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Hardline supporters of Israel are in panic mode. It was in evidence earlier this week with the all-out assault on the first Somali, African-born immigrant, refugee, Muslim woman elected to serve in the US […]

Genocidal crimes don’t occur by chance and require years of preparation. The rationale for justifying such horrendous crimes is often provided by the evil geniuses or the ideologues within the dominant group. T […]

Towards Understanding the Current Affairs

Prime Minister Imran Khan impressed the constituents to imagine the phenomenon of “change” as a driving force for future-making. Was the political power a mot […]

You might imagine that a report by a multinational observer force documenting a 20-year reign of terror by Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers against Palestinians, in a city under occupation, would provoke […]

How pervasive is the race problem in the USA?

To find an answer we don’t need to look beyond the latest revelations from Virginia where Governor Ralph Northam, a Democrat, has been accused of posting about a […]

What is it about Clover Dairy’s proposed sellout to Israel’s Central Bottling Company (CBC) that has everyone up in arms?

What makes this potential deal different to others – after all, foreign direct […]

With a launch of the Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign on the near horizon, efforts to block his trajectory to the Democratic presidential nomination are intensifying. The lines of attack are already aggressive—and o […]

After a nine-month deadlock, the Lebanese have a new but predictable cabinet of ministers. Rotation of leadership is rare in the Middle East. Both Prime Minister Saad Hariri (a pro-Saudi Sunnite leader) and Gebran […]

This past week, I delivered one of the opening addresses at a conference in Abu Dhabi dedicated to creating understanding and building relationships and mutual respect among the world’s religious leaders. The […]

There are two opposing views about Pakistan. The cynics dismiss it as a “failed state.” The other view holds that it has great potential and is on the verge of a major breakthrough. Depending on one’s perception, […]

The Organisation of the African Unity (OAU) establishment, was the culmination of a number of diverse and far-reaching historical currents and political trends both on the African continent and abroad. Of […]

Dramatic developments currently underway in Venezuela, reveals a sinister yet bold plot by the United States of American to impose regime-change via a coup.

Interestingly, the brazen attempt to impose an […]

The decision to promote Juan Guaidó as a rival president to Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was clearly made in Washington, not in Caracas.

The speed with which US allies in the Americas and western Europe r […]

We’re off to the races – the 2020 presidential races, that is. Since the beginning of the year, at regular intervals, new candidates have been coming forward to announce their intention to compete for the p […]

Imagine that you are living in a country where most of your family members are now detained in mass detention camps where they face inhuman torture including waterboarding! You ask – why? Well, according to the g […]

With April’s elections looming, Benjamin Netanyahu has good reason to fear Benny Gantz, his former army chief. Gantz has launched a new party, named Israeli Resilience, just as the net of corruption indictments is […]

Induction of Quota System in 1973 dividing Sindh as Sindh Rural and Sindh Urban, favoritism and injustices in jobs and admissions in higher educational and professional institutes, political recruitments in […]

This past Sunday, the New York Times featured on the front page of its “Week in Review” section a major column by Michelle Alexander – “Time to Break the Silence on Palestine.” It was, by any measure, an important […]

The word “recolonization” is certainly not the most liked word in the vocabulary of the ruling elite of our continent, Africa. It only becomes useful when they are losing power or have fallen out of favor with […]

‘Half a loaf is better than no bread’ is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s a choir of African leaders singing that chorus now.

They pretend to be celebrating the […]