Herat the Fire’s Bride: Challenges for an Afghan Women
The olive eyes of Shaista peep between the bandages covering her burnt body, for she, like so many other Afghan women from the city of Herat, decided to escape her life by way of...
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Protests in Kyrgyzstan forced uranium mining ban
Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Thursday to ban uranium exploration and mining, despite previously issuing licenses to foreign corporations such as Canada’s Azarga Uranium. The move, which may expose the Kyrgyz government to compensation claims...
Former CIA officer Jerry Chun Shing Lee pleads guilty to spying for China
Jerry Chun Shing Lee, 54, an ex-CIA officer pleaded guilty in American federal court on Wednesday on spying for China. This is the third separate espionage case in the past year associating a former...
Beijing’s fear of an American blockade
According to the reports, Senior Chinese and Western military officials believe, Beijing’s one of greatest concerns is the threat of blockade from the United States and its allies in the event of a conflict...
Thousands of Filipinos Marched in a May Day rally against Duterte
Thousands of Filipinos marched in May Day rallies on May 1, torching a giant effigy of Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. It was a symbolic attack on Duterte’s economic policies’ impact on the nation’s poor....
Is the Olympics making Japan Bankrupt?
One must have an impression at first that Japan doesn’t seem to be that Bad, after all, they have all the video games, fancy TVs, latest technology and even human-like Robots, and then there...
Kosovo president Thaci sees the United States as key to solve conflict with Serbia
The United States is key to resolving the ongoing conflict between Kosovo and Serbia, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci pointed to the inefficiency of major European countries to reach a unified position on the dispute....
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres raises the issue of Uyghurs during China visit
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres supported the plight of Uyghurs Muslims in China’s Xinjiang province during his visit to Beijing last week, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday. Beijing has faced growing international criticism...
Mega Economies of Tomorrow: Indonesia’s Way Up
The World Bank analytically divides the world’s economies into four income groups: high, upper-middle, lower-middle and low. Countries that are categorized as upper-middle income are the ones with income per capita ranging from US$3,896...
Trump Signs Tibet Access Bill: China fumes on Dalai Lama
Beijing on Thursday raged at the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama as the POTUS, Donald Trump on signed the Tibet Reciprocal Access bill to make it a law of the United States to...
