As the United States has undergone a tumultuous administration change, one of the most highly anticipated topics was how the new administration under Donald Trump would react to the nuclear deal. As of now, it’s gone rather poorly, with Trump taking to Twitter to threaten Iran after they tested a weapon. While the United States took it as defiance to… Read more »
Avalanches in Afghanistan triggered by heavy snowfall across the country have killed at least 119 people in recent days, officials said on Monday. Wais Ahmad Barmak, the state minister for disaster management and humanitarian affairs, said that at least 89 people have been injured and 190 homes destroyed by avalanches in multiple provinces. Those figures were expected to rise as… Read more »
India is currently the world’s fastest-growing major economy. And before long, it may leapfrog the US on a ranking of the largest. In a new report titled “The World in 2050,” consulting firm PwC projects that India’s GDP would exceed US GDP in purchasing power parity terms by 2040 (purchasing power parity accounts for the different prices levels across countries)…. Read more »
For the past 27 years, Pakistan has observed Feb. 5 as national Kashmir Solidarity Day. Government-sponsored rallies have featured chants and speeches denouncing Indian oppression in the disputed territory. Posters on trucks and lampposts have depicted bloody street clashes, mutilated corpses and wailing women in Kashmiri dress. This year, the rallies and posters and slogans were still there, but the… Read more »
President Trump could come under new pressure to lift the curtain on secret elements of the Iran nuclear deal struck by his predecessor, especially as the Islamic Republic continues its war of words with his administration. Only days after the Iran nuclear deal was announced in July of 2015, news began to leak out about secret side agreements made between… Read more »