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Category: West Asia

Tackling The ‘Barbarians’

It is known that the British had suffered a bloody and miserable defeat in the First Anglo-Afghan War, in 1838-42. Although some battles took place after that war, the Britons […]

On A Suicidal Mistake

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that the world is just one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation. Speaking at the UN Conference on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New […]

A Supervised ‘Sex-Slavery’

Jail authorities have repeatedly used her as a sex-slave, allowing the prisoners to rape her many a time. There is an uproar in Israel over such a revelation by a […]

An Age-Old Mis-Conception

Archaeologists are of the opinion that cultural ties between India and Saudi Arabia are at least 8,000 years old, as they have discovered a temple at an 8,000-year-old archaeological site […]

Not Just Films

Noted Iranian film director, screenwriter and film editor Jafar Panâhi (b. July 11, 1960), commonly associated with the Iranian New Wave Film Movement, once reportedly said that he “can’t do […]

The ‘Collapse’

Authoritarian rulers are creating troubles for creative and liberal personalities across the globe, including Iran. Jafar Panahi recently became the third Iranian film-maker to be arrested in less than a […]

Tracing A Life-Taking Bullet

Journalists thought that at least, they were safe. They had no idea that they would have to face the bullets. The New York Times investigation recently revealed that Shireen Abu […]

Back On Political Roller Coaster

Israel is all set to hold its fifth Parliamentary Election (in October 2022) in the last four years, and there is a huge possibility that former Prime Minister Benjamin ‘Bibi’ […]

A Relatively Quiet Trial Run

Iran and Russia have tested a new trade corridor to transport commodities via India. As the US and its Western allies have imposed economic sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine […]