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Israel hits hard and fast to stop Iranian threat
News, John J. Metzler, Published on 21/06/2025
» Well, it seems to have started. Israeli airstrikes on Iran's nuclear research and development sites have ushered in a new phase of the Middle East conflicts, which began when Tehran's Hamas terrorist proxies invaded Israel on Oct 7, 2023, murdering 1,200 people and taking 254 hostages.
India and Pakistan edge closer to war
Oped, John J Metzler, Published on 08/05/2025
» Yesterday, India launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir, two weeks after a terrorist attack. The situation follows a long-smouldering fuse which has reignited in the wake of the terrible terrorist attack killing 27 tourists in a region of disputed Kashmir, part of India's territory. Some 25 Indian civilians were apparently targeted because of their Hindu religion.
Pakistan again lands itself in political strife
Oped, John J Metzler, Published on 17/02/2024
» Pakistan is politically on the brink again in the aftermath of fractious but inconclusive national parliamentary elections, which ended with a question mark hanging over this land of 241 million people like a political Damocles sword. Two former prime ministers, both bitter rivals and equally mired in alleged corruption, are vying for the top spot.
COP27 meet: A case of the glass being half full
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 22/11/2022
» As after every climate summit, the air is filled with shouts of rage and despair. What was agreed was unclear and inadequate, and what was left undecided or simply ignored was vast and terrifying. For example, they still haven't managed to agree that the world needs to stop burning fossil fuels.
Is struggling Sri Lanka salvageable?
Oped, Syed Munir Khasru, Published on 08/04/2022
» Last Sunday -- with two notable exceptions -- Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse in protest against the government's handling of the worst economic crisis to hit the island in decades, which has sparked widespread rioting, unrest, and arson attacks on police property.
Pakistan and Thailand enjoy enduring friendship
Oped, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Published on 23/03/2021
» As we celebrate Pakistan National Day today in Thailand, we are doubly delighted given that 2021 also marks 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Three hollow pillars
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/08/2020
» Re: "Why the Thai student movement can't exist", (Opinion, Aug 28).
Multilateralism the key for Pakistan, Thailand
News, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Published on 26/08/2020
» Pakistan and Thailand have traditionally relied on multilateralism in the conduct of foreign policy. Abiding faith in the value of multilateralism drives our commitment to regional and international cooperation. With other like-minded friends, our two countries collaborate at the United Nations and a host of regional and cross-regional organisations to advance our shared objectives of peace and development.
Asia's multilateral balancing act
Asia focus, Myong-Hyun Go, Shafqat Munir and Ambika Vishwanath, Published on 07/10/2019
» After World War II, Asia emerged from years of conflict and centuries of colonialism. The United States quickly became the main guarantor of regional security, signing bilateral defence treaties and establishing preferential trade and investment relationships with its Asian allies -- in particular the Philippines, Australia, Japan, South Korea and Pakistan.
Little hope for Rohingya repatriation
News, Syed Munir Khasru, Published on 19/06/2019
» After some 740,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar's northern Rakhine State to live in camps in Bangladesh following the start of the 2017 military campaign against them, the Rohingya crisis today still shows no signs of abating.