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President Obama asks Congress for $500 million to train rebels in Syria

Jun 27, 2014 - 6:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Even as he has refused to intervene militarily in Iraq where the future of the US installed and supported Maliki government faces a big question mark, President Obama asked Congress, Thursday, June 26, […]

US military advisers to be in and around Baghdad: OFFICIALS

Jun 20, 2014 - 8:05 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The major focus of the initial tranche of US military advisers to be sent to Iraq would be in and around Baghdad, a senior official has said. He, however, did not rule out […]

Featured

Iraqi Army retakes Tikrit, even as militants vow to march on Baghdad

Jun 13, 2014 - 9:16 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

BAGHDAD (TIP): The Iraqi army has retaken full control of the central city of Tikrit, a day after militant jihadists seized it, state-run Iraqiya TV reported. Fighters from the militant group known as the Islamic […]

Europe

Iraqi Kurds take Kirkuk, Sunni rebels surge towards Baghdad

Jun 13, 2014 - 8:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

BAGHDAD/ARBIL (TIP): Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on June 12 after government forces abandoned their posts in the face of a sweeping Sunni Islamist rebel push towards Baghdad that […]

Europe

TURKEY’S TOP COURT RULES YOUTUBE BAN VIOLATES RIGHTS

May 30, 2014 - 8:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

ANKARA (TIP): Turkey‘s top court, on May 29, ruled that a blanket ban on the popular video sharing site YouTube violated individual rights and freedoms, the prime minister’s office said. YouTube has been banned in […]

Middle East

UN urges Security Council to consider steps on Syria aid access

May 23, 2014 - 7:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

UNITED NATIONS (TIP): UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged the Security Council to consider what action it should take to force compliance with its demands that millions of besieged Syrians who have been denied […]

US sanctions Syrian government officials

May 9, 2014 - 8:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Stepping up pressure on Syria, the treasury department on May 8 sanctioned six Syrian officials and a Russian bank for their alleged support of the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, who has […]

Business & Economics

A MODI GOVERNMENT MUST PROJECT A MORE ROBUST FOREIGN POLICY

May 9, 2014 - 7:37 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

“Rather than debating a new conceptual framework for our foreign policy – more “nationalistic” or resting on an “India first” foundation – we could look at how some concrete issues should be addressed by a […]

Bombers kill 31 at Iraq campaign rally for Shias

Apr 26, 2014 - 8:02 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

BAGHDAD (TIP): Suicide bombers killed 31 people Friday at a sports stadium hosting a campaign rally for thousands of supporters of a militant Shia group before parliamentary elections, authorities said — an attack that could […]

US unwilling to give up Middle East peace process yet

Apr 26, 2014 - 7:24 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The suspension of peace talks between Israel and Palestinians delivered the harshest blow yet to secretary of state John Kerry’s ambitious, if perhaps quixotic, hope of ending the decades-long impasse at the cost […]

Europe

Flight search brings satellite company unaccustomed fame

Apr 11, 2014 - 9:00 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): On an enormous electronic map of the globe in the modernist headquarters of a satellite company here, two green hexagons the size of dinner plates hovered off the west coast of Australia, revealing […]

Attacks in Baghdad area kill 21 people

Mar 7, 2014 - 6:59 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BAGHDAD (TIP): Bombings mainly targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad and attacks on security force checkpoints in and around the capital killed at least 21 people Wednesday, officials said. Iraq has been hit by a year-long […]

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Tunisia shines amid gloom

Feb 14, 2014 - 7:10 am EST @theindpanorama 0

Arab Spring protests not in vain After three years of turmoil and bloodshed in the Middle East and North Africa, where is the Arab Spring? Apart from the relatively tiny state of Tunisia, where it […]

SYRIA: Deal struck to evacuate civilians from Homs

Feb 7, 2014 - 7:30 am EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIRUT (TIP): The Syrian government reached an agreement with the United Nations on february 6 to secure the evacuation of hundreds of trapped civilians from besieged parts of the central city of Homs, according to […]

Europe

Syrian peace talks stuck over Assad’s future

Jan 24, 2014 - 8:27 am EST @theindpanorama 0

MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): Peace talks intended to carve a path out of Syria‘s civil war got off to a rocky start on January 23 as a bitter clash over President Bashar Assad’s future threatened to […]

Europe

Despite intel warning, UK to free terror suspects

Jan 24, 2014 - 8:24 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Five terror suspects, including the one who allegedly plotted a Mumbai style attack in London, are set to be freed within days. Restrictions on their movements under the Terrorism Prevention Investigation Measure (T-PIM) […]

Middle East

Putin, Obama discuss Syria conference over telephone: Kremlin

Jan 24, 2014 - 7:08 am EST @theindpanorama 1

MOSCOW (TIP): US President Barack Obama spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin by telephone on Tuesday, and the leaders discussed an internationally sponsored conference on Syria, the Kremlin said in a statement. The conference […]

United States

US vows stepped up support to oust Assad

Jan 24, 2014 - 7:04 am EST @theindpanorama 0

MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND) (TIP): The United States on January 22 led a fierce denunciation of the Syrian regime and vowed it would step up support for the opposition as it seeks to topple President Bashar al-Assad. […]

UN issues distress call over war-affected Syrians

Jan 17, 2014 - 7:34 am EST @theindpanorama 0

KUWAIT CITY (TIP): UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon warned on January 15 that nearly half of Syria‘s population needs urgent humanitarian help, as aid groups urged access for relief delivery to civilians trapped by the […]

As the world kept

Jan 10, 2014 - 7:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

As the world kept on expecting that the USA would launch a military strike against the tyrannical regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, President Obama did not give the final go-ahead signal to his forces […]

Christmas Celebrated around the World

Dec 28, 2013 - 4:51 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): Christmas Eve was marked by festivities and preparations around the world today. The faithful prepared for midnight services in places both traditional and unusual. At the Vatican, worshipers filled Saint Peter’s Basilica […]

Britain calls for strong action against Syrian President Assad

Dec 6, 2013 - 6:10 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Britain has called for stern action against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the appalling human rights violations that have been carried out, with his consent. The United Nations for the first time on […]

India

‘INDIA’S RAPE EPIDEMIC’ AMONG TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP TEN STORIES

Dec 5, 2013 - 6:16 am EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Time magazine has listed “India‘s Rape Epidemic”, about the nationwide uproar over a number of rape incidents, especially following a shocking gang rape in Delhi, as the ninth top world news story […]

Britain calls for strong action against Syrian President Assad

Dec 5, 2013 - 6:01 am EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Britain has called for stern action against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the appalling human rights violations that have been carried out, with his consent. The United Nations for the first time on […]

Europe

Historic call: UK PM rings up Rouhani

Nov 29, 2013 - 6:38 am EST @theindpanorama 1

LONDON (TIP): In a historic first, David Cameron on November 19 became the first British PM to call an Iranian president in more than a decade. Cameron spoke to Hassan Rouhani by telephone on Tuesday […]

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