They recruit young, poor and uneducated to take part in the “struggle” against Western aggressors. What they can promise these young men I don’t know. What exactly is it that can induce a young Somalian, or Saudi, or Uzbek, or Chechen travel all the...
Thursday in Berlin, before a crowd of up to two-hundred thousand people, “citizen of the world” Barack Obama gave a call-to-arms speech concerning the Trans-Atlantic relationship. The text of the speech is here. Video here. The turnout for the speech blows...
The Pakistani intelligence agencies have reveal that there are approximately 10,000 foreigners terrorising tribal belt. The repeated assertions by the American and Afghan officials that the tribal areas of Pakistan have turned into a safe haven for Al Qaeda militants...
After two days parliamentary debate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA) of 12 parties survived a confidence vote 275 to 256. The confidence vote was necessary because of the Prime Ministers push for ratification of a nuclear deal...
I really don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this. The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest...
On Wednesday, Iran provocatively tested missiles that it says are capable of reaching Israel and a number of U.S. military bases. In connection with these tests, Sepah News, the media arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards posted this photograph of four missiles...
