U.S. warns India against retaliatory duties over scrapping of trade privileges
India’s new e-commerce rules could hurt future investments by the U.S in the South Asian country
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Month: May 2019
Protests Challenge Gulf Counterrevolution
Middle Eastern autocrats are unlikely to respond to the protests in Algeria and Sudan any differently than they did in 2011.
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International Day of the Midwife: 5 things you should know
Why are midwives important? What impact have they had on mothers’ and babies’ health? As the United Nations celebrates midwives across the world on Sunday, here are five things you should know about the critical role they play in communities
“The ball is in Pakistan’s court to deliver on India’s concerns over cross-border terrorism; taking the dialogue process further.”
India’s policy consistency and significant contribution in civil capacity building has made us popular across the politico-ethnic spectrum in Afghanistan.; this does not mean that we don’t have the channels open with the Taliban
With deadly cyclones on the rise, UNICEF raises concern about impact of climate change on children
1.1 million children affected in wake of cyclones Kenneth and Idai in Mozambique;
10 million children live in path of Cyclone Fani in India
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Drug Control Cooperation in Central Asia
Illegal drugs trade is an enormous problem for the region and one of the main sources of terror financing
Baku forum to push back against social and religious intolerance
Just off a plane from Sri Lanka, Miguel Angel Moratinos, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations (UNOAC), said on Wednesday that tomorrow’s 5th World Forum for Intercultural Dialogue is opening at a “very timely” moment
Ending the Myth of the Poor Terrorist
The jihadists who carried out the Easter massacre in Sri Lanka were educated members of their country’s elite, a background that’s closer to the terrorist norm than the exception
Seductive Uzbekistan sees increased tourist footfall
Who can resist the lure of bewitching Samarqand? Or medieval Khiva? Or devout Bukhara? Generations
The Need for Religious Pluralism in the Muslim World
Among the most prominent reasons behind religious and sectarian clashes in the Arab world today is the belief in exclusiveness of the “right-to” the absolute truth, and the reluctance to accept diversity and respect religious pluralism.
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