CPEC: An environmental disaster
Waqar Khan | Slicing through the Himalayas, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a flagship project of China’s One Belt and One Road Initiative. The...
Could the US be responsible for anti-government protests in Iran?
James M Dorsey | In supporting recent anti-government protests in Iran, both Iranian hardliners and the US State Department may want to be careful what...
What foreign policy will the US adopt in the east next year as Cold War with China continues?
M K Bhadrakumar | The leitmotif of the US foreign policy in 2018 is going to be a last-ditch attempt to “contain” Russia’s resurgence on...
Massive fire in Bronx apartment kills 12 including toddler
AFP | A fire tore through a Bronx apartment building on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including a toddler, and leaving four others fighting...
India could lose key allies in 2018 amid political unrest
M K Bhadrakumar | The South Block and Prime Ministers Office in New Delhi must anxiously count the nineteen days ahead as they spread the...
Afghan safe havens – for poppies, politicians & power brokers
Afrah Jamal | The upgraded version of Afghan policy released in August 2017 was followed by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to the...
7th Joint Cooperation Committee meeting on CPEC deepens trade relationship between China and Pakistan
Asia Maqsood | China and Pakistan have been working to promote the construction of the CPEC project through the sustenance of a Joint Cooperation Committee...
Fire at Mumbai rooftop party kills 15
AFP | Fire tore through a Mumbai building where a rooftop party was being held early Friday, killing at least 15 people and leaving many...
A polite ‘shut up’ call
Ikram Sehgal | Along with one of my platoons, radio operator and runner, I was hugging the bottom of a steep ridge with Marri militants...
Saudi king, Turkey PM discuss Jerusalem status at talks
AFP | Saudi King Salman and Turkey's premier on Wednesday discussed boosting ties and the status of Jerusalem, in a first high-level meeting since the...
Russia to meet ISIS threat from Afghanistan
M K Bhadrakumar | Kulbhushan Jadhav and our “surgical strike 2.0” across the LOC kept the adrenaline flowing in recent days, but it is the regional conference on...
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? The theories behind the murder
AFP with News Analysis input Ten years after former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to lead a Muslim nation, was killed in...