Middle East mess expands to East Africa
James M Dorsey | The six-month-old Gulf crisis has expanded to the Horn Africa, potentially fuelling simmering regional conflicts. Renewed fears of heightened tension in the...
Trump targets Palestine in next aid cut threat
AFP | President Donald Trump admitted the Middle East peace process was in difficulty Tuesday and threatened to cut US aid to Palestinians, currently worth...
Former hostage freed by Pakistan arrested on sexual assault charges
AFP | A Canadian man who was held captive by a faction of the Afghan Taliban for five years has been arrested on 15 charges...
Fresh Iran protests lead to 9 fatalities and hundreds of arrests
AFP | Nine people were killed as fresh unrest hit Iran overnight, state television said Tuesday, while hundreds have been arrested as authorities crack down...
Will Trump still be president by the end of the year?
Sidra Khan | When Donald Trump announced his intention to run for the office of the President of the United States in late 2015, which...
Hindutva Terror: Indian blast case suggests bleak scenario for Pakistan
Jawad Falak | On 27th December 2017, a special NIA court ruled that Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and six others will...
Rocket Man’s New Years nuclear threat
AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the United States Monday he has a "nuclear button" on his table but offered an apparent olive...
Sharif brother’s Saudi trip highlights extensive foreign influence on Pakistan
Junaid Ali Malik | On many occasions in the history of Pakistan, the foreign stakeholders, more properly international establishment, tried to influence the politics of...
Is Iran’s failing economy the real cause for protests?
AFP | Despite demonstrators chanting provocative slogans against Iran's Islamic rulers, analysts say the roots of the current protests lie in the same anger at...
CPEC: An environmental disaster
Waqar Khan | Slicing through the Himalayas, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a flagship project of China’s One Belt and One Road Initiative. The...
South Asia: shaky state of affairs, uncertain future
Andrew Korybko | South Asia is simmering as China and India wrestle with one another for influence in this strategic region. The two nominal BRICS...
Russia could benefit If Trump gets the EU to sanction Iran for cracking down on the “Green Revolution 2.0” Color Revolution Attempt
Andrew Korybko | Russia Could Benefit If Trump Gets The EU To Sanction Iran For Cracking Down On The "Green Revolution 2.0" Color Revolution Attempt The...