Arab newpspaper claims Israel threatens to assassinate Syria leader Bashar Assad if war launched
Israel sent a message to Syrian President Bashar Assad in recent days, warning him that if he started a war with the Jewish state in order to divert attention from domestic problems, Israel will target him personally, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Tuesday.
Iran defies the world by raising its nuclear enrichment to 20 per cent
Despite being accused by the West of trying to produce atomic bombs, Iran stays defiant and announced on Wednesday that it will shift its production of higher grade uranium to an underground bunker in order to triple its production capacity."This year, under the supervision of the (International Atomic Energy) Agency, we will transfer 20 per cent enrichment from the Natanz site to the Fordow site and we will increase the production capacity by three times," the head of Iran's atomic...
Obama's 'special' relationships: Demands and expectations
Ahead of the US president's visit in Europe a lot has been said about the implications of the trip on the U.S-E.U relationships. What seems to be a little bit confusing is however whether it is the president who hopes to reassure his counterparts on the strength and importance of their relationship or whether his counter-parts expect him to do so.
Obama speech: the US ‘illicit’ friends left missing
Yesterday in his latest major speech on the Middle East, President Obama pledged American support for pro-democracy uprisings in the region. However, in the Gulf, commentators are criticising what they see as a safe choice. They insist that the speech didn't cover new ground, was short on policy prescriptions, and that the president missed a chance to apologise for America's history of supporting the dictators people revolted against. Has Obama then missed the chance of opening "a new c...
As long as China's regime continues, so will North Korea's tantrums
North Korea's latest tantrum, which has cost the lives of two South Korean soldiers, is a worrying development in the region, which appears to be getting more unstable every year thanks to the unpredictable actions of the murderous regime in Pyongyang.
Faith Schools Menace? Richard Dawkins gets into a tiz about nothing
On Wednesday Richard Dawkins, the world's most famous atheist, appeared on More4 to launch his latest attack on all things God-related by laying into faith schools and their supposedly menacing impact on our society and its children.