Why curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions is not easy

Negotiating a sustainable compromise with Iran is not getting any easier, and this delay might not yield the desired result of bringing Tehran’s nuclear programme under stringent limits, says......

'Axis of evil' now a pivot of peace?

The implications of the interim deal between Iran and the world's big powers go far beyond the nuclear programme, says Nitin PaiOn the face of it, what was signed between the world's big powers and......

Will Hassan Rowhani change Iran's equations with the world?

While one is not anticipating a sea change in Iranian politics, in Hassan Rowhani, Iran may have found a President who will, at the very least, be less verbally aggressive than the outgoing Mahmoud......

How Iranians changed the PLOT of the Prez poll

The Iranian people, having spoken, are asking the new administration to find a way by which sanctions can be rolled back and civility and normalcy can return to Iran's engagement with the world,......

Gas pipeline: Iran seeks Pak's commitment to project

Iran has offered to provide Pakistan $500 million to build its section of a bilateral gas pipeline project on the condition that Islamabad will not turn its back on the venture, a media report......

Pak, Iran discuss gas project amid US pressure

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday discussed ways to deepen ties and a bilateral gas pipeline project that has come under a cloud......

Column: India's stake in the dollar's future

New Delhi can be neutral in the dollar-euro-yen dance, but it has a stake in a stable US currency, writes Sanjaya Baru. It was happenstance that I landed in Washington DC on the 21st of September.......

China may consider joining IPI project

Chinasaid on Thursday it would study 'carefully and very seriously' a proposal that Beijing also join the India-Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project, 'once issues are clearer'. "We are also very much......

Kaepernick ad spurs Nike boycott campaign

'Freedom of speech is one of America’s core tenants, so placing this freedom within a sporting context for a brand as big as Nike will always make headlines.'   IMAGE: The new Nike ad......

The best sports images from the last 24 hours

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Evo Morales have long been on the same side politically. Now the presidents of Iran and Bolivia -- both harsh critics of the United States -- have literally......