Anissa Katti Correspondent (Politics) ISLAMABAD — It is no secret that relations between Pakistan and the US government have been tense post the 2011 raid over Pakistan in order to capture Osama Bin Laden and after Amnesty International’s accusation that the US had violated international laws by collaterally killing civilians. However, in preparation for the important meeting between the two powers in the White House, John Kerry, the US Secretary of State, and Pakistan Prime […]
Anissa Katti, Correspondent (Asia: Middle East & Central) GENEVA – The discussions surrounding the more than controversial Iranian nuclear plan have resumed on October 15 and 16. The five permanent countries (United States, United Kingdom, France, China and Russia) of the Security Council, Germany, the Iranian minister of Foreign Affairs (Javad Zarif) and the prime Iranian negotiator, regarding the nuclear question, were all present. This unfreezing of the political tensions surrounding the nuclear plan […]
Victoria Pease, Correspondent (Politics) LONDON – October 7 marked the anniversary of the US and British troops going into Afghanistan, yet twelve years on, the Middle-Eastern country remains far from stable. A rally hosted by the Stop the War Coalition on this year’s anniversary date in London points to Western intervention as the root cause of Afghanistan’s difficult path towards independence, while urging Western nations to stay out of Syria. The international campaign in […]
Mark Green, Correspondent (North America) WASHINGTON, DC — The US government is going to experience its first partial shutdown in 17 years. The Republican controlled House of Representatives has refused to pass the budget after the Democrats refused to delay the Affordable Health Care act by a year. The Senate had already passed the budget, however without the House of Representatives’ approval the bill ended in gridlock. The Republicans passed an amendment by 231 votes to […]
Alejandro Faini, Editor (North America) WASHINGTON DC — Syria has become the main topic in the international community and hugely influential in the United States. John Kerry and the entire Obama cabinet have been pushing inside and outside of the US for an initiative to attack the Syrian army as a “punishment” for the use of Chemical Weapons, despite the different flaws and differences in the investigations lead by the US and its allies. A day […]
Joanne Faulkner, Editor (Asia – Middle East and Central) DAMASCUS — The suffering in Syria is undeniable. Within two years, the death count from the bloody conflict has surpassed 1,00,000. Each day thousands of refugees flee their former homes-turned-battle ground for neighbouring countries; the populations of which swell. Lebanon, which has a population of four million, is now home to around one million Syrian refugees, who have spilled into informal ‘tent cities‘. The daily number […]
Alejandro Faini, Editor (North America) WASHINGTON- The latest alleged chemical attack in Syria has triggered the international community, especially the United States, where this week, President Barack Obama has stated his intentions to use the military power to intervene in the situation on Syria. White House’s plan might involve the use of missile and not of “boots in the ground” as stated by some inside sources. The American government has stated that it had […]
Tahmeena Alam, Correspondent (Africa) CAIRO — At least 25 Egyptian Soldiers were killed on Monday morning in an ambush by suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula, the deadliest of its kind in years. Interim President Adly Mansour declared three days of national mourning for the attacks. The ambush happened as the soldiers, in their convoy of two mini buses, were driving through a village near the border town of Rafah in the unstable Sinai […]
Emily Dutton, Correspondent (Our World) It was only four and a half years ago that Hillary Clinton famously presented her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov the gift of a ‘reset’ button (or ‘overcharged’ button as falsely translated by the Americans). It may have been a classic American public display with Clinton bursting with alacrity and enthusiasm, but it symbolised to the world that America was prepared to move on from the hostility of the past […]
Samrawit Gougsa, Correspondent (Politics) WASHINGTON D.C. — The US has reopened all but one of its embassies and consulates across the Middle East and North Africa regions after suggestions of a possible al-Qaeda terrorist attack were announced two weeks ago. The American embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, will remain closed due to ‘ongoing concerns about a threat stream indicating the potential for terrorist attacks emanating from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,’ explained State Department spokeswoman Jen […]
