What was previously believed to be a tactical maneuver to renegotiate terms of engagement vis-à-vis the US, reached a supposedly anticlimactic bedrock, when Clinton finally uttered the magic word ‘sorry’ and Pakistan went back to where it was prior to the Salala Attack. No new terms...
Millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan fear attempts to force them from homes in which some have lived for more than 30 years. They say they have dealt with discrimination and harassment at the hand of Pakistani authorities, who no longer “find them useful”, and are anxious...
Where is the Kingston Trio when needed? For those who may not recall or were not born then, the group were singing sensations of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s, so much so that the Trio achieved cult status. And their 1959 hit, “They’re rioting in Africa” was eerily...
One wonders what Syrians are thinking as “rebels” vowing to “free Syria” take the country down the same road to destruction as “rebels” in Libya. Libya, under Gaddafi a well run country whose oil revenues were shared with the Libyan people instead of monopolized by a princely...
By Konstantin Garibov
Voice of Russia July 27, 2012
Russia will maintain its logistics naval station in the Syrian port of Tartus. Commenting on the issue earlier this week, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Vice Admiral Viktor Chirkov accentuated the importance...
India test-fired BrahMos cruise missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from Balasore, on Sunday. While the scientists associated with the programme described the test as successful, sources said the test failed to meet all mission parameters.
The...
Once seen as uneducated thugs, the Taliban are producing dangerous new fighters who use the latest digital technology to plan and publicise attacks against NATO and Afghan forces, analysts say.
The militants recently released a video of a June 1 attack on a US military base in...
Beirut • As fierce fighting continued across Syria on Sunday, the country’s foreign minister, on a visit to Iran, blamed Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey for the escalation of violence and vowed that his government would rout the rebels fighting the army in Aleppo.
“Their plots will...
A billion dollar question that intrigues the minds, of strategists the world over is about the future course that Afghanistan could follow as the occupation forces are on their way out. The prospects of NATO withdrawal, as envisaged in the recent ‘Chicago Declaration’, raise dilemmas...
ASPEN: Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States is calling for an end to CIA drone strikes ahead of an intelligence summit in Washington between the two countries expected next week.
In a frank debate on Friday with White House war adviser Douglas Lute, Ambassador Sherry Rehman...
(Max Danvers) On July 27, the London Olympic Games begin, and for 17 long days everyone on Earth will pretend to be interested in track. And for some reason, LOCOG (the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games),...
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