Caleb Smith Block 7 My analysis is that the chance of Iran actually starting a war with the US was close to zero. The media in general made a gigantic deal about how world war three was gonna start, but in actuality the Iranians wanted no part of a conflict with the US. What a war with the US would… Read more »
There are, so far, no confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Central Asia. By Catherine PutzJanuary 29, 2020 ADVERTISEMENT As of writing, there have been no confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Central Asia. But like governments around the world, especially those bordering China and those with significant economic and travel ties to the country, Central Asia’s capitals have… Read more »
KHOMEIN, Iran (Reuters) – Business is booming at Iran’s largest flag factory which makes U.S., British and Israeli flags for Iranian protesters to burn. At the factory in the town of Khomein, southwest of the capital Tehran, young men and women print the flags by hand then hang them up to dry. The factory produces about 2,000 U.S. and Israeli… Read more »
The United States Pentagon has released the names of two US Air Force officers killed in a plane crash in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni earlier this week. They were identified on Thursday as Lieutenant Colonel Paul K Voss, 46, of Yigo, Guam, and Captain Ryan S Phaneuf, 30, of Hudson, New Hampshire in the US. The cause of Monday’s crash is under investigation, but… Read more »
After Soleimani killing, U.S. braced for Iranian drone and missile strike. An NBC News review of the events surrounding Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s killing shows that the U.S. and Iran were closer to war than was generally understood. Pakistani Shiite Muslims wear headbands with various religious sayings while they chant slogans during a rally to protest the U.S. attack in Iraq… Read more »
The top court seeks gov’t response to petitions filed against Citizenship Amendment Act, seen discriminatory to Muslims.22 Jan 2020 India’s Supreme Court has sought government response to petitions filed against new citizenship legislation after it refused to stay the law that has sparked widespread opposition and protests across the country. The top court on Wednesday gave the government headed by… Read more »
Pakistan’s Lahore has some of the most toxic air on the planet, but not all of its residents suffer its effects equally. Lahore, Pakistan – Walking through the streets of Lahore’s old city, once home to Mughal royalty but now overtaken by a maze of ramshackle shops and commercial buildings built seemingly on top of one another, you can see a thin… Read more »
Caleb Smith Block 7 The Prime Minister of Pakistan is Imran Kahn and he has come out and said that an American, Iran conflict would be a disaster on the oil prices. Kahn uses Afghanistan as an example on why the US shouldn’t get involved, because a conflict in Iran would be significantly worse. I agree with Kahn to a… Read more »
DUBAI (Reuters) – The successor to the Iranian commander killed in a U.S. drone strike would suffer the same fate if he followed a similar path by killing Americans, the U.S. special representative for Iran said, according to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper. Washington blamed General Qassem Soleimani for masterminding attacks by Iran-aligned militias on U.S. forces in the region. U.S. President… Read more »
Iranian leader warns Europeans of ‘tough’ consequences if they renege on the 2015 nuclear agreement. Iran will never seek nuclear weapons – with or without the nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. He also called on European powers to avoid the United States’ “mistake” of violating the historic 2015 nuclear accord with major powers. “We have never sought nuclear weapons …… Read more »