Asia
What Kind of Game is Joe Biden Playing in Afghanistan?
Many hopes and plans in Afghanistan were tied to the arrival of a new administration in the White House. All of them, however, have so far stalled, as has the prospect of a peaceful resolution of the conflict in that country. The Doha peace talks came to a halt because a US congressional committee did not recommend that Joe Biden rush the withdrawal of troops from...
China Ousts the BBC Based on UK's Own Media Standards
In a move that was entirely predictable after the UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom banned China's CGTN from operating in the UK, China has reciprocated by banning BBC World News from broadcasting in China. The BBC in its own article titled, "China bans BBC World News from broadcasting," would claim: China has banned BBC World...
Yemen on the Brink of Disaster
US President Joe Biden has lifted a series of sanctions against the Yemen Ansar Allah (Houthis movement, which was listed as a terrorist organization by the former Donald Trump administration. The US Treasury recalled that former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on January 11 that the Houthis had been designated as a terrorist organization and that the three leaders...
