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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: Syria

The small-town boy who became India’s first ISIS suicide bomber

In less than a decade, Fayaz Kagzi went from being a B.Ed student in Maharashtra to Lashkar recruiter and finally ended up dying for the ISIS cause in Saudi Arabia

With Trump’s Iran pullout, has the rule-maker of the world become the rule-breaker?

The combination of China’s rapid reemergence as a global power and a US led by an unstable president are increasing geopolitical risks, but India is too immersed in fighting internecine battles.

Global Pulse: Macron and Trump are an ‘odd couple’, but hopefully they can be functional too

French president Emmanuel Macron has arrived in the United States, and as one of the only international leaders who has a good relationship with Trump, is under a lot of pressure.

Images show US missiles destroyed 3 ‘chemical weapons’ research & storage units in Syria

Satellite images show Bashar al-Assad’s suspected deadly arsenal in and around Damascus; 100 missiles fired by the US-led coalition forces to destroy targets.

Global Pulse: Punishing al-Assad is easier for the US than devising a coherent Syria strategy

On April 14, the three countries launched an early morning strike inside Syria, that struck three facilities to punish a suspected chemical attack by President Bashar al-Assad against his own people last week.

Global Pulse: All talk and no action by Trump to help chemical attack victims in Syria

Trumps bluster does nothing to help the victims of a viscous chemical attack in Syria. In the Philippines a live volcano has become the new destination to get the perfect instagram. Paul Ryan's exit from the GOP may further the party's 'wipeout.'

Global Pulse: Trump may hold Russia accountable for Syrian chemical weapons attack

Trump deliberates what action to take in the aftermath of the Syrian chemical weapons attack. Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull loses an opinion poll, for the 30th time.  Former President of South Korea is sentenced to jail for corruption, just like many of her predecessors.

Global pulse: Trump fails Syria as Assad continues to bomb his own people

As Assad allegedly attacks his own people with chemical weapons, it is a failure of Trump’s policy towards Syria. Brazil’s former president Lula is sent to jail but continues to determine the course of politics.

Global Pulse: Brazil’s ex-president is going to jail for corruption

Brazil's top court ruled Thursday that former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be sent to prison, ruining his plans to return to power. 

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.