
A new profile of US Secretary of State John Kerry in The New Yorker casts light on the stormy relationship between the US and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who have often clashed publicly over the Iran nuclear deal and the
by Breitbart Jerusalem15 Dec 2015, 12:59 AM PST0

China once again has its hackles up over a U.S. report criticizing the country’s violations of religious freedom, and is insisting that America stop interfering in China’s internal affairs under the pretext of defending religious liberty.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.16 Oct 2015, 8:33 AM PST0

The Taliban is running wild in Kabul, killing and maiming Afghan soldiers on a daily basis, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a national audience Monday night that neighboring Pakistan is partly to blame for the chaos in his country.
by Jordan Schachtel11 Aug 2015, 7:50 PM PST0

The U.S. State Department’s recent rejection of an Iraqi nun’s request for a visa has ignited a firestorm, with conservatives calling for an official congressional probe into the decision.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.5 May 2015, 2:03 PM PST0

All but one of the members of an Iraqi delegation of minority groups—comprising representatives of the Yazidi and Turkmen Shia religious communities—have been granted visas to come for official meetings in Washington. The lone member denied a visa was the only Iraqi Christian in the group, a Catholic nun.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.30 Apr 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

The U.S. State Department wants a “full, frank” acknowledgement of the facts surrounding the mass killing of Armenians in World War I, but demurred when it came to labeling it “a genocide.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Apr 2015, 5:56 AM PST0