May says to deploy armed forces after attack as threat level raised
May 24th, 2017 
Administrator 
Darren Staples/Reuters
By
Kylie MacLellan and Michael Holden
Soldiers will be deployed to key sites in Britain to boost security as the country raised its terror threat to the highest level of “critical” following a suicide attack in Manchester that killed 22 people, including children.
My Idea of a Nation
May 24th, 2017 Administrator 
By
Tejasvi Saxena
This 1905 painting by Abanindranath Tagore depicts “Bharat Mata” or “Mother India”. Depicted in a tranquil pose, wielding boons to her inhabitants or devotees, the painting humanises a congeries of geographical expressions, encompassing multi ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious diversities. The tradition of considering every inanimate object as symbolic of veneration, glorifies the idea of Mother India that’s been contemporary and so disputable in today’s context.
Hard work does not always equal success
May 24th, 2017 Administrator 
Fiction: That Stretch of the Road
May 24th, 2017 Administrator 
Victims of Geography
May 24th, 2017 Administrator 
Reuters photo
By
Ricardo Swire
Tropical islands on Caribbean Sea routes are victims of geography. High-volume cocaine trafficking endeavors through the Caribbean’s isolated group of Barranquilla, Cartagena, San Andres and Santa Marta Islands demonstrate Colombian drug cartels’ relentless use of strategic offshore centers.
Silencing dissent: An attempt to control social media?
May 23rd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Imad Zafar
The crackdown season has started again in Pakistan, this time the target being social media activists. People who use social media to raise their voices on political and other policy matter issues are being asked to present themselves before the Federal Investigation Agency to prove they are not an agent or working against national interest.
At least 22 killed in suspected suicide attack at Ariana Grande concert in Britain
May 23rd, 2017 Administrator 
Andrew Yates/Reuters
By
Jon Super
At least 22 people were killed and 59 wounded in an explosion at the end of a concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande in the English city of Manchester on Monday, in what two U.S. officials said was a suspected suicide bombing.
What is rude for most Arabs…is not Trump’s handshake
May 23rd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Ahmed Tharwat
Lots of debate and media coverage preceded and followed President Trump’s visit to the Saudi kingdom. Anxieties and expectations filled the air. Trump, who has been behaving like a royal frat boy all his life, was visiting Saudi royalty in his first official overseas visit.
Mrs May, visibly angry and rattled by questions
May 23rd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Hazel Speed
With disbelief, Mrs May broadcast a Statement whilst in Wrexham today. As she put it herself, only six political seats will determine if a hung Parliament emerges following the forthcoming General Election. The Prime Minister, at last, has seen (or been told about), the writing on the wall. Rather an apt metaphor!
Actor and Boss in the Nigerian Political Drama
May 23rd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Prince Charles Dickson
I love Nigeria, I sincerely do, possibly because I have no choice. I could love America, England, Poland, or even neighboring Ghana, become a Nigerian-Arabian or Israeli born Nigerian, it makes no difference because we are Nigerians, we are who we are…very special in our own way.
DNA in Caribbean Crime Fighting
May 23rd, 2017 Administrator 
By
Ricardo Swire
Jamaica has chosen to follow its Latin American neighbors’ use of a distinctive criminal justice tool, the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Registry actively assisting the island’s internal security officials and Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) detectives.
Back to Realpolitik: Trump in Saudi Arabia
May 22nd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Binoy Kampmark
“You are a unique personality that is capable of doing the impossible.”
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to President Donald Trump, New York Times, May 21, 2017
Mrs May, Pride goeth before a fall
May 22nd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Hazel Speed
There is no doubt that since the Conservative Manifesto was launched, Labour have narrowed the political lead of the Tory camp, according to commentators and polls.
Trump, the Islamic Alliance and Pakistan
May 22nd, 2017 Administrator 
Reuters photo
By
Imad Zafar
Change is the only law of nature that is and will always be constant. Civilizations can never be made stagnant nor can they be imprisoned in a certain period or specific time. Ideologies and patterns of thinking in civilizations always change with the shift in balance of power.
The Jamaica/Bahamas Drug Trafficking Relationship
May 22nd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Ricardo Swire
The Bahamas constellation of islands is unofficially the designated main transit station for Jamaican marijuana exports to the USA, Norman’s Cay in Exuma considered the main jewel in the Jamaica/Bahamas trafficking crown.
Mrs May vs Mr Corbyn: A Question of Honour
May 22nd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Hazel Speed
Ruth Davidson, the Official Opposition (Conservative representative) of Nicola Sturgeon SNP, First Minister for Scotland, has always been loyal to her Conservative Party and Mrs May, that is, until now.
The New American-Saudi-Muslim Alliance
May 22nd, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Sami Jamil Jadallah
As the ‘mainstream media’ besieged President Donald Trump’s touchdown in Riyadh on his first international trip where he was expected to receive a lavish and unprecedented reception by Saudi officials to attend a busy two day summit with Saudis, GCC leaders and heads of states from the Islamic world (minus Iran), we all know what the rewards for America will be after 8 years of a lean and mean relationship with President Obama.
Observations of an Expat: Macronian Clouds on the Horizon
May 19th, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Tom Arms
All Hail Macron! All Hail Macron! The new French President is the latest international political darling, man of the hour and flavour of—well at least a month.
Mrs May’s Manifesto: Clever or Too Clever?
May 19th, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Hazel Speed
Mrs May has taken the opportunity to capitalise on a predicted landslide ‘Brexit steered’ General Election victory to add a few surprises.
A year in office, Taiwan’s Tsai seeks Beijing’s goodwill to help curb anti-China sentiment
May 19th, 2017 Administrator 
Tyrone Siu/Reuters
By
J.R. Wu
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is signalling she needs more give and take from China to rein in hardliners on an island China considers its own, officials say, but Beijing is unlikely to budge months before its five-yearly Communist Party Congress.
Drug Traffickers and GPS Technology
May 19th, 2017 Administrator 
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By
Ricardo Swire
The evolution of maritime trafficking expertise proves drug traffickers have both motive and means to develop new strategies that ensure delivery of their illicit cargo. Law enforcement agencies’ counter-narcotics sections challenge by placing state-of-the-art equipment and utilizing innovative interdiction methods, underworld characters manipulating legally available technology.
A Vote for the Homeless
May 19th, 2017 Administrator 
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