Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Two sets of laws govern most surveillance that US intelligence agencies conduct
Military experts say Syria strike raises questions about impact to stem violence
DOJ official spent 14 years in senior positions at Justice and nearly 12 years as top federal prosecutor for the state of Maryland
After nine-month pause, March 2 drone strike leads to speculation about a policy shift
Interviews with watchdogs, VOA records review show that while president has taken some steps he promised, he's failed to fully implement his own trust agreement
US Embassy in Kabul has started turning away Afghan military translators and other Afghan nationals seeking to immigrate to the United States through a decade-old special visa program
Preliminary data collected by experts who study hate and extremism show sharp regional increases in anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic incidents, even though many crimes go unreported; no nationwide data are yet available, but an overall increase seems likely
FBI and lawmakers are conducting various probes into growing national controversy
The real reason the Afghan Taliban is not on the list has more to do with political considerations than whether it meets the statutory criteria for a terrorist designation
Some advocacy groups are turning away US federal grants over rumblings administration might focus its counterterrorism effort exclusively on Muslim radicals
The chance of an American being killed in an attack carried out by a foreign-born terrorist is 1 in 3.6 million per year, analyst says
It takes 57-nation Organization of Islamic Conference more than two days to react, and only with carefully worded statement that falls short of denunciation heard in US, Europe
Trump has doggedly pursued business deals in Russia, a pursuit that dates back decades to the twilight of the Soviet Union
His image in Middle East leaves much to be desired, with once-enthusiastic Muslim public increasingly disillusioned by the unfulfillment of lofty promises
Trump has professed no great power doctrine and his advisers discourage labels to his vision of the world
While predecessors worked to avoid alienating Muslim allies, president-elect stresses that very dimension and the need to counter it ideologically
Whether he makes any new business deals is irrelevant, Stuart Gilman says; 'He'll be conflicted the moment he steps into the office'
The Justice Department took Deutsche Bank to court, alleging it had defrauded investors into buying risky mortgage securities before the US housing market collapse in 2008
President-elect has disputed US intelligence findings that Russia sought through hacking to influence election in his favor, is skeptical of utility of daily briefings
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