The challenges facing Bolsonaro as he takes power in Brazil
AFP | Brazil's next president, Jair Bolsonaro, takes office next week with promises to radically change the path taken by Latin America's biggest country by...
Pentagon, India don’t want troops out of Afghanistan: Gen (R) Ejaz Awan
News Desk | Prominent defense analyst and former General Officer Commanding of Swat Maj Gen ® Ejaz Awan has said that the US security establishment...
Trump downbeat on Fed as markets nosedive
AFP | US President Donald Trump on Tuesday marked Christmas with a renewed attack on the central bank over plunging stocks, as he aired a...
US troop withdrawals threaten to fuel greater, potentially problematic Gulf assertiveness – James M. Dorsey
James M. Dorsey | As far as Gulf leaders are concerned, President Donald J. Trump demonstrated with his announced US troop withdrawals from Syria and...
The abrupt withdrawal of the U.S troops from Syria
News Analysis | The U.S President Donald Trump in yet another surprising move tweeted the abrupt ending of the U.S mission in Syria and announced...
Canada, US call for ‘immediate release’ of two Canadians held by China
AFP | Ottawa and Washington on Friday stepped up pressure on Beijing, calling for the immediate release of two Canadians detained in apparent retaliation for...
US pullout from Syria: Has Turkey prevailed?
AFP | Months after hitting rock bottom, relations between the United States and Turkey have quickly improved with President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from...
India’s endorsement of US led regional order
Bhakhtawar Liaquat | Introduction Lord Palmerston of great Brittan said that ‘there is no permanent friends and permanent foe in international relations but only permanent interest’...
NATO stresses Afghan commitment despite US withdrawal
AFP | The NATO alliance stressed its continued commitment to its support mission in Afghanistan on Friday as Washington prepared to withdraw thousands of US...
US Fed could rethink rate hikes as Trump trade wars drag on economy
AFP | The US central bank sent a strong signal on Friday that it would be willing to reconsider expected interest rate hikes amid new data...
Trump’s foreign policy in spotlight after military withdrawals
AFP | US politicians and international allies scrambled Friday to make sense of President Donald Trump's momentous foreign policy decisions for Syria and Afghanistan epic...
US government shutdown would impact 800,000 federal employees
AFP | A threatened shutdown of the US government would see hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed and many more working without pay. President...