Tehran, IRNA – Some signs like comments made by politicians close to the power circle in Washington, including Hilary Clinton, suggest that the United States and Western countries are seeking to replicate the CIA Operation Cyclone in Ukraine.

While the world is stunned by the headlines about Ukraine crisi, the increasing evidence of continuous attempts by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to form and arm insurgent extremist forces in Ukraine and the consequences of such measure has attracted less global attention.

by Turan Kislakci

The Russian invasion of Ukraine clearly reveals that the world is witnessing a Cold War. The rivalry between the US and China is also following the pattern of a Cold War. In turn, international organisations such as the UN are going through a major crisis and are disintegrating, while the world order, which was already suffering from a severe crisis for many years, has today moved to a new stage with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

by Nasim Ahmed

The power of veto held by the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council — the US, Russia, China, Britain and France — is one of the most contentious rules of the international organisation. Every now and then proposals are put forward to moderate the use of the veto and prevent a P5 member from abusing its power in the name of "vital national interests".

by Yvonne Ridley

Is Pakistan embarking on its own version of the Arab Spring? The incredible scenes of people power from Peshawar to Islamabad, Lahore to Karachi and beyond suggest that 227 million Pakistanis are on the brink of something momentous. If so, they could smash dynastic Pakistani politics forever.

by Dr Mustafa Fetouri

NATO as an organisation and through its thirty individual members has been doing its utmost to help Ukraine against Russia's invasion ever since Moscow launched its attack in February. Even before the war started, some NATO members were offering Kyiv all kinds of assistance, including what many western officials call "lethal aid", an American euphemism much like "enemy combatants" and "collateral damage".

by Dr Ramzy Baroud

The meeting between Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the eastern Chinese city of Huangshan on 30 March is likely to go down in history as decisive in the relations between the two Asian giants. It was not only important due to its timing or the fact that it reaffirmed the growing ties between Moscow and Beijing, but also because of the resolute political discourse articulated by the two top diplomats.

by Pitamber Kaushik

What does the Valmiki Ramayana tell us about Non-Vegetarianism of its protagonist and deuteragonists?

The anniversary of the fateful day when US troops took the Iraqi capital Baghdad in 2003 will no doubt be marked this week with a deafening silence in Washington, because it was also the day when the so-called victors looted and plundered the country's banks. The fact that such daylight robbery was being filmed by the media was no deterrent to the thieves.

by Yvonne Ridley

Economic warfare is the name of America's new revenge mission against the people of Afghanistan and it could prove to be far more deadly than its 20-year military occupation which ended in a humiliating defeat and retreat as the last US soldiers scrambled to get out of Kabul last year.

by Omar Ahmed

Pakistan is going through a constitutional crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided a no-confidence vote on Sunday which was initiated by opposition legislators late last month in an attempt to oust him amid accusations of economic mismanagement and spiralling inflation. In response, Khan claimed that a "foreign conspiracy" was being hatched by the US to overthrow his government over its "independent" foreign policy posturing which was steering the country away from the West and closer to the Sino-Russian axis.

by Dr Adnan Abu Amer

The Russian-Ukrainian war has caused alarm bells to ring in Israel's decision-making circles because of what are seen as growing doubts about the US as a reliable ally. Ukraine was basically left alone to deal with Putin; Iran is doing what it wishes; and the humiliation of the withdrawal from Afghanistan hangs heavy in the international air. Together, this is pushing Israelis to ask if they can trust the US in wartime; or is it changing too much and is now too weak?

by Omar Ahmed

As the first conflict to take place in the era of popular cancel culture, the widespread social media backlash against Russia's invasion of Ukraine last month and ongoing military operations was expected.