India ponders link between Chian and Northeast rebels;
Armed guards may be removed from commercial ships;
Burma's army blocks leader's bid for presidency;
Pak officer assisted Taliban in Kabul attack;
China blocks India bid to sanction Pak terrorist
On July 7, the American Foreign Policy Council (AFPC) held the fourth installment of its Defense Technology Program’s Understanding Cybersecurity lunch briefing series for Congressional Staffers. This event, entitled, “How the Caliphate is Communicating:” Understanding and Countering the Islamic State’s Messaging outlined how and why the Islamic State has been winning the “war of ideas” through the use of social media, and how the group is using social media to further its operations...
If North Korea could develop and test a nuclear weapon, even under a stringent arms control regime, why can't Iran also build a bomb under a far less ample nuclear deal?
Tehran doubles down in Afghanistan;
Iran's hand in Yemen's chaos;
A deepening water crisis;
For Iran, brightening economic horizons;
The tussle of the S-300
Meet the bit players in Russia's media war;
Moscow plays Palestinian peacemaker