Trump has mixed signals for Astana partners – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | Trump’s tweets earlier today regarding Syrian withdrawal plan came out of the blue – “Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria...

Trump threatens to ‘devastate’ Turkish economy over Syrian Kurds

News Desk | US President Donald Trump has threatened to "devastate Turkey economically" if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria following a planned pullout of...

Turkey can’t leverage US-Russia tensions in Syria forever

M K Bhadrakumar | Turkey has so far played Washington and Moscow off against each other over the Syrian situation by leveraging its importance as...

Pompeo ‘optimistic’ on deal to protect Syrian Kurds

News Desk | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is optimistic an agreement can be reached with Turkey to protect Kurdish fighters in...

US newspaper reports White House sought military strike against Iran

AFP | The White House demanded that the military draft plans for strikes on Iran after attacks in Iraq last year, sparking concern at the...

The new Arms Race in the 21st century – Dr. Zafar Jaspal

Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The bipartisan nuclear arms control framework constituted during the Cold War is in the process of expiring. On 20 October 2018,...

US govt. shutdown becomes longest in history

AFP | The United States government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats...

Canada takes in Saudi teen asylum seeker

AFP | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday that Canada was taking in an 18-year-old Saudi asylum seeker who fled her family and harnessed the...

The New Cold War may never arrive – M K Bhadrakumar

M K Bhadrakumar | An old Italian friend and a noted Sinologist based in Beijing representing a Vatican paper, Francesco Sisci wrote apropos an article...

US expands its drone war kills Somalian militants

AFP | US forces have conducted a series of air strikes in Somalia in recent days, including one announced Wednesday that officials said killed six...

21 bodies found on US-Mexico border as Trump visits

AFP | Mexican authorities said Thursday they had found 21 bodies on the US-Mexican border after a drug-gang shootout in a town near where President...

Pompeo vows ‘every last Iranian boot’ will be expelled from Syria

AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Thursday the United States and its allies would work diplomatically to expel all Iranian troops from...