Without doubt, Israel has some dangerous foes. Attempts to remove those foes by military means and regime change, without efforts at diplomacy, have only strengthened old enemies and created new ones. Israel has good reason to worry about Iran, as the country develops nuclear capability and the...
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Citizens of Muslim countries increasingly question who exactly are the targets in the US-led “war on terror.” In late October, three US-made missiles struck a madrassa in Bajaur, not far from the border of Afghanistan, killing more than 75 men under the age of 20. US and Pakistan leaders insisted...
President-General Musharraf says his support for America's 'war on terror' is in Pakistan's national interest. It is becoming a difficult sell.
At 5am on October 30, three Hellfire missiles slammed into a...
Negotiating a free-trade agreement is no easy task. To minimize complications or addition of provisions to cater to special-interest groups, US Congress gave the president the authority to negotiate such pacts, before submitting them for legislative review and an up or down vote. Jobseekers and...
Big polluters? In misguided effort to protect jobs, US politicians
express alarm about pollution in developing nations like Vietnam
MEDFORD, US: President Bush’s fast-track authority is about to expire. This...
As an issue, global warming has gained new prominence, with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore, former US vice president, and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The UN committee is a network of more than 2,000 scientists who have researched the issue for more than 20 years...
OSLO: The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Al Gore, the former vice president, and to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for its work to alert the world to the threat of global warming...
When India voted alongside the US in a recent IAEA Board resolution targeting Iran’s nuclear policies, governments around the world were stunned. It signaled that India had overturned its history of “non-alignment” and closed ranks with US foreign policy interests. The July 18 agreement between the...
Many a slip between the cup and the lip: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Bush toast their agreement in July 2005. (Photo: White House)
WASHINGTON: There is a growing concern in the US Congress over...
Aid is an essential tool for foreign policy, diplomacy and security. “The State Department is withholding $65 million it planned to send to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, calling for reforms and for other nations to step up their support — especially those that criticize the Trump...
Wages for the poorer half of the population in Europe and the United States have had sluggish growth over the last 50 years, while corporate profits have soared. Karl Marx, philosopher and economist, had predicted that the nature of capitalism would lead to inequality, unemployment, stagnant wages...
On October 20, Donald Trump told reporters of his intention for the United States to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty because “Russia has violated the agreement.” Article VI of the US Constitution specifically includes treaties in describing the supreme law of the land,...
Trick or treaty? US National Security Adviser John Bolton, with Russia's Vladimir Putin, hopes to say farewell to 1987 INF treaty; in another era, Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the treaty with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
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