Hindu justice: India’s Supreme Court rejects gay marriage

Hindu justice: India’s Supreme Court rejects gay marriage

by WorldTribune Staff, October 18, 2023 Unlike courts in post-Christian USA, India’s Supreme Court has rejected gay marriage. In a ruling announced on Tuesday, India’s top court argued that the decision to legalize gay marriage is political and, therefore, an issue for the nation’s parliament. “The court, in the exercise of the power of judicial […]

Trump warms to India, a key counterweight to China; Hits partisan Supremes

Trump warms to India, a key counterweight to China; Hits partisan Supremes

by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2020 “Modi-Trump hug gets tighter”, ran a headline in the Times of India. U.S. President Donald Trump solidified the U.S.-India relationship this week during his first visit to the world’s most populous democracy which also represents Trump’s best counterweight to China in the region. Before a crowd of more than […]

India visit seen building on key alliance amid Trump-era shift on China

India visit seen building on key alliance amid Trump-era shift on China

FPI / February 20, 2020 By Lee Cohen The Trump administration sees India as an important strategic ally in the region, particularly useful in pushing back against China’s Asian reach. While the past several years have yielded little significant progress in trade relations, the bilateral economic and defense relationships between the U.S. and India are […]

James Pinkerton: Conservative nationalism on the march worldwide

James Pinkerton: Conservative nationalism on the march worldwide

by WorldTribune Staff, May 26, 2019 The recent elections in India and Australia show that once voters get a taste of conservative nationalism, “they tend to like it,” columnist James Pinkerton wrote for Breitbart News on May 25. “They like, for example, the idea that a democratically-elected government can seek to uphold traditional values, not […]

Nuclear-armed showdown: Indian airstrike kills 300 in Pakistan

Nuclear-armed showdown: Indian airstrike kills 300 in Pakistan

by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2019 India’s government said its fighter jets destroyed a major terrorist camp in Pakistan on Feb. 26. More than 300 people were reportedly killed in the strike on jihadist group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s camp in Balakot, Pakistan. India had not carried out an airstrike in Pakistani territory since the Indo-Pakistan war over […]

Saudi denies opening airspace to Air India flights to Israel

Saudi denies opening airspace to Air India flights to Israel

by WorldTribune Staff, February 9, 2018 Saudi Arabia is denying reports that it has lifted the 70-year-old ban on flights to Israel passing through Saudi airspace. Several media reports on Feb. 7 said that Saudi Arabia had agreed to allow Air India to use Saudi airspace in its new flights from New Delhi to Tel […]

Global elites fly into Davos, risk snow drifts and avalanche threats to address global warming

Global elites fly into Davos, risk snow drifts and avalanche threats to address global warming

by WorldTribune Staff, January 24, 2018 Some 1,000 private jets flew a group of world elites in luxury to this year’s World Economic Forum at a ritzy ski resort in Davos, Switzerland. When they arrived to talk about the impact of global warming (which many expect to get a pass on for the large carbon […]

Shadow president alert: Obama is off on his own Asia tour

Shadow president alert: Obama is off on his own Asia tour

by WorldTribune Staff, November 29, 2017 Two weeks after his successor’s 12-day tour of Asia, former President Barack Obama on Nov. 28 embarked on his own trip which includes plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The trip “is probably not a coincidence” for the “shadow president,” Emily […]

What to do about China? Time to play the India card

What to do about China? Time to play the India card

by William R. Hawkins, FamilySecurityMatters.org “Our robust strategic partnership is such that it touches upon almost all areas of human endeavor….We consider the USA as our primary partner for India’s social and economic transformation in all our flagship programs and schemes,” proclaimed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 26. The venue was the joint press conference […]