US warships visit Hong Kong amid heightened China tensions
AFP | An American warship and carrier strike group visited Hong Kong Wednesday in a move seen as a conciliatory gesture by China ahead of...
US & Saudi Arabia: Love Affair based on Oil & Security?
AFP | Saudi Arabia has long been a major US ally in the Middle East, thanks primarily to security considerations and oil. But their ties...
Trump to the rescue: Calls Saudi Arabia “spectacular ally”
News Analysis | President of the United States of America Donald Trump has termed Saudi Arabia as a “spectacular ally” brushing away CIA’s report as...
Will Afghan war end before US midterm elections?
AFP | US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said Sunday he hoped the Taliban and Afghan government would strike a peace deal within five months -- even...
US security chief vows to ‘teach Iran a lesson’
AFP | US National Security Advisor John Bolton vowed Tuesday to "squeeze" Iran "until the pips squeak", a week after a tough new round of...
Pakistan responds to Trump’s tantrums
News Desk | President Donald Trump has once again defended his administration’s decision of halting hundreds of millions of dollars military aid to Pakistan, saying...
Suffering: Trump runs away from Khashoggi tape
AFP | US President Donald Trump says he has been fully briefed on an audio recording of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder but does not want...
US Senate votes against blocking Bahrain arms sale
AFP | The US Senate on Thursday rejected a long-shot effort to block $300 million in arms sales to Bahrain, as the bill's opponents stressed...
Trump names new US ambassador to Saudi Arabia
AFP | President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped John Abizaid, a top US general from the Iraq war who has studied the Middle East for...
US-Taliban dialogue: finally a positive sign for regional peace
News Analysis | U.S special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad held talks with the Taliban representatives in Qatar which the State Department, yet another time, refused to...
Saudi Crown Prince behind Khashoggi murder: CIA
AFP | The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded Saudi's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, US...
The new race war in USA – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | Conservatives are having fun attacking 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the newly elected member of Congress from New York. They’re poking fun at...