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The coffin is a concrete dome, built in the late 1970s on Runit island, part of Enewetak atoll, as a dumping ground for waste from the nuclear tests. (Photo: AFP)

UN chief concerned about nuclear 'coffin' leakage in Pacific

He described structure on Enewetak atoll in Marshall Islands as 'kind of coffin' and said legacy of Cold War-era nuclear...

17 May 2019 12:56 PM IST

This Jan. 3 1976 photo made by the National Reconnaissance Office shows Mount Everest at center. This and other once-classified Cold War era spy satellite images are showing scientists that glaciers on the Himalayas are now melting about twice as fast as they used to. (National Reconnaissance Office via AP)

Himalayan glaciers are melting fast revealed by old spy images

The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount Everest, has been losing ice at a rate of about 1 per cent a year since...

20 Jun 2019 5:44 PM IST

The missiles fired by the North last week were described as a new type of tactical guided short-range weapon. (Photo: AFP)

US tests medium-range missile after exiting INF treaty with Russia

The missile was launched on Sunday from the US Navy-controlled San Nicolas Island off the coast of Los Angeles,...

20 Aug 2019 2:08 PM IST

Kudlow discounted the notion that next years election increases the urgency for President Donald Trump to conclude the trade war. (Photo: AP)

White House adviser compares China trade talks to Cold War

US and Chinese officials have agreed to hold their next round of talks in Washington next month.

7 Sept 2019 10:33 AM IST

Foreign agents, defined as involved in politics and receiving money from abroad, must register with the justice ministry, label publications with the tag and submit detailed paperwork or face fines. (Photo: File)

Putin says Russia will make new missiles banned during Cold War

Putin said Moscow had urged US to de-escalate spiralling arms race between the former Cold War foes, but that Washington...

6 Sept 2019 10:40 AM IST

US President Donald Trump and Chinas President Xi Jinping (AFP)

Sunanda K Datta Ray | As US, China spar; India needs to fend for...

India must consider its own long-term geopolitical imperatives more than American overtures

29 July 2020 4:51 PM IST

China has built many model villages in uninhabited places along the LAC to claim these places as part of its territory. (Representational image: AFP)

Kamal Davar | Time to be firm tackling Dragon on LAC standoff & human...

Both nations, according to these reports, now have between 50,000 to 60,000 troops deployed along the LAC in Ladakh

12 Oct 2022 12:00 AM IST

Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)

Saeed Naqvi | Gorby's model: 1980s' Sweden as socialism was being...

Gorbachev, as the subsequent years proved, was clearly out of touch with the nation he had set out to transform

9 Sept 2022 12:06 AM IST

Ukrainian soldiersrest near their position in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Syed Ata Hasnain | 1 yr of Ukraine war: No victor, no vanquished

Options are being discussed but except for a determination to continue the war, not much appears emerging.

24 Feb 2023 12:00 AM IST

In this photo provided by Chad Fish, the remnants of a large balloon drift above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, Feb. 4, 2023. The downing of the suspected Chinese spy balloon by a missile from an F-22 fighter jet created a spectacle over one of the states tourism hubs and drew crowds reacting with a mixture of bewildered gazing, distress and cheering. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | US downing of Chinese spy balloon justifiable

Fear of advanced aerial technology of cutting edge kind to spy on a country's nuclear missile silos is perceived to be...

7 Feb 2023 12:10 AM IST

British Prime Minister Theresa May Theresa May speaks during a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels. (Photo: AP)

A new Cold War looms

A former Russian spy who turned a double agent and was in jail was brought over to Britain in a spy swap back in 2005.

31 March 2018 12:20 AM IST

The Helsinki summit between Presidents Trump and Putin on July 16 reinforced these trends.

Changing geopolitics: New order is emerging

It is very clear that the United States will no longer be looked upon as a dependable partner.

1 Aug 2018 12:39 AM IST