"If anybody a year ago had said the United States and Iran might today be cooperating in dealing with a major international crisis, they would have been regarded as deranged."--- The Guardian Editorial Over the years, the official narrative advocated by both Washington and Tehran is that America and Iran are adversaries competing with one another for influence in the Middle East. But the civil war in Syria and more…

Swathes of flowers, chocolates, cards, and gifts once again line the aisles of supermarkets, department stores, and card shops across the UK in preparation for Mother's Day on the 30th March. Array upon array of merchandise with "I love mum" labels saturates the shelves of retailers, as if words and actions from children are not enough to convince mothers of the affection their offspring have for them, that they need…

The sadness of the loss of MH370 which has caught the attention of the world has not settled down and yet, we are shocked again with the death of six teenagers in a concert held at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. The Future Music Festival Asia 2014 (FMFA) concert which entered its third day was canceled due to the death of several teenagers who allegedly overdosed drugs while three other…

The arrival in Egypt on the 19th February, 2014, of General Viktor Bondarev, the head of Russia's Air Force, so soon after Egypt's military dictator, the self-promoted Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, visited Russian President Vladimir Putin on the 13th February, and the warm welcomes and talk of military cooperation and arms negotiations worth $3 billion is no surprise. Russia has never made a serious pretence at democracy. America, on…