations were reported in a New York Times article that published an excerpt from an upcoming book ‘The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation’.

Xi Jinping facing rebellion, but that’s probably not why key party meet was delayed  

The Communist Party of China's central committee will hold its fourth plenary session next month, after a long delay.

In tough poll race, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party to face off against Tories

Trudeau's government has been riddled by a series of diplomatic disasters and a major corruption scandal, resulting in a drastic plummeting of the PM's approval ratings.

What NSA John Bolton’s exit means for US foreign policy

With Trump showing interest in striking deals with Iran and North Korea, Bolton’s exit seemed necessary.

Poor show of Vladimir Putin’s party in symbolic Moscow polls means little

Putin’s United Russia falls to 25 seats in the 45-member local assembly. But the poor performance is merely symbolic.

MIT under scanner over financial ties with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

MIT’s Media Lab had deep financial relations with Jeffrey Epstein, who helped it raise $7.5 million. Following the revelations, Joi Ito, director of the lab, resigned.

A tale of two proposals: Contentious bills driving politics in UK and Hong Kong

Britain's House of Commons has passed the ‘Brexit delay’ proposal and Hong Kong protestors have dismissed withdrawal of the extradition bill as 'too little and too late'.

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A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.