Turkey can’t leverage US-Russia tensions in Syria forever
M K Bhadrakumar | Turkey has so far played Washington and Moscow off against each other over the Syrian situation by leveraging its importance as...
Pompeo ‘optimistic’ on deal to protect Syrian Kurds
News Desk | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is optimistic an agreement can be reached with Turkey to protect Kurdish fighters in...
US newspaper reports White House sought military strike against Iran
AFP | The White House demanded that the military draft plans for strikes on Iran after attacks in Iraq last year, sparking concern at the...
The new Arms Race in the 21st century – Dr. Zafar Jaspal
Dr. Zafar Jaspal | The bipartisan nuclear arms control framework constituted during the Cold War is in the process of expiring. On 20 October 2018,...
US govt. shutdown becomes longest in history
AFP | The United States government shutdown that has left 800,000 federal employees without salaries as a result of President Donald Trump's row with Democrats...
The New Cold War may never arrive – M K Bhadrakumar
M K Bhadrakumar | An old Italian friend and a noted Sinologist based in Beijing representing a Vatican paper, Francesco Sisci wrote apropos an article...
US expands its drone war kills Somalian militants
AFP | US forces have conducted a series of air strikes in Somalia in recent days, including one announced Wednesday that officials said killed six...
21 bodies found on US-Mexico border as Trump visits
AFP | Mexican authorities said Thursday they had found 21 bodies on the US-Mexican border after a drug-gang shootout in a town near where President...
Pompeo vows ‘every last Iranian boot’ will be expelled from Syria
AFP | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed Thursday the United States and its allies would work diplomatically to expel all Iranian troops from...
US begins withdrawing gear from Syria, but not troops
AFP | The US military has begun moving non-essential gear out of Syria but is not withdrawing troops for now, defense officials said Friday amid...
FBI opened probe into whether Trump working for Russians
AFP | The Federal Bureau of Investigation opened an inquiry in 2017 into whether US President Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia, The...
Bumpy road to Afghan peace
Imran Jan | The Taliban have called off the fourth round of talks with the United States to be held in Doha due to disagreements...