Political Affairs

The People's Liberation Army (PLA; simplified Chinese: 中国人民解放军; traditional Chinese: 中國人民解放軍; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn) is the military arm of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the de facto armed forces of the People's Republic of China,...

The Korean People's Army (KPA) (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선인민군; Chosŏn inmin'gun), also known as the People's Army (Chosŏn'gŭl: 인민군; Inmin Gun), are the military forces of North Korea. Kim Jong-un is the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army and Chairman of...

The Strait of Hormuz / h ɔr ˈ m uː z / Persian: تَنگِه هُرمُز Tangeh-ye Hormoz, Arabic: مَضيق هُرمُز Maḍīq Hurmuz) is a strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. It is the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one...

The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá ) is a 48-mile (77.1 km) ship canal in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean (via the Caribbean Sea) to the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international...

The Suez Canal (Arabic: قناة السويس Qanāt al-Sūwais ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869 after 10 years of construction work, it allows transportation by water between...

) With the threats billowing out of North Korean regime, concern is mounting that there could be an all-out war between North Korea one side and South Korea and the US on the other. However, we see the world community and the UN doing nothing to calm...

The Nitaqat law, introduced to accelerate the nationalisation process, makes it mandatory for small and medium businesses to hire one Saudi national for every 10 migrant workers they employ. "About 250,000 trade, industrial and service firms have been...

Monday, September 03, 2012 - According to media news U.S. arms sales to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion. Congressional Research Service has recently issued report detailing that American arms sales hit a record high in 2011....

Mother Teresa of Calcutta; 1986 at a public pro-life meeting in Bonn, Germany Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, [1] born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Albanian: [aˈɲɛs ˈɡɔɲdʒa bɔjaˈdʒiu] ) and commonly known as Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), was...

Jacob Zuma, former vice president of South Africa. Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (born 12 April 1942) is the President of South Africa, [5] elected by parliament following his party's victory in the 2009 general election. Zuma is the President of the African...