Turkey’s relations with Russia are going through a major crisis that was, most probably, initiated by recent events in Georgia and South Ossetia. Russian border police halted shipments from Turkey claiming there was inaccurate paper work, and the passage of US military ships through the Straits of Dardanelles has sparked controversy since Russia believes this […]

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The Israel government increasingly is frustrated as Syria continues its diplomatic fight to gain support from nations such as France and Turkey in its efforts to secure the peace it desires from Israel. President Bashar Assad recently met with President Sarkozy of France and Turkey’s prime minister, Erdogan. As one Israel diplomat commented, “He(Assad) no […]

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said any attack on Iran would be a disaster not merely for the Middle East but for the entire world. “Nobody in the world will be able to bear the consequences of any action that is not peaceful because it would not result in a solution but in a disaster.” During […]

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the Equity and Human Rights Commission’s annual study which examines the number of women given top positions in business, politics, and the public sector, found women’s representation has fallen in almost half the industries surveyed. They discovered there has been the biggest backward step for workplace gender equity in the past five years. The Commission […]

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The animosity between Turkey and Armenia is rooted in events of the past, particularly the genocide committed against Armenian people in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Turkey has relied on the process of historical denial to confront a terrible event in its past, but President Abdullah Gul has decided it is time to […]

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A group representing the interests of the 1.7 million servicemen and women who have served in the Middle East have issued a 10 point action plan they wish implemented by the next president. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America(IAVA) insist the new occupant of the White House finally gets down to dealing with veteran […]

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Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden bluntly told members of the Israel press the United States will support Israel’s right to make its own decisions and any action by Israel should be one made by its leaders without any influence on the part of the United States. “Israel has a right to defend itself and it […]

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The Iranian government has sentenced four women’s rights activists to six months in jail, including one woman who recently received a $75,000 human rights award. It was the latest sign of a crackdown on female activists who are challenging the government’s record on human rights. According to Sussan Tahmashebi, “This is part of a […]

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Millions of Americans watched anxiously as the previously unknown Governor Sarah Palin delivered her acceptance speech for the vice presidential nomination. After glowingly introducing her lovely family, the Alaska politician got down to the real issues confronting American society. Unlike, most political analysts and societal leaders, Governor Palin identified the issues that most concern the […]

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A half century ago Adolf Hitler died in the rubble that was Berlin, but his spirit still lives on in rather quirky ways in nations such as Sweden. About seventeen new groups have been formed in Sweden over the past two years which apparently think Adolf Hitler has something to offer young people in the […]

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