In this April 8, 2008, photo released by the Iranian President’s Office, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility. (Credit: AP Photo/Iranian Presidents office, File)…
Category: Global Issues
Imagine this scenario: A developing nation decides to selectively share its precious natural resource, selling only to “friendly” countries and not “hostile” ones. Now imagine this is oil we’re talking about and the nation in…
A sustainable energy program in ‘Area C’ of rural West Bank is being threatened by Israeli authorities. The program, which recently installed solar panels and wind turbines in 16 communities, is providing 1,500 Palestinians with…
Palestine Railways In the last week of February 2012, Israel’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz announced that Israel Railways has prepared a major plan for new railways. This came days after the boring of…
The BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is prepared to boost the lending resources of the IMF that can be used for tackling Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. Russian Finance Minister Anton…
US President Barack Obama and international diplomats gathered at the “Friends of Syria” meeting in Tunis issued statements yesterday pressing for military intervention in Syria. They cited as a pretext escalating warfare between US-backed Syrian “rebel” forces and…
President Barack Obama condoned America’s drone program last month, dismissing allegations that it’s caused more harm than good. In Pakistan, the families of civilians killed in these strikes are pleading with the UN to tell…
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has criticized the burning of the Holy Qur’an at a US military base in Afghanistan, referring to the incident as a “deplorable act of incitement.” On Thursday, OIC Secretary…
Israel is backing down from her threats to bomb Iran. In a scathing loss of face for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, diplomatic sources in Israel have revealed that President Shimon…
Spencer Platt / Getty Images / AFP Nearly 400 miles west of Manhattan, the New York Police Department descended on the City of Buffalo. It was a rough Buffalo winter in January 2009 and three…