Final frontier of reality TV: Space

America and Australia have their fair share of similarities -- both are former British colonies with English as a primary language, both occupy giant chunks of land, and both are characterized by their independent frontier spirits -- but is this ...

NEW DELHI: It's a busy day at Delhi's mini-Tibet. Karten Tsering (45), pradhan of the bustling colony is chatting with elders from the neighborhood in his colourful office at Samyeling, New Aruna Nagar Colony, located near Majnu Ka Tilla. He seems ...

By Jonathan Adelman & Asaf Romirowsky When we think of Israel, we usually think of the Middle East (its neighborhood), North America (its close ally the United States) and Europe (the long history of Ashkenazi Jews). Rarely do we think about Israel ...

It is now 33 years since the Australian War Memorial (AWM) was first asked to consider recognising the ''frontier wars''. The suggestion came from a distinguished historian and consultant to the memorial, none other than Geoffrey Blainey. Blainey's ...

Lagos, Nigeria - Having successfully liberated the continent from colonialism, racism and apartheid, African leaders must now give the fullest possible attention to the economic emancipation of their countries, Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan ...

PESHAWAR, May 7: The federal government on Tuesday expressed inability before the Peshawar high Court to deploy more Frontier Constabulary platoons in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, saying 69 platoons serving in Karachi, Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan were ...

Rwandas President Paul Kagame recently wrote a bullish op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about the new lions of Africa, referring to African economies Rwanda included that are poised to follow the growth path of the East Asian tiger economies of the ...

, reported the wire service AFP. A self-sustaining mechanized colony that mines and exports resources from the Moon could be a reality in 20 years. Helping to meet the demand for materials is the key to innovation on Earth. That was the view of a ...

In any case, it is easier to define a state than a nation, two of the main attributes of a state being recognised borders and the exercise of sovereignty within those borders We are supposed to be living in an age of nation-states. But most nations ...