Youth Unemployment and Dr. King’s Dream

By Bernie Sanders Many years ago I was honored to be among those who marched on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I was there for his famous “I Have a... Read more »
Lebanon

Arab leaders and insanity of sectarian warfare

By Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja Wars kill human beings and destroy human habitats. But the Western warmongers flag it as a positive development for change and economic necessity. Its net result is... Read more »

Why did Saudi Arabia intervene in Yemen?

By Mohammed Khalid Alyahya While Iran’s destructive influence in Yemen is as alarming to Saudi Arabia as its meddling in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, Saudi Arabia’s decision to intervene militarily in Yemen... Read more »

India is the most unqualified country to assist in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs

By Shenali D Waduge   Organizations that had been functioning as conduits to channel funds, enable money launder, carry out illicit as well as legal international business and help procure arms are now... Read more »
Jibril Rajoub shakes hands with Israeli soccer federation president, Ofer Eini

Did Israel buy its way out of FIFA suspension?

By Richard Silverstein You’d have to be comatose not to know of the startling revelations of massive corruption in FIFA that amounted to $150-million in the past few years alone. Eight current... Read more »
South China Sea dispute

South China Sea disputes test Beijing’s peaceful rise

By John Kemp The South China Sea has become the most important testing ground for the changing economic, political and military relationship between China and the United States. The islands, rocks, reefs... Read more »
World No Tobacco Day 2015

World No Tobacco Day: Will countries ‘walk the talk’ to end the tobacco epidemic?

Despite unprecedented pressure from tobacco industry to delay, dilute or thwart progress on a range of tobacco control measures globally, considerable achievements have been made by governments over the past years to... Read more »
Vigils were held in Karachi for those killed in 13 May attack on a bus by gunmen in Karachi.

Karachi killing add to the miseries of Pakistan

By Yasmeen Aftab Ali As many as 45 were killed and 20 injured as gunmen opened fire on a bus near Safoora Chowk area in Karachi. The number of those dead has... Read more »

How migrant crisis could lead to the break-up of the EU

Marco Antonsich The European Commission has taken a radical step in announcing a new policy on immigration, following the deaths of thousands of people in the Mediterranean. This is the first ever... Read more »

The axes of Yemen’s war

By Abdulrahman al-Rashed The Yemeni crisis involves several parties, but the major axes are the forces of isolated former President Ali Abdullah Saleh and the Houthis on one hand, and the Yemeni... Read more »

Multicultural Society, Multiculturalism and Third Eye

By Stephen Bari, Sydney Multicultural society is combination of cultural diversity, Languages, ethnicities, dresses, food, traditional values, social backgrounds and lifestyle are main source of multiculturalism.  Societies who have several different cultures around... Read more »

Is Arab League summit beginning of a new era in diplomacy?

The Arab Summit, held recently at Sharm El-Sheikh, can be the beginning of a new phase in joint Arab action and the credibility of Arab countries if decisions are translated into reality.... Read more »

Why Australia took so long to join the AIIB?

Australia cares about infrastructure investment in Asia. But why didn’t Australia joined the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) last November when they would have received the most political benefit? And... Read more »

Is Dubai’s success story exceptional or incidental?

By Abdulrahman al-Rashed The lasting success of Dubai is beyond question or doubt. This city is no longer an experience or a project but rather a self-sufficient, civil entity and anyone can... Read more »

New World Order is a Threat to Sovereign States

By Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad New World Order a big threat to sovereign states, speakers at an international conference say. The anti-war initiative, Perdana Global Peace Foundation, has a single goal of... Read more »

The Arab Intellectual is Resting, Not Dead

By Ramzy Baroud Whenever a new poem by Mahmoud Darwish was published in al-Quds newspaper, I rushed over to Abu Aymen’s newsstand that was located in the refugee camp’s main square. It... Read more »

Two Pak generals, one Afghan endgame

By M K Bhadrakumar Within the week two well-known Pakistani generals have spoken about the endgame in Afghanistan – Lt. General Asad Durrani, former chief of the Inter-Services Intelligence [ISI] during 1990-92 and... Read more »

Professor who defeated controversial terrorism charges, is deported from US

By Murtaza Hussain & Glenn Greenwald In 2003, Sami Al-Arian was a professor at the University of South Florida, a legal resident of the U.S. since 1975, and one of the most prominent... Read more »

Political Islam and Nassrallah (Abi Hadi)

By Tallal Salman, Translated in English by Adib S. Kawar: Muslims, Arabs and other peoples, mainly spread around Asia and Africa along with minorities in Europe and the two Americas did not... Read more »

American Sniper and the War Story we cannot tell

Unfortunately, the classic characteristics of Western movies fail to provide a framework to tell the human experience of war. Clint Eastwood's box-office smash brilliantly reads the temperature of America's ... Read more »

Why Thailand’s unemployment rate is incredibly low

Low unemployment (below 1% since 2011) due to low birth rate, lack of social insurance & informal sector with 64% of workforce (street vendors, motorbike taxis, self-employed) By Jon Fernquest Just 0.56%.... Read more »

Will Saudi Arabia adopt a new Foreign policy?

By Abdulrahman al-Rashed So far, there has been no indication that Saudi Arabia intends to follow a different foreign policy, either partially or completely. Saudi policy is usually set in stone, however the... Read more »

Free speech? Je suis confused

Yvonne Ridley Every single day since the horrific killings of the Charlie Hebdo staff, headlines around the world have been dominated by the fallout from the incident. In truth, though, each day... Read more »

The Farce of Western Freedom of Speech

Western (idea of) free speech is nothing but a cynical charade by those in power to maintain their unlawful positions of power. by Finian Cunningham Speaking outside Elysée Palace in the aftermath... Read more »