Terrorists take advantage of disruptions in fragile states – and these include water and food shortages associated with climate change. “From Afghanistan and Iraq to Somalia and Yemen, terrorist groups are pushing false narratives that they, not cash-strapped central governments, are leading...
Terrorism and environment: Osama bin Laden, the environmentalist? And Somalia must contend with Al Shabaab devastating forests and burning charcoal to fund their violent wars
WASHINGTON: Disruptions like political violence and sectarian strife in...
One out of seven people around the world, about 30 percent of the world’s urban population, lives in close quarters with minimal access to ventilation, sewage facilities or clean water, all of which help prevent spread of disease. Writing for BBC News, Swaminathan Natarajan describes a family of...
US Congress raised the artificial debt ceiling to pay bills without a fuss, but the move may galvanize extremists who want to slow government spending, explain James Leitner, president of Falcon Management, and Ian Shapiro, a Yale political science professor. Economists around the globe agree the...
Debt duel: Tea Party Republicans threaten to bring about default by refusing to authorize debt ceiling (top); tension as markets wait for news from Washington
NEW HAVEN: The world just dodged a bullet on the US debt ceiling. But danger still lurks...
Nearly 18,000 people died in terrorist attacks in 2013 and more than 80 percent were from five countries – Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria – reports the Global Terrorism Index, based on data from the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database and reported on by Kathy Gilsinan...
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Indians are the largest category of resident non-immigrants in the US, including temporary guest workers, students and families, 22.9 percent in all, suggests a report from the US Department of Homeland Security for the year ending in June 2012. According to the report, of 840,000 temporary workers...
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Since the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, the Bush administration's strategic interest in Central Asia has grown significantly. The region now represents another arena in which the "war on terror" must be waged. Yet the growing influence of the US in Central Asia has alarmed Russia and...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) approved an agreement to cooperate on trade, science, technology, humanitarian projects, and terrorism September 23.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov said the...
P巴基斯坦慢慢陷入一片混乱，这是作家和记者艾哈迈德•拉希德（Ahmed Rashid）在过去几年中所记载的情景，而在这一周由于巴基斯坦军方对位于南瓦齐里斯坦的巴基斯坦塔利班基地发起进攻，这种混乱到了重要关头。由于对放肆的恐怖袭击有所警觉而发动的最近这次进攻，只是冰山一角。正如拉希德在其文章中所生动展示的那样，局势的复杂性来源于巴基斯坦内部那些主要角色之间繁复的关系。巴基斯坦军方只是在经受了一连串自杀式袭击以及军队指挥部遭到一次令人尴尬的围攻之后，才最终发动对巴基斯坦塔利班的进攻。但军方不是在攻击那些他们已经与之周旋了多年的旧敌。许多武装分子与巴基斯坦军方及情报局都有联系，或者是从中得到训练。...
马德里：仅11天内就发生9起自杀式袭击，造成150人死亡，其中包括许多安全部队的人员。在此之后，巴基斯坦军方终于对巴基斯坦塔利班驻扎地——南瓦齐里斯坦发动了等待已久的进攻。其时，巴基斯坦文官与军方之间存在严重分裂，而且华盛顿也争论未决、举棋不定。在这样的背景下，这次进攻的成功对财政崩溃和政治瘫痪的巴基斯坦的命运至关重要。
巴基斯坦军方和文官政府再次在一系列问题上意见相左，包括对美国与对印度的政策、俾路支人的叛乱，以及如何处理与塔利班有关系的旁遮普（Punjabi）武装群体。此外，...
Violent conflict in the Middle East is driving hundreds of thousands of refugees toward Europe – a crisis that is straining resources, explains Shada Islam, policy director of Friends of Europe based in Brussels. The continent is divided over welcoming the refugees and settling them in different...
Europe’s Islamic crisis: Popular Polish magazine cover depicts what it regards as "Islamic rape of Europe," top; many Muslims lead a normal life in Europe
BRUSSELS: A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of Islam. Fear has reached new heights,...
