History will record the early 21st century as the era of the “Great Betrayal.” We witness a profound moral collapse within Western academia, media and political movements — a collapse defined by a ...

Iran’s intensified repression of Kurdish opposition groups reflects deep fears of a coordinated internal uprising that could unite marginalized ethnic communities and opposition forces. Tehran’s ...

US President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing an aggressive agenda to weaken the federal government and reject long-standing norms. The administration is cutting foreign aid and hollowing out ...

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is continuing its terror campaign of kidnapping innocent civilians (teachers and government officials) to feed its perverse ideology ...

Many readers would see Turkey’s condemnation as a simple case of an Islamist regime railing against Western suppression of Islam. Indeed, the government’s statement was full of accusations of ...

The war now unfolding between the US, Israel and Iran is already sending shockwaves through global energy markets. Missile strikes, drone attacks and the disruption of shipping lanes have rattled the ...

For a sports event established and still trading on the rhetoric of world peace and unity, such a controversial intervention from a past FIFA leader is unprecedented and extraordinary. FIFA, ...

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone turns 65 on August 16—40 years and one month after the release of her first album, Madonna. Her presence in showbusiness is comparable to those of Sinatra, Elvis, the ...

Today, if you open up Reddit and happen to be interested in higher education and international students, you will almost certainly come across the typical question: Why don’t Chinese students ...

IMF loans issued in the Americas and India to address foreign exchange crises ultimately weakened domestic economies and industries. China takes a different approach to lending by funding ...

“Alliances born of compulsion rarely endure; partnerships shaped by illusion, even less so.” For decades, the world has viewed the China–Pakistan relationship as one forged in steel and tested by time ...

“We can put a shelter anywhere within two days, even at the path to the military unit, not at the [exact] place … and a separate door with ‘Ministry of Interior’ written on it or something like that.” ...