Pakistan will test Modi’s sincerity
ahsanBy M K Bhadrakumar The External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj stands today as the tallest minister of her government at least an inch taller than Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself.…
Hate attacks on US Muslims are spiking and where’s the outrage?
By Ben Norton There has been a relentless string of attacks on American Muslims in the past month incidents that have been nothing short of extreme, and enormous in number.…
As the world debates Syria, Palestine’s ignominy continues in silence
By Ben Morris As the prophetic Orwellian concept of perpetual war is made manifest in Syria and Iraq, and the attention of the planet is understandably diverted towards the apocalyptic…
NATO taunts Russia, Turkey makes hay
By M.K. Bhadrakumar The week has ended appropriately with the Russian President Vladimir Putin signing in the Kremlin on Friday the Executive Order on Immortalizing the Memory of Yevgeniy Primakov.…
Why the west’s view of the Saudis is shifting
Something is changing in the west's relationship with Saudi Arabia. You can read it in the newspapers. You can hear it from politicians. And you can see it in shifts…
Time to leave Afghanistan?
By Tom Mockaitis The death of six U.S. soldiers near Bagram Airbase on December 21 serves as a grim reminder that while Americans worry about ISIS, the country's longest war…
Why the Afghan military keeps losing ground
By Thomas Gibbons Neff Afghan National Army soldiers arrive to start an operation soon, outside of Kunduz city, Afghanistan. According to a recent Pentagon report to Congress, the security situation…
Walking in fear as a Muslim
By Mubeen Shakir A 12-year-old girl is beaten at school in New York, is called “ISIS” and nearly has her hijab torn off by her classmates. A 16-year-old Somali American…
China hits India where it hurts
By M.K. Bhadrakumar China has moved for the first time to demonstratively erode India's 'influence' over one of its small neighbors, Nepal. The disclosures following the weekend talks in Beijing…
The US – Russia proxy war in Syria
By Ray McGovern The risk of Syria becoming a proxy war between the U.S. and Russia became real last week when Turkey and Syrian jihadists used U.S.-supplied weaponry to shoot…
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