Every year, the United States Congress must allocate money to the US Department of Defense in what is known as the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). These series of legislation provide funding for all aspects of the military and national...
“Demolish your home or we’ll do it for you.” This, in a nutshell, is the ultimatum that was given to the Syrian refugees living in camps in the village of Arsal, northeast of Beirut. Last week, the Lebanese army demolished...
The weekly cost of Britain’s EU membership has become one of the most controversial issues surrounding the Brexit debate. It was not that long ago that Tory leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson was sued by businessman Marcus Ball for the ‘misleading’...
The rift between the United States and Iran continues to escalate, as Tehran refuses to return to the nuclear stockpile threshold set in the 2016 Iranian nuclear agreement. Whereas fallout from the diplomatic breakdown had previously been limited to a...
A Royal Navy warship has escorted a British oil tanker out of the Persian Gulf as three Iranian vessels attempted to intercept it, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. The claim has been strongly denied by the Iranians. The...
In 2013, Philip Hammond, who was then Secretary of Defence, told Andrew Marr that if Cameron failed to secure any substantial changes during his negotiations with Brussels over Britain’s EU membership, then he would campaign to leave. By February 2016,...
(Cairo) – Speculation is rife in Egypt on the course the Muslim Brotherhood, which used to be the Arab world’s most vibrant Islamist group, will follow in the future, after the tremendous change that happened in the fortunes of the...
With the toppling of Saddam Hussein in Iraq by the United States and Coalition Forces in 2003, the prospect for Kurdish independence never appeared more ripe. The Kurds had had reason to hope before: in the aftermath of Operation Desert...
Rahul Gandhi, a pillar of Indian politics, has resigned from his duties as president of India’s Congress Party. After losing May’s election to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi had privately offered his resignation to...
Beijing’s government is seeking support from the Eastern European states while there are some concerns with the new EU leadership being more hostile with China. To clarify and ease the situation the Foreign Ministry of China, Mr. Wang plans to...