After the failure of the Kosovo peace talks, sponsored by EU, US and Russia, failed in Austria, the possibility of the Balkans falling into violence is growing stronger.
The stalemate seems unbreakable. The majority ethnic Albanians in Kosovo..
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Raila Odinga, the leader of the Orange Democratic Movement(ODM)and the leading contender for Kenya's upcoming elections, is depending on the country's minority vote-bank to provide him with the impetus in the political battlefield. There has been a...
There have been numerous cases in the history of United States that many senior personnel hold high and esteemed chairs in big organization have been left no choice but to resign after their personal affairs have come to surface. This time it is Mark...
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The Annapolis talks kicked off finally, with somehow shaky handshakes between Olmert and Abbas: Symptomatic of two weak leaders trying to find peace and strengthen their respective positions, egged on by the US.
All they agreed upon...
Is Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad joking when he says he is willing to volunteer as an observer during the forthcoming US Presidential elections? Or is he being sarcastic? Or has the old terrorist gone mad?
Politicians all over the world...
Somalia has always been one of the most unstable countries in Africa. But the present humanitarian crisis, according to many, rivals that in Darfur. What caused it?
The brief takeover of the country by the Islamists [Union of Islamic Courts] in...
The arrest of a British teacher in Sudan on charges of insulting Islam is a proof of the growing ideological differences between religiously strict societies and free-minded foreign workers in those societies. Miss Gillian Gibbons made a mistake, she.
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Bolivia seems to be being torn apart between the forces of president Evo Morales and the conservative opposition. The national assembly had to move into a nearby army base to continue deliberations on changing the constitution and shifting.
With the extremist groups taking over the world, you never know when a hostage crisis will evolve. In South America, a hostage situation has taken a turn for worse. The primary negotiator has been 'fired' from his job. Negotiator Chavez has been...
President Musharraf continues to press forward with his political ambitions even though the Commonwealth suspended the country from the organisation for a second time. But, no doubt, the Commonwealth's decision to bar Islamabad is a significant step...
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