This Wednesday, October 2, marks the one-year anniversary of the atrocious killing of Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul. And even as the privileged Saudi Arabia faces UN investigations into human rights abuses and accusations of war crimes in...
In May, the Ibiza scandal of then FPÖ chair and Vice-Chancellor Strache not only ended a coalition but the Austrian government. Days before the election this Sunday the affair seems forgotten and Sebastian Kurz is on the verge of becoming...
On Tuesday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan met with President Donald Trump to put his case in front of the US on the Kashmir issue. The meeting came a day after Trump attended Indian PM’s Narendra Modi’s 50,000 strong Howdy,...
Cameroon has discovered 300 new mineral mines, in a project sponsored by the World Bank. The Mining Sector Capacity Building Project funded the discovery of rich minerals, including gold, sapphire, zinc, rare earth minerals, uranium, nickel and manganese, across ten...
American politics is about to have a meltdown of epic proportions. Impeachment inquiries over a phone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will soon commence. Particularly central to the proceedings are accusations that Trump dangled US...
There have always been two versions of President Trump. One is the rather unhinged Trump, a role he seems to thoroughly enjoy. The other is teleprompter Trump. A controlled, almost mundane alter-ego bound by verbose speeches, written by Stephen Miller....
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took a swipe at Benjamin Netanyahu during his address to the United Nations on Thursday, saying the Israeli prime minister was a roadblock to peace between their two peoples. Abbas used his UN General Assembly speech...
The recent drone attacks, attributed to Iran-backed Houthi rebels, against oil infrastructure facilities in Saudi Arabia have triggered another rally in global oil prices. Even though POTUS has promptly made a reassuring announcement trying to confine extreme market reactions the...
For the first time in the four years of war in Yemen, a lethal drone attack against Saudi Arabia’s two main oil plants was confirmed to have been launched from Iraqi territory. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s quick blame...
The Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party, which is widely acknowledged as a Hindu party, has carved a niche for itself in the Muslim dominated Middle East. The effect of this can be seen as Pakistan, which was once a favored...