The drone strike I feel was awful because it killed 18 people, I think that drone strikes do more harm than good. I think they kill innocent people and yes it “gets the job done” for Isis members but who is to say another member won’t rise up to take the newly deceased persons job? The article says “Between January… Read more »
India, the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, formally joined the Paris agreement on tackling climate change on Sunday, the United Nations said, taking the global pact a step closer to its enactment. The deal, agreed by nearly 200 countries in Paris last December, aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions by shifting away from fossil fuels to limit global… Read more »
A suspected US drone strike against Islamic State in Afghanistan has killed 18 people, Afghan officials have said. The strike in Nangarhar province on the eastern border with Pakistan killed 15 militants and three civilians, said Mohammed Ali, the police chief of Achin district, where the attack occurred. “They were in a house to visit someone who had just come… Read more »
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed Wednesday to cut oil production, ministers said, in a surprise move aimed at boosting persistently weak crude prices. The news triggered an immediate spike of more than 5 percent in crude prices, as markets had expected the Algiers meeting to end without agreement. In London benchmark Brent North Sea crude for November… Read more »
India said on Thursday it had conducted “surgical strikes” on suspected militants preparing to infiltrate from Pakistan-ruled Kashmir, making its first direct military response to an attack on an army base it blames on Pakistan. The cross-border action inflicted “significant casualties”, the Indian army’s head of operations told reporters in New Delhi. It was not immediately clear whether they involved… Read more »
Pakistan on Friday “completely rejected” India’s claim to have sent troops across its disputed border in Kashmir to kill suspected militants, as India evacuated villages near the frontier amid concerns about a military escalation. In a rare public announcement of such a raid, India said it had carried out “surgical strikes” on Thursday, sending special forces to kill men preparing… Read more »
Opposition politicians and activists in Tajikistan have accused the government of orchestrating lynch mob-style attacks on their families as part of a broader crackdown on dissent by President Imomali Rakhmon. The Dushanbe government has denied directing the attacks and said it would investigate them. Tajik authorities last year outlawed the opposition group, the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), and… Read more »
Security challenges emanating from neighbouring Afghanistan may lead Turkmenistan to cooperate more closely with other regional allies, according to a leading Central Asia expert. Fabio Indeo, a specialist in Central Asian geopolitics and a research fellow at the Centre for Energy Governance and Security at Hanyang University in Seoul, spoke to IWPR about Turkmenistan’s perspective on regional security. The most… Read more »
When Kyrgyzstan entered the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) last August, it was supposed to usher in a new era of economic cooperation. Membership of the bloc, which includes Russia, Belarus, Armenia and Kazakstan, brings free movement of goods, services and labour, largely without taxation and customs duties. But Kyrgyzstan’s integration has not been straightforward, particularly when it comes to trade… Read more »
In the article “Sri Lanka’s Troubling Turn”, the US contemplates whether or not to take action against the human rights violations that took place in their civil war with the Tamil Tigers. This sparked my attention because I am concerned about the country and where its allies may fall, if the US continues to investigate and persecute on these crimes.