It was a dream-come-true for me to visit Oxford. I have wanted to study there ever since I was a child. I still have not achieved that, but the visit was almost as magical. Mystical, magical, and drenched in history, Oxford is an explorer’s delight. An hour’s train ride away from London is over before […]
Iran appears to be coming out of a long period of isolation and sanctions imposed by Western nations. Yet, it is still not completely out of the woods. The international community had to wait until June 30 for the final deal to be put into place. The framework of the nuclear deal reached between the U.S.-led […]
As street fighting in Yemen intensifies, Russia has demanded an early emergency session of the U.N. Security Council to halt airstrikes by Saudi-led forces that are badly hurting the civilian population of the impoverished nation. Why are Saudi aircrafts bombing Yemen? Why has an internal civil war in Yemen turned into a proxy war between […]
I could never be a police officer. Imagine the type of control it takes just to make a regular, “Your blinker is broken,” traffic stop. You hit the lights and the big, black SUV with the tinted out windows slowly pulls off to the side of the road. You are pulling them over because you […]
India-China border stand-off continues where it has been for the past 50 years despite Chinese and Indian political leadership visiting and signing many agreements. The last few months have witnessed an increase in incursions by Chinese military into western, middle and eastern sectors of India. The Indian political leadership attributes such incidents to difference of […]
North Korea has been hit with sanctions even though the communist nation has continued to deny having any part in the Sony hack attack. President Obama has signed sanctions against the country on Friday. The United States has determined that the attacks came from the rogue country. The new sanctions being issued by the White […]
Migration is a double-edged sword as we must try to find other solutions–outside of our nation or state–when governments fail to provide equal economic opportunities. In particular, when they are unable to generate economic growth, reduce poverty, and income inequality among their citizens. Though I would not suggest it to anyone even as the last […]