Iraq’s president gave Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the affirmation to form the next government on Nov 11, after an eight-month impasse, but a dramatic walkout from parliament by his Sunni rivals cast doubt on…
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Netanyahu presents security cabinet with Clinton’s incentive of 20 F-35 fighter planes and security guarantees in exchange for 90-day West Bank building moratorium. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s seven-member inner cabinet discussed Saturday an offer…
Leaders of the world’s top Group of 20 (G20) economies, who collectively produce over 85 percent of global wealth, meet in Seoul from November 11-12, to coordinate collective efforts aim at redressing world economies following…
Quite a number of my Asian friends have recounted their awful experiences of discrimination while they were in some Western countries. The worst case that I have ever heard was when my Thai friend was…
In recent years, the economic development of the East Asian region has been booming. The region was among the least hard hit by the financial crisis. For example in China, although during exports did go…
Speaking at a security conference in Canada yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took it upon himself to make U.S.-Iran policy, declaring that “Containment is off the table“: The South Carolina Republican saw the United States…
A senior Egyptian source told the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat his government was holding talks with several countries to organize an international peace summit shortly, according to Haaretz. “The peace summit is meant to reaffirm…
Called “Obama’s Wars,” Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Bob Woodward’s new book on President Obama focuses on the Afghanistan war and the worldwide battle against terrorism, but not the top issue in the midterm elections — the…
US President Barack Obama begins his four-day trip to India Saturday. His wife Michelle will accompany him to the western city of Mumbai. Obama also plans to meet with the eminent Taj Mahal. It will be…
A senior Egyptian source told the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat his government was holding talks with several countries to organize an international peace summit shortly, according to Haaretz. “The peace summit is meant to reaffirm…
