By DS Rajan In the modern era, the concept of sister city ties between countries in the world which in the main focuses on ‘people to people contact sand learning from each other’, have come to play a strong supportive…
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Radioactive waste: Where to put it?
As the U.S. makes new plans for disposing of spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste deep underground, geologists are key to identifying safe burial sites and techniques. Scientists at The Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting in Denver…
Has democracy really failed in Pakistan?
By Nadeem Mumtaz Qureshi Whenever there are elections the people who get elected and sit in Pakistan’s assemblies do not deserve to be there. They tend to be, in the rural areas, feudal landlords or the descendants of long deceased…
Can Maldives avert a constitutional crisis?
By Anand Kumar Though a new date for presidential elections in Maldives has been announced the people in Maldives and the international community still remain anxious whether the elections would be held. The term of present Mohammed Waheed’s government ends…
EU says distrust of US on spying may harm terror fight
EU leaders meeting in Brussels say distrust of the US over spying could harm the fight against terrorism.
US spied on 35 world leaders
The National Security Agency eavesdropped on hundreds of phone numbers belonging to dozens of world leaders, newly leaked documents supplied by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden reveal.
Nawaz Sharif says ready to go ‘extra mile’ with India
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed to go the “extra mile” to make peace with India, saying the historic rivals can resolve all issues including Kashmir through dialogue.
Indonesia’s low cost green car under fire
By Keoni Indrabayu Marzuki Indonesia has embarked on a Low Cost Green Car (LCGC) project with the launch of two Japanese-aided automotive products. The central government believes the LCGC would boost the domestic automotive industry and exports while regulations ensure…
Saudi Arabia tells world, UN has a problem
By Abdulateef Al-Mulhim Saudi Arabia was one of the founding members of the United Nations in 1945. Since its establishment, Saudi Arabia has been one of the most active members and the one that paid its dues to the world…
US to use Romanian airbase for Afghan pullout
Romania has agreed to allow the U.S. military to use an airbase near the Black Sea as a key logistics hub for getting supplies and troops into and out of Afghanistan.
UN drone reports chide US transparency gap
By Jaya Ramachandran Armed drones are the subject of two landmark reports presented to the 193-nation General Assembly – the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the UN – in October: one urging transparency over the killing of civilians…
India, China close to reaching border accord to lower tensions
India and China are close to an agreement to prevent tension on their contested border touching off confrontation while they try to figure out a way to break a decades-old stalemate regarding overlapping claims to long stretches of the Himalayas.
Historic opportunity for Iran to make fresh start
By Aijaz Zaka Syed Iran finds itself in the media spotlight for all the right reasons, for a change. The smooth and event-free presidential elections in June surprised many, including the Iran ‘experts’ in the West. This time around the…
Syria’s top intelligence officer killed
By Al Bawaba News Gunmen have killed a top army General Jamaa Jamaa on Thursday while on duty in eastern Syria, state-run Syrian television said.
Jammu & Kashmir: A haven for agents?
By Shujaat Bukhari A few hours after a suicide bomber hit a Church in Peshawar on Sunday last, a six-The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly passed a resolution on Monday asking Government of India to order a time-bound probe into the…
Fitch puts US credit rating under review for downgrade
Global credit rating agency Fitch has put the United States’ ‘AAA’ credit rating on “rating watch negative” based on stalled debt ceiling negotiations.
Managing risk key to sustainable development
The World Bank in its 2014 World Development Report (WDR) launched on 6 October 2013 places risk management and resilience building at the core of its development approach.
US warns of Mindanao terrorist threats
By Joe Torres The United States embassy in Manila yesterday warned US citizens of a “series of credible security threats” in the southern Philippines region of Mindanao.
Earthquake strikes not far from Fukushima
A 5.0-magnitute earthquake has struck near the east coast of Honshu in Japan not far from the infamous Fukushima nuclear plant.
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…
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.