Tanker tussle in the Strait of Hormuz
A British oil tanker and a British-owned Liberian-flagged ship were seized by the IRGC in the Strait of Hormuz. Is…
Israeli spyware targets cloud services
Israeli company NSO whose spyware hacked Whatsapp claimed that it could gather an individual’s data from servers of Microsoft, Apple,…
The Essar insolvency saga
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, in a recent ruling has removed the historical separation between secured and unsecured creditors.…
Chinese cameras ban at U.S. facilities
U.S. federal agencies are yet to comply with a mandate on Chinese made surveillance cameras which was imposed by the…
The reset in US-Pakistan ties
With the Trump administration desperate for a quick and honourable exit from Afghanistan, the role of Pakistan is to facilitate…
Tolerating intolerance in the US
A Democrat-controlled House of Representatives passed a resolution to condemn President Donald Trump’s "racist comments" towards four Democratic congresswomen of…
Facebook to be fined $ 5bn
US regulators have approved a forfeit of $5bn on Facebook to settle an investigation into data privacy violations. Would this…
Taliban negotiates with Afghanistan
An Afghan delegation (not representing President Ashraf Ghani) met Taliban officials in Qatar to seek a political solution to end…
Universities under scrutiny for foreign funding
The U.S. Education Department has opened an investigation into Georgetown, Texas A&M University over foreign funding from Qatar Foundation and…
US – Qatar relationship: Strategic or Uncertain
Amidst the ongoing tensions in the Persian Gulf and the blockade by the Saudi led coalition, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim…