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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...