Author: synergia
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White House sought options to strike Iran
US National Security Council requested the Department of Defence to provide military options to strike Iran last year after mortar shells and rocket fired by militants exploded near US diplomatic facilities in Baghdad. US National Security Council is the principal forum which is used by the President…
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Trump threatens sanctions on Turkey
Donald Trump has warned its NATO ally to beware of the devastating wrath of US economic pressure if Turkey dares to attack its Kurdish allies left behind after it withdraws its troops from Syria. The Syrian Civil War has been going on since 2011. It began during the Arab Spring protests and due to…
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Tehran designing “modern” uranium fuel
Iran is “on the verge” of producing fuel made up of highly enriched uranium, Iran’s top nuclear power official said. While it hasn’t reached a weapons-grade level, the new fuel might still cross the threshold set by the 2015 nuclear deal. In 2015, Iran agreed to a long-term deal on its nuclear…
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Greek PM faces confidence test
Alexis Tsipras, the Greek prime minister, faces a confidence vote in parliament next week after the ruling Syriza party’s coalition partner announced it was pulling out of the government. Alexis Tsipras is a Greek politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Greece and the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2015…
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Growing Saudi-Pakistan relations
Saudi Arabia plans to set up a $10 billion oil refinery in Pakistan’s southwestern coast of Baluchistan, the Saudi energy minister said. The new refinery will be built at Gwadar, the Indian Ocean port that is being developed with the help of China. The bilateral relationship between Saudi Arabia and…
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Border Wall halts US government
The Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell has issued a warning about the economic costs of the ongoing government shutdown. President Trump is not backing down from his demand for the border wall funding and is prepared to impose a national emergency to fulfil his campaign…
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Saudi Arabia attracts potential investors
Saudi Arabia sold $7.5 billion of international bonds in the first test of how much damage the brutal killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi has inflicted on foreign investor confidence in the oil-rich kingdom. Jamal Khashoggi is one of the Arab world’s most prominent…
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Time running out for PM May
U.K. politicians will resume debating Theresa May’s apparently doomed Brexit deal on Friday, with fresh warnings over what’s at stake ringing in their ears. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union, stunning Europe and the world in general. The EU employs a set of policies for its 28-member…
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Qatar aims for African influence
Qatar has joined the global powers and nations that are working to increase their influence on the African continent, opening its taps for aid and cooperation. Qatar is a country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the north-eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. In the 21st century…
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World’s Oceans are warming up
Scientists have projected that the world’s oceans are heating up faster than estimated. The ocean temperatures have set up a new record in 2018 and are damaging marine life. The world’s oceans cover nearly 70 per cent of the planet and are home to most of life on earth. The ocean nurtures both the microscopic…