Ahmadinejad Accuses West Of Creating Drought Conditions In Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is claiming that Western nations are conspiring to throw Iran into a serious drought (and thereby threaten its agriculture) by deliberately destroying rain clouds headed toward the country.
Pakistani Hindus In India Demand Asylum Citing Persecution
Pakistani Hindus arriving in India are demanding refugee status, citing a pattern of persecution and discrimination in Muslim-dominated Pakistan.
Karaoke Killings: A Bizarre Phenomenon In East Asia
Confrontations in karaoke parlors have culminated in murderous violence in parts of Asia.
Dead Sea Meets Mount Everest: Israel And Nepal Celebrate More Than 50 Years Of Good Relations
Nepal was one the earliest Asian countries to establish diplomatic relations with Israel –
Venice: Massive Tourism (And Now Huge Cruise Ships) Ruining City’s Priceless Charms
Venice attracts some 22-million visitors each year (for a city of only about 60,000 residents) and these figures keep climbing.
The Middle-Class And The Death Of Culture
Culture in America is dead, largely because the middle-class does not care about such things.
Judge’s Incendiary Remarks On Women Highlights India’s Domestic Violence Crisis
Activists have filed a formal complaint with the state’s chief justice and also introduced an online campaign to condemn the judge and remove him from the bench.
Tipping Point: The Art Of Paying Gratuities At Restaurants
I have never been certain if tipping was simply a 'courtesy' or the 'law.'
Barack Obama: Top Ten Most Surprising Statements From Acceptance Speech
Barack Obama: Top Ten Most Surprising Statements From Acceptance Speech
African Astronauts? Sudan’s Bashir Calls For African Space Agency
Some critics question the need for a poor region like Africa to even consider such an expensive project as going into space.
Pakistan: Sectarian Killings Of Minority Shias Escalating
At least 320 people have been killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan thus far this year alone.
Who Murdered A Family Of British Tourists In The Picturesque French Alps?
Police found more than a dozen spent cartridges from an automatic pistol at the locale.
Pakistan Expels Foreign Charity Workers On Suspicions They Helped CIA Find Osama
In May 2011, bin Laden was shot and killed in a compound in Abbottabad, a garrison town not far from the capital Islamabad.
The Plight Of Nigerian Girls Trafficked Into Prostitution In Italy
There are now at least 10,000 Nigerian prostitutes – perhaps as many as 20,000 – in Italy alone.
Diamond Smuggler In Sri Lanka Swallows Precious Stone: It’s Not Just Drug Mules Who Try To Eat The Evidence
X-rays indicated that the diamond is trapped in his gullet and might be very difficult to extricate.
Global Media Largely Praises Michelle Obama’s Convention Speech
“Michelle Obama wows convention with passionate speech.”
Will North Korea Send Delegation To Sun Myung Moon’s Funeral?
Moon was born in what is now North Korea.
Syria Is A 'Terrorist State': Turkey PM
Syrians continue to pour into Turkey – refugees now number nearly 80,000.
40th Anniversary Of Munich Olympic Massacre: Did West German Officials Know Of Attack Beforehand?
West German authorities might even have been aware that terrorists were planning to strike the 1972 Games.
Ted Kennedy: Democrat ‘Icon’
More than fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination and more than four decades after Robert’s murder, the “Kennedy” name is the gold standard for liberal Democrats.
Mauritania Hands Over Ex-Spy Chief Senussi To Libya
Senussi fled Libya soon after the uprising that removed Gaddafi from power last year.
Barack Obama: Future Billionaire?
I am fascinated by what the future holds for President Barack Obama.
Kal Penn Vs. Nikki Haley: Battle Of The Indian-American Political Proxies
Indians actually share the values promulgated by the Republican Party rather than the Democrats whom they usually vote for.
Morocco’s Lethal Highways: Dozens Killed After Bus Plunges Into Ravine
Morocco has one of the world’s highest rates of traffic fatalities.
Japan’s Demographic Doom: Tokyo’s Population Will Be Cut In Half Over Next Century
This means that Tokyo’s population in 2100 will match the numbers from 1940.
The Moscow-Washington ‘Hotline’:” Remembering A Cold War Icon 49 Years Later
The idea for the instant communication device arose in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis the prior year – which saw Moscow and Washington very nearly enter into a cataclysmic nuclear war.
India Meets Pakistan At Tehran Summit: What’s On The Menu?
Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, said the two countries need to settle their disputes in a more “mature” way.
Diana: The World's Favorite Princess
Britain in the early 1980s found itself in dire need of a happy jolt
Air Koryo: North Korea's Strange, But Functioning, Airline
The state-controlled Air Koryo has a fleet of about thirty, mostly older Russian-made aircraft, and flies to 14 foreign airports in six countries -- including, of all places, Kuwait.
Refugees Fleeing Syria Straining Resources In Lebanon and Jordan
10,200 Syrians crossed into northern Jordan between Aug. 21 and Aug. 27, more than double the 4,500 figure from just the week before.
