"The US and the West are not waiting for the opposition to restructure politically or to possess military discipline, but are waiting to see clearly who will win and when in Syria. While waiting though, they lose both in Syria and in the region."--Ufuk Ulutaş If at the outset of the Syrian conflict one was to mention that the West was aiding and abetting Assad, very few would have believed.…

The danger faced by children at school in the US has become so great that teachers now carry guns to school. The decision to begin arming teachers came in response to one fateful morning on Friday the 14th December, 2012, when Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, USA. Opening fire without remorse, he hunted down and slaughtered 20 small children between the ages of…

I had just over five minutes to address a diverse audience about the overnight killing of protesters in Rabaa Al-Adawiya in Cairo. The news from Egypt had made this a sad day. Some reports said over 120 people had been killed in Rabaa Al-Adawiya, many of them Morsi supporters. A few hours before, just after fajr, early news was trickling through of some deaths in Cairo but it did not…

Event: MUAR: The Government will not trade off Malaysia's dignity and lead it to bankruptcy in regard to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) negotiations held in Kota Kinabalu last week. Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Hamim Samuri said the government would not ink any agreement without considering the views of all concerned parties and safeguarding the people's rights. "This is evident from the nation's earnings of around…