A 5.0-magnitute earthquake has struck near the east coast of Honshu in Japan not far from the infamous Fukushima nuclear plant.
Category: Op-Ed
Mr. President, tear down this barricade!
By Alan Caruba Ronald Reagan made a lot of history as President, but when he stood before the Brandenburg Gate not far from the Berlin Wall that divided the city and said, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”, he rocked…
PM opens Elasin Bridge over Dhaleshwari
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the much-awaited Elasin Bridge (Shamsul Haque Bridge) over the River Dhaleshwari on Aricha-Ghior-Doulatpur-Nagarpur-Tangail regional highway, fulfilling the long-cherished demand of the people of Tangail and Manikganj.
UK, Iran take step toward renewed relations
By Radio Zamaneh The British Foreign Secretary says Iran and Britain have begun talks aimed at restoring severed diplomatic relations.
Happy anniversary Afghanistan
By Mike Whitney October 7 marked the 12th anniversary of the Afghanistan War, but you wouldn’t know it by reading the papers. In fact, “America’s longest war” has become so unpopular that both the media and the Obama administration have…
US to ‘announce future’ of military aid to Egypt
The US is not planning to halt “all” military aid to Egypt, the White House has said, refuting some recent media reports. However, in the coming days the US administration is planning to announce the future of its “assistance relationship…
UN begins dismantling syria’s chemical arms
Disarmament experts from the international chemical weapons watchdog have begun destroying Syria’s chemical arsenal.
Twitter chairman tweets Rohani about web access in Iran
By PanArmenian
‘Iran won’t allow Israel to interfere in nuclear talks’
By Iran Review
Save the Nobel Peace Prize from itself
On October 11, we’ll learn whether the Norwegian Nobel Committee is interested in reviving the Nobel Peace Prize or putting another nail in its coffin.
Collaboration, not Sufism, answer to Pakistan’s violence
By Farahnaz Zahidi
We’ll never let Iran get nuclear weapons: Netanyahu
By PanArmenian
Two US generals forced out over Afghan failure
The U.S. Marine Corps has forced two generals into retirement, effectively firing them, over a failure to defend a base in Afghanistan from a deadly Taliban attack.
Remembering the 1973 Arab oil embargo
By Paul Driessen
UN matters for US
By Keshav Prasad Bhattarai Napoleon has said, “In war only the commander-in-chief understands the importance of certain things and only he, through his will and his superior understanding, can vanquish and overcome all his difficulties”.
Obama’s historic talks with Iran’s Rouhani on phone
For the first time in more than 30 years the President of the United States has spoken with Iran’s leadership. Barack Obama announced he believes the two sides can reach a deal regarding the future of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear…
Rohani tells UN no nation should have nuclear weapons
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has told a UN meeting on nuclear disarmament that no country should have nuclear weapons and called on Israel to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Soviet officer averted 3rd World War 30 years ago
By Ria Novosti
Space fence solution: International collaboration
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan and Rahul Prakash
Will peace gestures in Manipur work?
By Namrata Goswami
Maldives: Hiccups in democratic transition
By Anand Kumar
Internet sales tax could crush small businesses
By Ron Paul
Taxing Internet sales
A consortium of states has been working since 2000 to design an agreement to levy sales tax on purchasers of goods bought via the Internet. The Supreme Court declared that it was unconstitutional for states to require sellers not in…
China sentences Bo Xilai to life in prison
By Ria Novosti
Iran will never develop nuclear weapons – Rohani
By Iran Review
Enhancing international cyber security
By Senol Yilmaz
ICTJ concerned at retroactive sentencing in ICT trial
The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) has expressed concern over the Bangladesh Supreme Court’s sentencing to death yesterday of Abdul Quader Mollah, a senior leader in Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s 1971…
Internet economy: Opportunity for sustainable growth, employment
By Maroš Šefčovič
Al Qaeda then and now
By Rohan Gunaratna and Aviv Oreg