ANOTHER BLOODY incident in the Sinai peninsula has underlined the reality that one of the Middle East’s most sensitive pieces of territory has become a lawless haven for Islamic jihadists. According to Egyptian and Israeli authorities, a group of militants stormed an Egyptian checkpoint in the town of Rafah, on the border with the Gaza Strip; they killed 16 police and border guards and commandeered two vehi ...

by Ted Galen Carpenter As the Syrian civil war becomes increasingly chaotic and bloody, some experts caution that the conflict is not a simple morality play featuring an evil regime versus noble, freedom-loving rebels. Instead, it is a complex struggle involving several ethnic and religious factions. The regional context for the Syrian conflict is at least as complex, reflecting both a triangular geopolitic ...

 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 ...

Statement by Ambassador Ron Prosor UN Security Council   23 April 2012 Posted By : Zaheerul Hassan [caption id="attachment_2451" align="alignright" width="244"] Israel Flag[/caption] Thank you, Madame President. Let me begin by thanking you, personally, for your outstanding leadership of the Security Council this month. Churchill once said, “In the time that it takes a lie to get halfway around the world, t ...

By Zaheerul Hassan A 23 former Air hostess of domestic a private airline has reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Ashok Vihar in North-West Delhi. According to the reports late Gitika Sharma has named Haryana minister Gopal Kanda in her suicide note. The police have registered a case of abetment of suicode against the minister.  Notably, Gitika was working for MDLR Airlines wh ...

Oh the Muslim Kings , Princes and Heads Oh the Muslim Kings , Princes and Heads! [caption id="attachment_2434" align="alignright" width="480"] Where are champions of human rights[/caption] For this world , you are now dead and unfit. Maythe shame take the shape of an ocean, And you worthless creation sink deep into it. For Islam , you are a living farce and fraud, Fear of the humans has filled you to the hi ...

United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was in Israel this week to talk with Israeli leaders about Iran’s nuclear program. Now the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot is reporting that Panetta shared America’s contingency plan in case talks with Iran fail to halt its nuclear program. Panetta may have shared the plan to assuage Israeli leaders’ concerns that the United States is putting undue confidence in ...

By Joby Warrick The Obama administration and Congress moved separately Tuesday to tighten the economic screws on Iran, betting that additional pressure from sanctions will force Iranian officials to accept a compromise to curb their nuclear activities. The White House imposed new penalties on two foreign banks — one in China, another in Iraq — for allegedly acting as surrogates for Iranian financial institu ...