We last saw Anusheh Naveed Ashraf of Pakistan in a video alongside News-Decoder’s most senior supporter. Now Anusheh has received some very good news that deserves to be shared — she has won a Fulbright Scholarship to study in the United States. Anusheh’s success is a...
By Bernd Debusmann When President Barack Obama announced the opening of a new chapter in U.S. relations with Cuba last December, he said, “We cannot keep doing the same thing and expect a different result.” The phrase echoed Albert Einstein’s definition of insanity...
You might think Sri Lanka would be small change for Asia’s two powerhouses. But maneuvering by China and India underscores the strategic importance both attach to the island nation. Called Ceylon in English until 1972, Sri Lanka occupies a strategic location in the...
By Barry Moody The Islamist massacre of nearly 150 university students in Kenya last week will accentuate concerns about the capacity of this strategic Western ally to face a mounting threat from al Qaeda’s Somali allies. The killings, which occurred only three months...
By Jane Macartney China’s ruling Communist Party has just announced it will put on trial its most senior official to be arrested for corruption since the Party swept to power more than 65 years ago. It is a part of a campaign by Party chief and President Xi Jinping to...