[wpResize] By : Elsa Franco Al Ghaslan Going back to… possibly the Big Bang, we realize that creation (the Universe and our own world) have never been static. Everything changes, evolves in a never-ending transformation. If you think about pre-historic

[wpResize] By : Salahuddin Haider Pakistan is abuzz with the question, “Will the ongoing media war derail democracy in the country?” It is rumored that the banning of a major media house and the subsequent campaign waged by its competitors

[wpResize] By : Sabria S. Jawhar As I have pointed out on many occasions the addition of 30 female members to the Shoura Council has created a dynamic shift in the way the government conducts its business. Their inclusion as

[wpResize] By : AbdulRahman AlRashed In Syria and Iraq, it is easy to make a conclusion similar to that of US President Barack Obama who said that there is no moderate Syrian opposition capable of defeating Bashar Assad. This could

[wpResize] By : Rajeev Sharma Narendra Modi perhaps continues to be in a poll campaign mode even after becoming India’s prime minister! Otherwise what explains his strange remark, made in Panaji (Goa) on June 14, wherein he accused the previous

[wpResize] By : Steve Hibbard The Palestinian government that was sworn in on June 2, subsequent to the Fatah–Hamas unity agreement that was signed in April, represents a significant victory for President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Prime

[wpResize] By : Bikram Vohra I will probably be lynched by my daughters for writing this but let’s face it, today’s children are not smarter than their parent’s generation. Sure, they have all that electronic trivia cramming their brains but

[wpResize] By : Syed Aijaz Zaka Watching the latest fun and games in Iraq and the fine mess that the empire has made of the fabled Mesopotamia is both edifying and sobering. This is where it all began: Civilization, society,

[wpResize] By : Bikram Vohra Amongst the many mysterious facets of the human race, one of the most inexplicable is its keenness to inflict strangers upon each other. Make a passing mention that you intend to travel and it’s 5

[wpResize] By Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi I visited a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley this week and was shocked to see tens of thousands of people living below the international poverty line in miserable and deteriorating conditions. It is

[wpResize] By Archana Arul It is the last thing that Sri Lanka needs right now — yet another round of ethnic conflict. The island nation is limping back to normality after more than two decades of a strife that literally

[wpResize] By : Abdulateef Al-Mulhim The phenomenon of terrorism is not new to Europe. However, tackling the menace was relatively easy in the past, as the authorities knew what they were fighting. During the 1960s till 1980s, various dangerous terrorist

[wpResize] By : Bikram Vohra President Obama kind of put everything into one word vis-a-vis Syria and the mess it is in. Fantasyland. So he implied saying in an interview that whether or not the United States had decided last

[wpResize] By : Osama Al Sharif More than two weeks have passed since fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stormed the northern Iraqi city of Mosul extending their control over the governorates of Nineveh,

[wpResize] By : Mahir Ali Back in 2008, in the wake of Russia’s conflict with Georgia over South Ossetia, Moscow’s ambassador to Nato, discerning a certain echo in the pattern of events, expressed the hope that Georgian President Mikhel Saakashvili

[wpResize] By : The Associated Press Intensifying attacks by rebels are undermining a drive backed by donors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to eradicate polio in Nigeria, one of three countries where the disease remains endemic. Gunmen abducted

[wpResize] By : Shamsul Huda With the change of government, India appears to reset its ties with Bangladesh. Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who arrives in Dhaka on June 25 on her first two-day official visit, is expected to

[wpResize] By : Susan V. Ople Last year, this writer was privileged to witness the official presentation of the 2013 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at the United States Department of State with no less than Secretary John Kerry as