World Digest
Obama, at mosque: ‘You’re part of America, too’
Washington Post Greg Jaffe President Obama made his first visit to a U.S. mosque as president on Wednesday and sought...
Read moreA Plan Colombia for Afghanistan
Foreign Policy Magazine SHAWN SNOW In the fight to rid Afghanistan of violent extremism, the central government needs greater resources...
Read moreAmerican View: Identity Goes Beyond Islam in Pakistan
Foreign Policy Magazine MADIHA AFZAL A country founded on the basis of religious identity, Pakistan must now embrace ethnic pluralism...
Read moreChina should be worried about unemployment
Khaleej Times Peter Ford Until last year Wang Shanhong, a lively young woman with a ready smile, worked in the...
Read moreAmerican View: By way of computers and headsets, Islamic teaching flows out of Pakistan
Washington Post Tim Craig Mohammad Hassan secluded himself in a religious seminary in Pakistan’s largest city for 11 years until...
Read moreDavid Cameron’s EU endgame The “emergency brake” is only symbolic, but it will probably work
The Economist IT TELLS you a lot about David Cameron’s dinner in London last night with Donald Tusk that the...
Read moreFighting terror with terror?
Arab News SEEMA SENGUPTA While unveiling a plan of action to prevent violent extremism at the United Nations General Assembly...
Read moreU.S. Broadens Fight Against ISIS With Attacks in Afghanistan
New York Times MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT | ERIC SCHMITT The United States has carried out at least a dozen operations —...
Read moreThe Irony of ‘Facts’
Newsweek Pakistan EJAZ HAIDER The Bacha Khan University inquiry report makes a case for treating educational institutions as security installations...
Read moreDenmark’s selfish stance on refugees
The Guardian Michala Bendixen Last August, I wrote an article for the Guardian, under the headline: ‘Refugees should head for...
Read moreEchoes of the Heart
Kazakh President satisfied with results of talks with Putin
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signified satisfaction following the lengthy face-to-face talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Sochi, the Facebook account of the President’s press secretary Ruslan Zheldibay reads. During the talks the parties debated a wide range of issues concerning trade and economic, investment, humanitarian cooperation, cooperation of the two nations in the […]Read More »