A top Afghan official says he is confident a renewed push to resurrect stalled peace talks with Taliban groups for ending “the senseless” conflict in Afghanistan will yiel...
http://www.voanews.com/content/afghanistan-taliban-talks/3141907.html
At a technical meeting of the g7+ group of fragile states [http://www.g7plus.org/], participants from Haiti to Timor Leste gathered with a mission: to sift through the many p...
Pakistan is to host a key meeting of top Afghan, US and Chinese officials on Monday. Participants are tasked to set the stage and determine dates for resuming peace talks betw...
http://www.voanews.com/content/a-try-for-peace-in-afghanistan-as-4-nations-meet/3138784.html
What if the very worst result of George W. Bush's war lies is that people stop taking seriously the danger of actual nuclear weapons actually falling into the hands of actual ...
http://warisacrime.org/content/cities-world-unite-against-nations-wars
[http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/23522/turkey-media-roundup-(2015-year-end-review)] [This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Turkey and re...
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/23522/turkey-media-roundup-(2015-year-end-review)
In a surprise and rare televised announcement over state television KCNA, North Korea said it successfully conducted a thermonuclear hydrogen bomb test Wednesday. "We've ...
http://www.voanews.com/content/north-korea-h-bomb-test/3133083.html
GEN. MUSEVENI'S ELECTION PREPARATIONS [AFRICA: ELECTIONS 2016] Given the violence we've already seen as Uganda's presidential election campaign continues, including the su...
The Hague (AFP) Jan 5, 2016 - Syria's declared chemical weapons arsenal has been completely destroyed capping more than two years of work, a global arms watchdog said Tuesday...
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Syrias_declared_chemical_arms_100_destroyed_watchdog_999.html
Sanaa: Yemen's internationally recognized government has declared a nighttime curfew, starting Monday, in the key southern port city of Aden in a bid to push back against rece...
Photo by _Gavroche_ [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60969081@N00/] There are many disturbing signs that the West is creating conditions in the Middle East and Asia that could...
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/slouching-toward-global-disaster
Seven people were killed at an air force base in India's northern Punjab state in a terror attack that is being seen as an effort to derail recent peace efforts between India ...
http://www.voanews.com/content/six-dead-after-gunmen-attack-indian-air-force-base/3128378.html
Sources for this article include Howard W. Hunter, a 1994 biography by Eleanor Knowles; and Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Howard W. Hunter. Elder Howard W. Hunter int...