Tehran has promised crushing response if US president makes ‘strategic mistake’ of listing elite force as terrorist entity In the 11 months since Donald Trump’s election, Tehran has been at pains to avoid kneejerk reactions. The measured responses to the US president’s pronouncements on Iranian activities have revealed ... Read More »
Google has found Russian ads related to 2016 election
Google has identified tens of thousands of dollars in ad buys by Russian accounts that used YouTube or Google advertising to try to spread misinformation and sow discord in American politics, sources familiar with the company’s investigation told CNN. These accounts used YouTube, Google search advertising, Gmail advertising and Google’s ... Read More »
South Korea threatens to drop blackout bombs on North Korea
SOUTH Korea’s military is ready to deploy a powerful weapon that can totally paralyse North Korea in the event of a nuclear war. SOUTH Korea is ready to deploy graphite bombs that can paralyse North Korea’s power grid in the event of a nuclear war. Military sources ... Read More »
The search for a new foreign policy
Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi The recently-concluded foreign minister-level interaction between Pakistan and the United States showed that there are wide gaps in the foreign policy dispositions of the two countries pertaining mainly to Afghanistan, countering terrorism in the region and a framework for bilateral cooperation. The only redeeming feature ... Read More »
North Korea will not flinch an inch! Pyongyang warns US to BACK OFF on nuclear war threats
NORTH KOREA warned it “would not flinch” from “the road to bolstering up the nuclear forces” unless the USA backed down from its “hostile” and threatening policy towards Pyongyang. And Pyongyang’s permanent representative to the United Nations said the United States and Donald Trump should “take the lead” ... Read More »
Isis fighters surrender en masse after fall of Hawija despite vowing to fight or die
Extremist soldiers forego martyrdom to hand themselves in at Kurdish interrogation centre in northern Iraq after loss of regional stronghold in morale-sapping defeat The prisoners were taken to a waiting room in groups of four, and were told to stand facing the concrete wall, ... Read More »
‘We want revenge’: Meet the Yazidi women freeing their sisters from Isis in the battle for Raqqa
Female fighters almost killed by Isis on Sinjar mountain vow to liberate their fellow Yazidis – and all other women who suffer at the hands of oppressors The flags and pictures on the wall of the Raqqa home serving as a Yazidi women’s unit seem familiar, even though they can’t ... Read More »
8TH Session of ESCWA Committee on Women Kicks off in Presence of Arab Concerned Ministers and Experts
8TH Session of ESCWAو Committee on Women Kicks off in Presence of Arab Concerned Ministers and Expertsو Beirut, 04 October 2017. United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ESCWA Mohamed Ali Al-Hakim, today said: “Even as we welcome the positive developments with regard to guaranteeing equality and social justice in ... Read More »
Aung San Suu Kyi to be stripped of Freedom of Oxford over Rohingya Muslim crisis
Aung San Suu Kyi is to be stripped of her Freedom of Oxford award because of her response to the Rohingya crisis. Burma’s de facto leader, who completed her undergraduate degree at Oxford University, was granted the honour in 1997 for her “struggle for democracy”. But Oxford City Council voted unanimously to ... Read More »
A turning point in Saudi-Russian relations
MOSCOW: King Salman arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a historic and unprecedented state visit to Russia, the first by a Saudi monarch in almost a century of diplomatic ties. The king was greeted at Vnukovo airport by senior Russian officials and a military brass band. He will have talks ... Read More »