Back then, I was enchanted by the craft. The heritage. The obsession with detail. But over the years, as Iāve worked to bring global luxury brands into India and mentored a generation of professionals, something else began to emerge: a subtle discomfort with the silence of luxury. Also Read: Bling battle: Yes, US luxury brands…
A principle of modern war is that I should not be killed. As a civilian, I am āinnocent.ā Only a war would call me that, though. It is somehow odd that the official position of Pakistan is that I am innocent. You, too, are probably innocent, and also everyone else in my residential colony. Including…
Israelās Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to use the countryās intelligence agency for his and the governmentās benefit, including by requesting surveillance on anti-government protesters, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar wrote in a sworn affidavit to the High Court. The accusations are some of the most severe leveled by Bar against the Israeli prime minister,…
(Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparred with Emmanuel Macron over the French presidentās plan to recognize a Palestinian state and encourage other countries to do the same. A Palestinian state would be āa bastion of Iranian terrorism,ā Netanyahu said on a call with Macron on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Israeli…
(Bloomberg) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said heās planning to fire Ronen Bar, the head of the domestic security service Shin Bet, with whom heās quarreled over responsibility for the Oct. 7 attack, hostage negotiations and a probe into links to Qatar. A statement from his office issued Sunday evening said he would instruct…
People carrying pictures of Kfir Bibas, theĀ youngestĀ Israeli in captivity, as they cheer while watching on a screen atĀ hostage square in Tel Aviv the release of IsraeliĀ hostagesĀ in theĀ GazaĀ Strip on February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP Israel braced on Thursday for the return of the bodies of infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the…
Israel will start negotiations on a second phase of the ceasefire with Hamas as early as this week, aiming for the complete dismantling of the Palestinian group in Gaza. Discussions to extend the initial six-week truce and secure the rest of the hostages held by Hamas will start in coming days, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister…
No sooner had it unleashed the first of its drones at Israel on November 8th than the Iraqi militia published an image of missiles streaking through the sky. Israel said its aerial defences had thwarted the attack by al-Nujaba (āthe Nobles”). āBig surprises in the coming hours,” the group promisedāin Hebrew as well as Arabic:…
The spacious beige villas in Dohaās northern suburbs were once home to many of the senior leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamists. But they have largely been empty in recent months. Since the last round of American- and Qatari-mediated talks with Israel collapsed in August, the Qataris, once welcoming, have cooled on Hamas. The groupās…
The years between 1991 and 2019 were perhaps among the best in human history. Wars seemed like relics except in the case of some African countries. Czechoslovakia broke up into The Czech Republic and Slovakia. Soviet Union split into constituent countries. Yet, we didnāt see violence on the scale that happened during India and Israelās…
