The new challenges to international security reveal themselves on today’s international scene, representing major elements of the new logic that establishes international order: they transform the security environment, redefine international relations and succeed to influence the way be perceive global peace, individual liberties and every day life. Â
Read More »Myanmar Muslims Plight
RUILI, China — Muslim in the South East Asian nation of Myanmar, presently under the international microscope, has for decades been silently suffering from discrimination and a catalogue of abuses.
Read More »Kiyani to be successor of Musharraf as army chief
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, October 2, named Lt General Ashfaq Kiyani, Director General of the country’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to be his successor as army chief.
Read More »Iraq “Brains” Dream of Studying Abroad
BAGHDAD — Troubled with the daily car bombs and threats of violence, Iraq‘s top-notched students want to escape the chaotic future of their war-ravaged nation.
Read More »Syria’s Assad: Israeli Warplanes Hit ‘Unused Military Building’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said in an interview that Israeli warplanes attacked what he said was an “unused military building” in Syria last month, and that his country reserves the right to retaliate.
Read More »British PM Says Iraq Can Take Over Basra Province
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says he believes Iraq can assume responsibility for security in southern Basra province from British forces within two months.
Read More »Turkey’s Exports Exceeded $100 billion in September
Turkey’s exports in 2007 exceeded $100 billion as of September, according to Turkish Exporters Assembly (TÄ°M) figures announced yesterday during a press conference at the first parliamentary building in Ankara.
Read More »PKK Targets Civilians
An attack by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) that claimed 13 lives on Saturday was the last throes of terrorism, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan said in a statement on Sunday.
Read More »Syria: 3 jailed for belonging to extremist Islamic groups
 Syria’s State Security Court on Sunday convicted two Syrians and a Jordanian of belonging to extremist Islamic groups and sentenced them to prison, a local human rights group said.
Read More »Anti-Terror Agreement Signed between Turkey and Iraq
After days of negotiations, on Friday Ankara and Baghdad eventually signed a counterterrorism agreement targeting members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
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