Ashish Kumar Sen

Good news from Pakistan  There was a spot of good news from Pakistan this week.The Pakistani Taliban, which has killed tens of thousands of civilians in suicide attacks, split in two after a significant faction rejected the militant group’s leader, Maulana Fazlullah, saying “the present leadership has lost its path.” 

It will take more than a hashtag to free the girls In the year 2012, Joseph Kony, a self-proclaimed spokesman of God and even more dangerously the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, became the subject of an online video campaign aimed at bringing him to justice.

Obama invites Modi to US US President Barack Obama on Friday called Narendra Modi to congratulate him on the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral success and invite him to visit the US. Obama invited Modi to visit Washington "at a mutually agreeable time to further strengthen our bilateral relationship", the White House said in its readout of the phone call.

Obama praises India vote US President Barack Obama on Monday congratulated Indians for completing national elections and said he looks forward to working closely with a new government in New Delhi.

It's time for an 'honest' conversation on Egypt Egypt’s relationship with the United States of America has been tested by the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi by the army last summer and it will require a “candid, honest” conversation to heal the rift, according to Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy.

Ukraine crisis: US imposes fresh sanctions on Russia The US on Monday imposed a fresh round of economic sanctions on Russian officials and entities, ratcheting up pressure on Moscow in an effort to halt its meddling in eastern Ukraine.

US readies fresh sanctions against Russia U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Thursday accused Russia of “distraction, deception and destabilisation” in eastern Ukraine and warned that it will face crippling sanctions if it does not stop fomenting unrest. Kerry’s warning came hours after Russia conducted military exercises near Ukraine’s border and a week after the US, Russia, European Union and Ukraine agreed in Geneva to take steps to de-escalate the crisis.