[wpResize] By : Dominique Moisi Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were murdered in Sarajevo — triggering a series of bad decisions that culminated in World War I. A century

[wpResize] By : David Nakamura Move over, Republicans. President Barack Obama has a new bogeyman: The media. The president has let out his frustrations on the Fourth Estate for failing, in his view, to cover serious issues facing the American

[wpResize] By : Rasheed Abou-Alsamh The advance of the forces of the self-ascribed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) at lightning speed from eastern Syria to the outskirts of Baghdad caught many by surprise. But for any student

[wpResize] By : John Sfakianakis It stands to reason that one of the effects of the turmoil in Iraq will be a change in oil prices. Indeed, the violence in OPEC’s second-largest producer has already sent oil prices to 10-month

[wpResize] By : Harun Yahya The seemingly endless conflicts pitting brother against brother in the Muslim world has been a significant problem for years with no appropriate solution in sight. Western countries disregard this internal turmoil and conflict to the

[wpResize] By : Javier Solana The recent gains made by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) confirms that, more than a decade after the war in Iraq began, stability in the Middle East remains on a knife’s

[wpResize] By : Nilofar Suhrawardy There are no “ifs” and “buts” about Narendra Modi’s strong communication skills, the positive impact of which has helped him succeed politically to head the new Indian government. Modi was probably not prepared for his

[wpResize] By : The Associated Press How is it that footballers are among the few who’ve not had much to say about the bite seen around the world, now punished with an appropriately tough ban? Luis Suarez’s peers surely can’t

[wpResize] By : Bikram Vohra Whenever you do those IQ tests they have that terrible question about if nine is to sixteen then a rabbit is to something and you have to guess the something and I hate that question.