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Joe Biden to meet with leaders in Turkey in mid-January

Jan 1, 2016 - 3:08 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Vice president Joe Biden will travel to Turkey next month amid the ongoing fight against the Islamic State group. Biden is adding a stop in Turkey to his previously announced trip to Davos, […]

Finding a Niche in the Emerging World Order

Dec 31, 2015 - 7:43 pm EST The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s apparently impromptu visit to Lahore on Christmas day is readily explained by the need to contain the Taliban and ensure regional stability and connectivity in the ‘Heart of Asia’ after the US-led […]

Saudi Arabia in Recession | Cuts Spending to Shrink Deficit

Dec 31, 2015 - 7:03 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

A glut of oil, the demise of OPEC and weakening global demand combined to make 2015 the year of crashing oil prices. The cost of crude fell to levels not seen for 11 years – […]

ISIL members linked to Paris attacks killed in US raids, says Pentagon

Dec 31, 2015 - 6:54 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

U.S. led airstrikes in Syria and Iraq have killed 10 high-ranking ISIL members over the last month, including a fighter with “direct” links to the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks, the Pentagon said Tuesday, […]

Putin rules out reconciliation with Turkey

Dec 18, 2015 - 4:23 pm EST Agencies | Media Reports 0

MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin fired off an angry tirade against Turkey on Dec 17, ruling out any reconciliation with its leaders and accusing Ankara of shooting down a Russian warplane to impress the […]

ATS QUESTIONS PUNE GIRL ‘RADICALISED’ BY ISIS SYMPATHISERS

Dec 18, 2015 - 3:20 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

PUNE (TIP): A city-based 16-year-old Muslim girl, who was reportedly radicalised by her ISIS contacts abroad and brain-washed to go to Syria, has been questioned by sleuths of Pune Anti-Terrorism Squad and sent to a […]

Assad Can Stay, for Now | US changes stance for peace

Dec 18, 2015 - 2:08 am EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday, December 15, accepted Russia‘s long-standing demand that President Bashar Assad’s future be determined by his own people, as Washington and Moscow edged toward putting aside […]

In taking economic war to Islamic State, US developing new tools

Dec 12, 2015 - 12:30 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Since last month, US warplanes have struck Islamic State’s oil infrastructure in Syria in a stepped-up campaign of economic warfare that the United States estimates has cut the group’s black-market earnings from oil […]

Suicide car bombs kill 10 in northeast Syria

Dec 11, 2015 - 6:01 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

BEIRUT (TIP): At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded on Dec 11 in a triple suicide car bomb attack in a town in northeastern Syria‘s Hasakeh province, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory […]

Islamic State vows to expand and take the war to India

Dec 4, 2015 - 3:19 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The increasing incidents of ‘intolerance’ that have created an atmosphere of fear amongst the Muslim minority community and the rise of Hindu nationalist fringe elements dominating the headlines in recent times, have […]

UK Parliament approves air strikes on ISIL targets in Syria

Dec 4, 2015 - 2:36 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON(TIP): Britain has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria, hours after MPs voted overwhelmingly to authorize military action in Syria against ISIL. A British Ministry of Defence spokesman confirmed Four RAF Tornado jets were […]

Putin swears to make Turkey regret plane downing

Dec 4, 2015 - 1:51 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

MOSCOW (TIP): Russian President Vladimir Putin, on December 3, vowed Turkey‘s leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Moscow’s warplanes as the top diplomats from both countries held their first high-level […]

Intolerance Fuels Radicalisation

Dec 4, 2015 - 12:38 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

India is awash with Islamophobia and there could not be a more dangerous time for this pernicious slant in our national politics. Hateful vitriol was spewed upon actor Aamir Khan recently, for expressing concern over the […]

Ringleader of Paris attacks planned more strikes, mocked open borders

Nov 28, 2015 - 2:30 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

PARIS (TIP): The ringleader behind the November 13 attacks in Paris had plans to strike Jewish targets and to disrupt schools and the transport system in France, according to sources close to the investigation. Abdelhamid […]

MILITANT ATTACKS ABROAD A DIPLOMATIC QUANDARY FOR CHINA’S XI

Nov 28, 2015 - 2:28 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

BEJING (TIP): The killings of Chinese citizens by Islamic militants in Syria and Mali place President Xi Jinping in a quandary: How can Beijing respond effectively without betraying its strict stance against intervention? The dilemma […]

ISIS: Muslim-majority countries across the world overwhelmingly detest terrorist group

Nov 28, 2015 - 2:26 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): ISIS is almost universally detested across the Middle East, Asia and Africa, even in Muslim-majority countries, a new poll has shown. Despite rhetoric about supposed “sympathy” for the terrorist group among Muslims in […]

Fighting the Islamic State: Role of the P-5 Nations and India

Nov 27, 2015 - 5:00 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

In the course of one week in November 2015, militants from Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi’s self-proclaimed Islamic Caliphate – also called ISIS, ISIL and Daesh – struck multiple targets in Beirut, Paris and Mali. Earlier, on […]

India steps up surveillance on ISIS propaganda: over 150 Indians under the scanner

Nov 20, 2015 - 3:59 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP) : Nearly 150 Indians are on the radar of intelligence agencies for actively following Islamic State propaganda and engaging on social media with pro-IS elements, according to government sources. A majority of […]

New Islamic State video threatens to blow up White House

Nov 20, 2015 - 1:53 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France. The six-minute video, released by Islamic State fighters […]

House votes to close doors to Syrian & Iraqi refugees, snubs Obama veto threat

Nov 20, 2015 - 1:46 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): The bill, which would effectively bar Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entry, received enough support to override a veto. In a stinging rebuke to President Obama by Republicans as well as members of […]

How serious a threat is ISIS to India?

Nov 20, 2015 - 1:05 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

ISIS/ISIL/IS is a fundamentalist group, made of delusional individuals, who claim to be religious, and who want to create a nation state of Sunni Salafist Muslims. Their ultimate aim to wield their power over such vast and rich […]

Paris Exposes the Limitations of the West’s Approach to Counter Terrorism

Nov 20, 2015 - 1:00 pm EST @theindpanorama 0

The ‘notion’ of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) has taken a beating after the November 13, 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris. CIP is about protecting vital infrastructure, which, if attacked, would have deleterious consequences for the state […]

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