Hill Gathering Honours ‘Brave’ Women of Iran

Ignoring the math of disaster: political folly

By: Africanjade

Whether in Kabul, London, Washington or Pretoria global leaders appear to believe that big mouth is more important than sound math. Let’s take the United States and the United Kingdom. Battling with two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan – the latter of which seems to be getting hopelessly out of control and endangering Pakistan and ...

about 1 month ago

Iran Charges Three American Hikers with Espionage

By: WordSlinger

TEHRAN, Iran - Are these possible barbaining chips for Iran? Shane Bauer, 27, Josh Fattal, 27, and Sarah Shourd, 31, are three American hikers who have been detained since July 31 on charges of illegally crossing the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran. The hikers entered northern Iraq from Turkey on July 28 with plans of a five day hike in ...

about 1 month ago

Israel will stop Iran nuke

By: andri

Israeli Chief of Staff Army forces have told that Israel ready to halt Iran nuke, speaking in Israeli parliamentary panel on Tuesday.  The general, Gabi Askhenazi, also said that Israel also ready to take any action for stopping Iran nuclear production.  He expected the world leader decide the Iranian nuke by the ...

29 days ago

UN watchdog presses Iran over nuclear deadlock

By: voiceofkashmir

The head of the UN atomic watchdog has urged Iran to accept a deal over its nuclear programme by the end of the year, and "move beyond sanctions". Mohammed ElBaradei said the ball was "very much in the Iranian court". He was speaking as the six major powers negotiating with Tehran were holding talks in Brussels. They are discussing their response ...

20 days ago