By The Jerusalem Daily As US President Donald Trump is in Asia this week, a topic of conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping could be his ambitious multi-billion- dollar plan to create the Belt and Road initiative (BRI) – a modern Silk Road of trade and infrastructure connecting Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
By The Diplomat As ISIS’ stronghold falls in the Middle East, Pakistan may provide the most fertile ground for Islamic State. The fall of its de facto Syrian capital Raqqa last month signaled the death of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the Middle East. On Friday, Syrian troops retook Deir ez-Zor, the last major city with an ISIS presence, just as Iraqi forces took over… Read more »
By Global Research President Erdogan declared that the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway is “an important chain in the New Silk Road, which aims to connect Asia, Africa, and Europe” while speaking in the Azerbaijani capital during at the opening ceremony for this transnational connectivity corridor. The event was also attended by the Prime Ministers of Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, as well as ministers from… Read more »
One of the issues in India right now is the tensions between the BJP party and the Indian National Congress party. The Vice President of the INC, Rahul Gandhi, has claimed that their arguments were a battle of ‘truth and lies’, of course saying that the INC were the ones telling the truth and the BJP being the ones who… Read more »
I do not know much about central and southern Asia yet but do have some prior knowledge on the topic of women rights. I know that that is a topic not of then discussed in those arias of the world. That women in India often go to classes on how to properly hit men with big sticks in the threat… Read more »
WASHINGTON — A document seized the night Navy SEALs killed Osama Bin Laden suggests that Al Qaeda and Iran had a relationship more complicated and intimate than previously known — one that included threats and kidnappings, but also occasional cooperation. The document was among a massive trove of material released Wednesday by the CIA following a request by the Long… Read more »
Foreign secretary will try to convince senators to back deal he has labelled ‘an amazing triumph of diplomacy’, which Donald Trump is threatening to repeal Boris Johnson made the announcement to the foreign affairs committee. Photograph: Parliament TV View more sharing options Shares 73 Patrick WintourDiplomatic editor Thursday 2 November 2017 02.00 EDTLast modified on Thursday 2 November 2017 02.02 EDT Boris… Read more »
Graphic video apparently shows official having sexual intercourse with a woman reported to have been pressured for sex after asking for a promotion Studies say as many as 90% of Afghan women have experienced mistreatment. Photograph: Reuters View more sharing options Shares 446 Sune Engel Rasmussen in Islamabad Thursday 2 November 2017 14.39 EDTLast modified on Thursday 2 November 2017 19.30 EDT… Read more »
Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionCampaigners say 50% of abusers are known to the child or are “persons in trust and care-givers” A fast-track court in India has sentenced two men to life in prison for raping their 10-year-old niece, who gave birth to a baby girl in August. Both men were the child’s uncles. They were convicted of raping her on… Read more »
Central and Southern Asia is a real hot spot of the world right now. Towards the western areas there is Iran and Afghanistan which have troubles involving terrorism and Iran’s nuclear program. While there is also India which is one of the most populous countries in the world and is growing at a rapid pace. Things in Afghanistan are still… Read more »