Ahmad Khan Rahami: The Naturalized Face of American Terror
A naturalized American citizen and original native of Afghanistan became the most wanted man in America after his alleged involvement in the East Coast explosions shocked the nation and sparked a new...
View ArticleUS Presidential Debate: Two and No Tango
US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton held their first debates, which proved to be short on substance but full of personal tension, doing little to tip the scales in one direction...
View ArticleBosnia: The Sick Man of Europe Sneezes
Republika Srpska, the semi-autonomous part of Bosnia and Herzegovina that was created in the aftermath of the country’s civil war, infuriated the West after holding a referendum on whether to continue...
View ArticleShimon Peres: The Israeli Hawk of Peace
Shimon Peres, the former leader of Israel and one of its most famous political figures, passed away at the ripe old age of 93, leaving behind a legacy of war and peace that continues to divide the...
View ArticleVictoria Nuland: Flying over Ukraine’s Mess
Assistant US Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, known as one of the chief architects of US policy in Ukraine, paid her wrap-up visit to Moscow to discuss the Minsk Accords, which had failed to bring...
View ArticlePresident Putin: Plutonium Problems with Washington
Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree suspending the 2000 accord with the US on the annihilation of weapons-grade plutonium in a move popularly seen as yet another powerful signal of growing...
View ArticleSyria: Missile Diplomacy in Action
The White House’s decision to suspend cooperation with Moscow on Syria paved the way for a new spiral of conflict, prompting Russia to deploy its surface-to-air missiles at the Tartus naval base to...
View ArticleTurkish Stream: Energizing the East-West Partnership
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin brought relations with Turkey back on track by meeting President Erdogan in Istanbul to sign a raft of ambitious energy and trade deals, including an agreement on the...
View ArticleGoa Summit: Cementing the BRICS
The BRICS summit in Goa, bringing together the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, comes as a critical test for the bloc of five major non-Western economies which are struggling...
View ArticleHillary-Trump Duel: Who Will Fall First?
Less than a month before the November election, the US presidential race turned into a raucous circus which crossed every political red line imaginable, with each candidate slinging a never-ending...
View ArticleBattle for Mosul: Do-Or-Die Test for Iraq
The US-led coalition launched a major offensive on the second-largest Iraqi city of Mosul to liberate it from Daesh, struggling to secure a late win in the War on Terror just weeks before the US...
View ArticleSanctions on Russia: An Increasingly Hard Sell
Calls to impose tougher sanctions on Russia for its actions in Syria proved to be an idle threat, as the EU summit in Brussels showed that European leaders have no stomach for new punitive measures...
View ArticleRodrigo Duterte: Goodbye, America?
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte paid a high-profile visit to China, signifying Manila’s drastic change of priorities and indicating that it will continue drifting away from the US umbrella as it...
View ArticleMosul Offensive: Coalition of Discord
The US-led coalition offensive to liberate the city of Mosul from Daesh has found itself in trouble after two major coalition partners, Turkey and Iraq, locked horns over who should play the key role...
View ArticleCalais 'Jungle': Under the Bulldozer of Democracy
The French authorities’ decision to demolish the major migrant camp known as the “Jungle” and disperse its varied asylum-seeking inhabitants has rocked France and sparked controversy all across Europe.
View ArticleNicolas Maduro: Commander and Coup
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is facing a new challenge from the opposition-led parliament after they launched an impeachment proceeding against him, which his Bolivarian Revolution supporters...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: Eye to Eye With the FBI
Days before the November 8th polls, the US presidential race was rocked by the announcement that FBI Director James Comey had reopened an investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, in a...
View ArticleCETA: How Free is Free Trade?
The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, hailed as a landmark pact between Europe and Canada, can prove to be another TTIP-like bluff in that it gives more rights to all-powerful multinational...
View ArticleMichel Aoun: 'Old is Gold' in the Levant
After 29 months of political deadlock, Lebanon’s parliament elected 81-year old Michel Aoun, a former retired general and war hero, as the country’s new president in order to act as an honest broker in...
View ArticleDonald Triumph: President Against All Odds
Political outsider Donald Trump and his movement triumphed against the establishment and disproved all the naysayers who wrongly predicted that he’d suffer a humiliating defeat at the hands of Hillary...
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