Air Commodore (R) Khalid Iqbal Recent upsurge in violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar (Formerly known as Burma) has highlighted the regime’s complete disregard for basic human rights. While the international conscience awakens slowly, the Muslim minority has already suffered a colossal spell of ethnic cleansing. Accounting for over 1/3rd of total population of Myanmar, 800,000 Rohingyas are neither ...

MATTHEW F. SMITH The West's faith in Burma isn't being repaid. When U.S. President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on investments by American companies in the country last month, state security forces were still committing killings, rape and mass arrests against Rohingya Muslims in Arakan state. These abuses came after the authorities failed to protect both Rohingya and Arakan Buddhists during sectarian vi ...

By Brendan O'Brien and James B. Kelleher [caption id="attachment_2502" align="alignright" width="137"] Grieved Family of Sikh[/caption] OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The gunman who killed six worshipers at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was identified as a 40-year-old U.S. Army veteran and authorities said they were investigating possible links to white supremacist groups and his membership in skinhead rock ...

    By Sajjad Shaukat [caption id="attachment_2498" align="alignright" width="207"] Afghanistan[/caption] In the recent years, a series of conferences were held in order to bring stability and peace in Afghanistan before the foreign troops complete withdrawal from that country in 2014. In earlier July, in the Tokyo conference, US-led western nations and institutions pledged $16 billion for the economic deve ...

 Shibani Mahtani European Pressphoto Association Protestors in hold banners and shout slogans during a protest against Myanmar’s treatment of the ethnic minority Rohingyas in Karachi, Pakistan. Myanmar is no stranger to criticism from Western nations and human rights groups, some of whom still approach the once-reclusive nation with caution despite major economic and social reforms there over the past year. ...

By William Byrd The Tokyo meeting on Afghanistan of July 8 exceeded expectations in terms of both the total civilian aid funding indicated by donors ($16 billion over four years, or $4 billion per year on average) and the commitments agreed to by the Afghan government. This favorable outcome in turn has generated expectations for the future.  "Mutual accountability" is the framework for implementation estab ...

[caption id="attachment_2438" align="alignright" width="399"] Officials Signing Restoration of NATO Supply[/caption] Asif Haroon Raja Closure of NATO supply routes by Pakistan as a reaction to Salala attack slumped Pak-US relations to all time low. It looked that if Pakistan further stretched the blockade, the agitating US might lose its patience and go for another unilateral military action, or completely ...

 Seven  people have been killed in a shooting at a Sikh temple in the US with the suspected gunman shot dead by police. The shooting took place on Sunday morning at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, outside the city of Milwaukee. Police said five [caption id="attachment_2459" align="alignright" width="223"] Individual from a Sikh family sitting sad after attack[/caption] were found dead inside the temple and th ...