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The public stoning involved a couple in their 20s. The woman was wearing a full face veil.

The public stoning involved a couple in their 20s. The woman was wearing a full face veil.

The public stoning involved a couple in their 20s. The woman was wearing a full face veil.

Iran Nuclear Deal is filled with loop-hole phrases that allows Iran to technically make nuclear missiles. Ambassador John Bolton states that the plan was a complete failure and one of the better options would to essentially start over when the next president is sworn in.

Despite constant criticism of Iran Nuclear Deal, Joe Biden still defends the plan. Claims that the U.S. is ready and able to take action if Iran breaks the deal and says America has full control over Iran.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the Syria crisis by phone on Monday, expressing their full support for Syria peace talks in Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

ISIS had entered the town of Kobani, near the Syrian and Turkish border. This came a day after Turkish lawmakers had stated that they gave the government full power to deal with ISIS.

Now it seems ISIS has taken control of Kobani.

This is the first indication that I got that shows that there is a separate provincial government in Northern Iraq that has almost full autonomy. They also have a stronger combat force than the Iraqi government.

This article touches on an array of ideas but for the sake of my research I focused on the "Thirty Years War" section. Douglass Murray from The Spectator conveys the perspective that the Middle East is likely to be going through a similar 17th century European 30 years war, when Protestant and Catholics launched a full fledged war against one another. This means that religious war in the Middle East is so much bigger than just al-Qaeda and similar groups. The conflict will re-align the region, but also the entire religion of Islam. Douglass says the outcome would call for a Treaty of Westphalia-style solution, redrawing boundaries of a region where they've been bursting for decades.  For the time being the drivers of the conflict is a standoff between the two regional powers and their affiliated proxies, Saudi Arabia and Iran. 

Tunisia kicked off investor meetings for a Eurobond without US guarantees. Tunisia's stock market has already shown political stability. Tunis index rose more than 16 percent in 2014 and trades 10 percent below record highs hit before the Arab Spring. Tunisia has potential to reform but it is in need of foreign direct investment to drive economic growth and job creation. Tunisia signed a two year deal with the international Monetary Fund in 2013, agreeing to follow certain economic policies; keeping its deficit under control, making the foreign exchange market more flexible and structural reforms.

This article suggests that OPEC is losing control of global oil prices. The article addresses budget considerations for smaller OPEC producers, like Venezuela, and the battle over market share between OPEC and gulf producers.

This article gives a full timeline of the development of cybersecurity and warfare since 1998. It provides a scope of how important cyber warfare has become as a global weapon.

In this Washington Post opinion article, the author calls for the full recognition of the Palestinian state by the US. A staunch proponent for the two-state solution, the author states throughout his argument that recognition is the only way forward in the peace process.

Saudi will supply full contracted volumes of crude oil to at least two Asian term buyers in May

An article from the firm's blog talking about World War II weapons being used in the Syrian Civil War. I found both the article and accompanying video very interesting. Besides showing a bunch of very old weapons being used and the essentially finding new life in this conflict, it also shows a government stockpile seized by rebels full of Stg 44s (assault rifles from Nazi Germany). For me this raises the question of how did they get there?

Egypt's foreign minister Shoukry spoke with NPR on the stability of Egypt and the state of democracy. He says Egypt is still on course to full democratization and is confident in the government's capability to lead.

A group of 5 men, aged 21-24, were arrested recently for taking a boat full of 200 people and trying to illegally smuggle them across waters. If anyone tried to escape the tightly packed boat, one of the five men would beat them with sticks and knives and forced them back inside.

This article talks about the Parliament to draft a new law. This new law will ban niqab (full-face veil) in government institutions and public places.

This article is about the draft of a bill that may lead into a ban on the full face veil, the niqab. Lawmakers suggest that the veil is not a religious requirement and therefore banning it does not impede religious freedom.