Mattis makes unannounced visit to Afghanistan
AFP | US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis landed in Kabul on Friday for an unannounced visit to war-torn Afghanistan, adding his weight to a flurry...
Opening shots of the new cold war? Pompeo’s back to back visits in the subcontinent
News Analysis | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretary Jim Mattis are expected to arrive in New Delhi on September 6 (today)...
Pompeo Visit: “Impasse in Pak-US relations broken”
News Analysis | Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi asserted that an impasse in Pakistan-US relations had been broken during talks with Secretary of State Mike...
No More ‘Do More’
News Analysis | The US delegation visited their Pakistani counterparts yesterday in Islamabad in what appears to have been a brief but cordial meeting. We...
United States a superpower or a hub of drug addicts? – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | After decades of warfare, the federal drug war has become a predictable cycle. Drug dealer, drug gang, or drug user busted....
Pompeo set to land in ‘sovereign’ Pakistan today
News Analysis | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will arrive Pakistan today (Wednesday) for the first high-level official meetings with leaders of the newly-elected...
Visit of bullies to Pakistan – Asif Haroon Raja
Asif Haroon Raja | Bullying is the hallmark of the US foreign policy. The bullying tools employed to achieve foreign policy goals are threats, coercion,...
US seeks ‘reset’ in ties with Pakistan
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday said he was hoping to "reset the relationship" with Pakistan ahead of a trip to...
Still dying for nothing in Afghanistan – Jacob G. Hornberger
Jacob G. Hornberger | It wasn’t until history class in college that I heard of the Thirty Years War. My immediate reaction was: No way!...
Natalie Portman: US school shootings a ‘civil war’
AFP | Hollywood star Natalie Portman called school shootings America's "civil war" Tuesday, comparing the psychological torment they cause to the threat of terror attacks...
When the American dream became a mortgage nightmare
AFP | A decade ago, as the financial crisis raged in the United States, Jesus Rodriguez told his kids a fib: he was selling the...
End dollar supremacy, says Turkish President
News Analysis | The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Sunday that the reign of the American dollar in global trade needed to...