The US has plans in place to attack Iran if other measures fail to stop it developing nuclear weapons, Washington's envoy to Israel says. Dan Shapiro said the US hoped diplomacy and sanctions would persuade Iran to alter its nuclear programme, but a military option was "ready". US President Obama has previously said military action has not been ruled out. The US and its allies say Iran is developing a nucle ...

By Anne Gearan Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the United States and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troops pull out. The alliance's plans for arm's-length support for Afghanistan will be a central focus of the summit President Barack Obama is hosting Sunday and Monday in Chicago. Raise your voiceRaise Your Voice Click to write to your ...

By Lina Saigol in London An oil tanker belonging to Iran’s state-owned shipping line has been switching flags and using multiple companies to transport crude from Syria to Iran, illustrating how Tehran is helping to sidestep international efforts to choke the finances of Bashar al-Assad, Syrian president. Documents obtained by the Financial Times show the vessel, operated by the Islamic Republic Internation ...

Asghar Ali Shad The tragedy of the underdeveloped countries is that the interests of the government and the state are not kept apart and generally the government and its sub-ordinate organizations see no harm in promoting the interest of the government but consider it necessary. As a result, government considers it as its prime duty to bag all possible benefits and opportunities for itself and to rundown it ...

Mohammad Jamil Daily Indian Express has stirred controversy in India by claiming that the government interpreted some un-notified troop movements this January as possible mobilization for a military coup d'etat. The Indian Express report said the government had taken measures as a precaution on the night of January 16-17, including asking lookouts to identify the troops involved and ordering police to take ...

Air Cdre Khalid Iqbal (R) Democratic freedom that India prides itself has been missing from the IHK since 1947. The voice of Kashmiris has always been portrayed as a threat to India’s territorial integrity rather than treating it as a whistle blower’s call to mend the ways. IHK has indeed been an open cage for the last six decades or so. A United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur has, yet once again, urged In ...

USA should stop supporting Chief beneficiaries of Global War on Terror (India and Israel), if serious in resolving global security issues. She should respect the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan. ...

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