Pivotal US-Iran war deadline approaches with no end in sight for conflict Updated 01 May, 2026 02:24pm Republicans blocked a sixth such effort in the Senate on Thursday, a day before the war powers deadline
Leadership being redefined Updated 22 Apr, 2026 08:05am The quality of human capital of any society or a nation is dependent upon the quality of leadership. Followers are...
For aging US Supreme Court justices, the politics of retirement looms large Published 12 Apr, 2026 05:10am WASHINGTON: When Donald Trump was asked about the prospect of conservative Justices Samuel Alito or Clarence Thomas...
Pakistan leans on US and Iran ties to emerge as potential peacebroker Updated 25 Mar, 2026 06:36pm Talks would cap over a year of relationship building with Trump that has involved astute diplomacy and crypto deals
Is de-dollarisation on the move? Updated 07 Oct, 2024 08:24am This is the second of a two-part series on de-dollarisation. President Richard Nixon’s treasury secretary John...
Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100 Updated 30 Nov, 2023 04:26pm WASHINGTON: Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power...
Return to the gold standard? Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am Mr Market remembers mid-August as the time when, on 15 August 1971, US President Richard Nixon interrupted the hit ...
Despite Trump ire, prosecuting ex-leaders is common in democracies Updated 02 Apr, 2023 10:34am WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has denounced his indictment as an abuse befitting a banana republic, but the move in fact...
Watergate: A scandal for the ages that could yet be eclipsed Published 16 Jun, 2022 11:00am WASHINGTON: Fifty years since it ignited Washington, the Watergate affair remains a cautionary tale on the threat of...