The CIA’s discovery of the Soviet Union’s covert plan to transport intermediate-range nuclear missiles to Cuba spawned the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. U.S. President John F.

              According to the 2011 Thomas Reuters Foundation Poll, Pakistan is the world’s most dangerous country for women.

Since the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in December 2011, the international community has earnestly watched the political transition to successor and son Kim Jong Un. In January 2012, North Korea expressed that it was ready to negotiate a deal to halt its nuclear enrichment program, a promising step for the isolated nation.  The promise did not last long. On April 13^th, North Korea made headlines yet again with its third failed missile rocket launch.   

March 10, 2012 marked the 53^rd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese invasion. Amid the chaos in 1959, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee to India; therefore, March has become the traditional month for protest by Tibetan activists to speak out against the plight of Tibetans in China. Since March 2011, in protest to Chinese rule and increasing tensions in ethnically Tibetan parts

The Obama administration is currently conducting a study of the United States’ nuclear arsenal and nuclear war plans.  Experts advise President Barack Obama to reduce the number of deployed and reserved weapons in the interests of national security and decreasing the deficit.&nbs

On February 13^th the United Nations General Assembly held a meeting to address the year-long Syrian conflict that has claimed more than 7,500 lives. UN General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser called on the international community to demand an immediate end to human rights violations and the prolonged violence between rebel factions and the Syrian government that has spared no one, including women and children.