Iranian protests expose contours of leadership in the Muslim world
If week-long anti-government protests in Iran exposed the Islamic republic’s deep-seated economic and political problems, they also laid bare Saudi Arabia’s structural inability to...
Boko Haram attacks, human trafficking threaten progress in West Africa and Sahel
The security situation in West Africa and the Sahel remains of grave concern, the United Nations envoy for the region said Thursday, warning that...
From Panmunjom truce zone to Pyeongchang winter game
Authors: Wang Li & Yang Yi-zhong
After the two-year stalemate between North Korea and South Korea, the warm air seems to return to the Korean...
Titbits from NSG Special Group Meeting in 2017
Membership of India and Pakistan in the Nuclear Suppliers Group is in cold storage and pending as of now evidenced by the special group...
Saudi sports: The dark side of Crown Prince Mohammed’s reforms
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will be putting his best foot forward when enthusiastic women soccer fans this week attend for the first...
Afghanistan: Girls’ Enrollment in Schools Increases with New Facilities
KHOST CITY – It is early morning and girls in their black dresses and white scarves are lined up neatly in the school yard...
The news coming from the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea
The positive signs currently coming from the Korean Peninsula, and especially from North Korea, are definitely encouraging.
In fact, the 23rd Winter Olympics, scheduled for...
Quo Vadis to Jerusalem? Taking the Road Pointed out by Trump?
On December 6 Trump came up with a sensational program speech that became one of the most significant political events of the passing year....
Pakistani politics risk aggravating problems and heightening regional tension
Self-serving Pakistani politics threaten to aggravate the country’s myriad problems that have strained its relations with the United States and could heighten tension in...