‘TORTURE CORPORATION OF USA’
Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Central Intelligence Agency embarked on a highly classified program of secret...
World View
Israel Bombs Gaza: Media Fails to Report the Truth
Noam Chomsky and others underline this stark contrast between the plight of Palestinian civilians(barely noticed in the media) and the...
Great Power Shift; A New Red Star over China
Rarely does world politics grab so much attention. Riding invisible “ demographic coalition “ of underprivileged Americans, Barrack Obama’s re-election...
More Child Soldiers Than Ever Before
Today, the world is struggling to resolve an increasing number of civil wars and the changing nature of armed violence....
Eric Hobsbawm dies, aged 95
The Marxist historian and intellectual Eric Hobsbawm has died at the age of 95. Hobsbawm, a lifelong Marxist whose...
Mad science of the US presidential poll
The technology used in presidential campaigns has changed enormously in the modern era. The first televised debate in 1960 between...
Taliban prepared to work with US on security
The Taliban is prepared to completely disown al-Qaeda, allow the US to retain several military bases in Afghanistan and agree...
GM workers in Columbia sew mouths in protest
At the beginning of this month a group of former General Motors (GM) workers stitched their lips shut and began...
Obama authorises secret aid for Syria rebels
US President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorising US support for rebels seeking to depose Syrian President Bashar...
Syria conflict: Battle rages in Aleppo
Violence has escalated dramatically in Syria as clashes have broken out in the country\\\'s commercial capital Aleppo on Saturday. Clashes...
Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, first freely elected Prez
Egypt has been launched on a path unthinkable to all. Once a political prisoner under Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed...
Saudi woman fights cops for painted nails
A YouTube video of a Saudi woman defying orders by the notorious religious police to leave a mall because she...
Back in Pakistan, Dr.Chishty says thanks
Dr. Khaleel Mohammad Chishty finally reached his native country Pakistan late Tuesday after spending almost 20 years in India. ...
Greek leftists embark on coalition talks
The head of Greece\\\'s radical left-wing Syriza party Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday said that he will try to form a coalition...
No change in US stand on denial of visa to Modi
The US has clarified that there is no change in its visa policy concerning Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. ...
Big Question: Does BRICS have a future?
It’s indisputable that the world is in acute need of reform which would make it less unequal, violent, crisis-prone and...
श्रीलंका से नाराजगी जताने का हक नहीं भारत को
पिछले दिनों भारत ने बाहरी-भीतरी दबाव के बीच इस आरोप पर मुहर लगा दी कि श्रीलंका में लिट्टे के खिलाफ...
Letter from Siachen on soldiers’ plight
Dear A, “We, the willing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so...
Zardari urged to seek Dr Chishti’s release
Daughter of Pakistani national Dr Syed Mohammed Khaleel Chishty, who is serving life imprisonment in a Ajmer jail, has written...
Suu Kyi hopes victory is dawn of new era
Aung San Suu Kyi claimed victory in Burma\\\'s historic by-election, saying she hoped it would mark the beginning of a...
Pak acid attack victim takes wounds to grave
While waiting for justice which never came, a high-profile Pakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus committed suicide in Italy on...
Stop starving public universities
Last week Rick Santorum called the president "a snob" for wanting everyone to get a college education (in fact, Obama...
Prabhakaran’s son executed in cold blood
A documentary on civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE dated 2009 shows LTTE chief Velupillai Prabhakaran\\\'s 12-year old...
Serbia granted EU candidate status
Serbia took a historic leap when European council granted it the status of candidate for admission to the European Union....
US special forces present in India
A top Pentagon commander has disclosed that US special forces are present in five South Asian countries, including India as...
