Issues & Events
  • Oman’s new sultan needs to take bold economic steps

    Oman’s new sultan needs to take bold economic steps

    Jan 20, 2020 17:48

    Oman’s strategic location connecting the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean with East Africa and the Red Sea could also boost the country’s economy.

  • US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani and international law

    US assassination of Lt. Gen. Soleimani and international law

    Jan 20, 2020 17:44

    The US assassinated Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in Iraq rather than on its own territory, which encroached upon the sovereignty of Iraq, an independent sovereign state.

  • Iran raps Europe for caving in to ‘high school bully’ Trump in nuclear deal

    Iran raps Europe for caving in to ‘high school bully’ Trump in nuclear deal

    Jan 20, 2020 17:41

    The Washington Post reported on Wednesday Jan. 15, that the United States had threatened to impose a 25% tariff on European automobile imports if the three European powers, namely Germany, France and the UK (the E3), did not formally accuse Iran of breaking the nuclear agreement.

  • China aims to break US high-tech stranglehold

    China aims to break US high-tech stranglehold

    Jan 19, 2020 20:29

    The countdown has started for the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology to compile its wish-list for China’s next five-year blueprint. Major “industrial players” will be asked for their input before the S&T drafts its 14th Five-Year Plan from 2021 to 2025. They will include Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu, or the BAT grouping, along with Huawei and ZTS, as well as a host of state-owned enterprises.

  • 11th Anniversary of “Gaza Day”

    11th Anniversary of “Gaza Day”

    Jan 19, 2020 20:19

    Today is the 11th anniversary of “Gaza Day”, declared by the Iranian Majlis (parliament) on 19th January 2009, a day after the 22-day heroic resistance of the Palestinian people forced the illegal Zionist entity to end its unprovoked aggression on the besieged self-governing 365 square km strip on the eastern Mediterranean coast of the Levant.

  • The women’s march in US is back and ready to defeat Trump

    The women’s march in US is back and ready to defeat Trump

    Jan 19, 2020 10:12

    The Women’s March in the US is back this year — with a new board and new strategy to get women activated to oust Donald Trump in November.

  • Trump is the third president to lie about Afghan War success

    Trump is the third president to lie about Afghan War success

    Jan 19, 2020 09:38

    The Bush, Obama and Trump administrations all routinely lied to the American people about the success of the 18-year war in Afghanistan.

  • Two new satellites to be launched this year to track Earth’s rising oceans

    Two new satellites to be launched this year to track Earth’s rising oceans

    Jan 19, 2020 09:31

    Josh Willis, a climate scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said in a statement “Global sea level is, in a way, the most complete measure of how humans are changing the climate.”

  • New York City mayor asks for criminal investigation into Trump taxes

    New York City mayor asks for criminal investigation into Trump taxes

    Jan 18, 2020 14:05

    The Trump Organization blasted the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for saying his probe of the company turned up evidence of a possible crime. Following a news report late last year that US President Donald Trump’s development firm reported different income figures to lenders and the government for the same real estate, Mayor Bill de Blasio launched an investigation.