A day after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his support for Iran’s nuclear ambitions and warned the United States of any military attack on the Middle Eastern nation, the Bush administration has once more fallen flat on its face. This...

It’s hard to imagine a major international football competition without England but with the passage of time, it seems more and more likely that this otherwise almost inconceivable fantasy could just turn out to be true. Five consecutive 3-0...

Fred Thompson might have won loads of laurels and fame for his role as a US attorney and character actor on TV and in films but the Republican candidate for the 2008 US Presidential election is certainly finding gathering support a tough job. Although...

When the US declared last month that it was ready to withdraw its decade long opposition of Libya to the United Nations’ Security Council, it was certain that Libya would get the prized seat. Since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over...

There might have threats of assassination hanging darkly over Russian President Vladimir Putin on his maiden visit to Iran on Tuesday but that doesn’t seem to have changed the Russian leader’s stance on Iran and its relationship with...

Everyone, including most international intelligence, knows that Osama bin Laden’s favorite hideouts are Afghanistan and Pakistan. And it is almost clear that the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks is in Pakistan. But Pakistan has persistently...

More than a year after the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, lasted for 34 days, the scars continue to heal. The war ended inconclusively with both sides claiming victory and southern Lebanon, forced into staging the...

American-Turkish relationship is always sensitive at the best of times and the refurbished controversy over a 90-year old wartime incident is threatening to destabilize the diplomatic ties that exist between them. Turkey has been a neutral player in...

Ever since China and Taiwan split up in 1949, there has been no end to the hostility between them. China still refuses to recognize Taiwan as a separate nation and has even gone to as far as to threaten Taiwan with military attacks, should it ever...

There was a strong sense of hope and progress in 2001 when the US drove away the Taliban to the far outskirts and mountains of Afghanistan in their immediate retaliation to the 9/1 attacks by al-Qaeda. But six years down the line and the country is...