'Trump does have a master plan in mind to put pressure on India with the additional tariff of 25 per cent to get Modi to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to freeze the Ukraine war.' 'It has not worked so far. By end-September only we'll know for sure the future trajectory of India's oil purchases from Russia,' observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Denouncing the disclosure of its emails by Wikileaks, the whistleblower website, as "deplorable breach of privacy", the United States-based intelligence firm Stratfor cautioned that some of them may be forged or altered to include inaccuracies.
West Asia is again boiling up. That is what Stratfor, a US-based think tank says after observing some of the recent developments in the trouble-torn region. Terming the situation ominous, its leading expert says the Arab-Israeli region is filled with rumours of a war.
In an interview to ABC news, Bush said pulling out from Iraq now would be akin to a surrender.
Barack Obama is planning to de-stress by spending time with his family, playing golf and catching up on reading, on his first vacation after taking charge as the US President.
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