Noor Jalal Jalali, Minister of Public Health, met Thursday with Anthony Dutemple, Director General of the Chain of Hope (CDE), to discuss numerous issues around health. Jalali discussed the organization’s strategy, maternal and child health activities, support for emergency obstetric and gynecological services, provision of training programs aimed at enhancing the capacity of healthcare workers, equipping the cardiac treatment department […]

Why Xi Keeps Winning the Summitry Game In January, after weeks of threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to annex Canada as the “51st state,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, radiating cordiality toward the leaders of a country he had called Canada’s greatest geopolitical threat less than a year earlier. In a […]

Les États-Unis se trouvent à un tournant où deux choix s’offrent à eux. Ils peuvent soit opérer une transition pour passer du statut d’Hégémon mondial à celui d’un pays prospère et pacifique collaborant d’égal à égal avec toutes les autres nations, soit s’obstiner à rester un empire en faillite et violent cherchant à maintenir son contrôle sur toutes les autres […]

Pakistan’s army chief, Asim Munir, warned that military operations targeting militant infrastructure and safe havens inside Afghanistan would intensify, as relations between Islamabad and the Taliban continue to deteriorate over security disputes. Speaking at a high-level security meeting attended by senior military officials, Munir said the presence of militant groups in Afghanistan had produced “reverse consequences” for Pakistan’s security and […]

China is looking to engineer an off-ramp to end the current U.S.-Iran conflict without forcing Tehran to fold. On May 6, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met in Beijing with China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss the ongoing conflict and deepen relations between Tehran and Beijing — two members of an emerging Axis of Aggressors. The meeting was held […]