U.S ranked eighth internationally, behind China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt and Somalia. ..…

There are now sovereign wealth funds of countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and China that are lacking in sufficient land or reliable water supplies to grow enough food to feed their populations and do not want to rely on the workings of the “free market” to supply..…

Trump's new war cabinet is filled with bomb-first hawks who want a more militarist foreign policy toward not only Iran and North Korea, but also Russia and China. . The Trump administration has already doubled down on an alliance with Saudi Arabia and Israel as a bulwark against the further..…

The countries with the most death penalty are China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United States, nations accounting for 96% of all recorded executions last year, stated Piers Bannister, death Coordinator for Amnesty International, during his opening session presentation.. ..…

Iran and the permanent members of United Nations Security Council United States, France, Britain, Russia and China plus Germany signed July 2015 and started implementing it January 2016.. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and United Arab Emirates cut ties with Qatar on June 5, officially..…

Among the exceptions are the largest and most powerful states China, the US, Russia, India, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.. ..…

The Bush administration believes one answer is to fund defensive anti-missile systems -- and sell them to U.S allies such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel.. Recently, China, France, Britain, Soviet Union and United States agreed to report to each other on sales of big-ticket military..…

CFR members are pessimistic about the potential for increased democracy in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Russia. ... About four-in-ten expect both countries to be about the same as they are today (40% China, 41% Iran), while relatively few predict that China and Iran will become less..…

This report includes data on every nation with a Muslim population of more than 10 million except Algeria, China, India, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. ..…

It depends on making peace with the Taliban and a comprehensive regional settlement with all of Afghanistan’s direct neighbors—China, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan—and significant near neighbors—India, Russia, and Saudi Arabia. ..…

Also, of the 10 countries with very high government restrictions, only two are in the Middle East and North Africa (Saudi Arabia and Egypt), while seven are in Asia (Iran, Uzbekistan, China, Burma, the Maldives, Malaysia and Brunei). ..…

Finally, from Iran in the west to Pakistan in the east, from Central Asian Republics in the north to the regional powers of India, China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Russia, Bonn Agreement failed to bind Afghanistan's neighbors into the long-term project of building new, more peaceful..…

They have included North Korea, China, Burma [also known as Myanmar], Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, Eritrea and Uzbekistan. . ..…