World View: China Builds Illegal Surface-to-Air Missile Sites in South China Sea
Contents: China builds illegal surface-to-air missile sites in South China Sea; Xi Jinping threatens Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters with ‘Red Line’
Contents: China builds illegal surface-to-air missile sites in South China Sea; Xi Jinping threatens Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters with ‘Red Line’
Contents: Fed Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen says ‘no financial crisis in our lifetimes’; Examining the stock market bubble; Remembering Alan Greenspan as Fed Chairman; Remembering Ben Bernanke as Fed Chairman
Contents: China repudiates its Hong Kong ‘One Country, Two Systems’ agreement with Britain; Hong Kong handover celebration marred by thuggish treatment of dissidents
Contents: France struggles with hundreds of migrants returning to Calais campground; Italy begs for help after 12,000 migrants arrive in four days
Contents: Thousands in cities across India protest lynchings of Muslims and Dalits by cow vigilantes; Concerns grow over communal violence between Hindus and Muslims
Contents: China threatens India over military border clash in Sikkim state; Trump, meeting Modi in Washington, approves sale of 22 drones to India
Contents: Egypt’s president al-Sisi hands contested Red Sea islands over to Saudi Arabia; US troops in Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) not affected by island handover
Contents: Hezbollah’s Nasrallah makes delusional speech about ‘foreign fighters’ attacking Israel; Saudis report close relationships between Hezbollah and Qatar; How to do a generational analysis of the Mideast.
Contents: Saudi Arabia, UAE leak 13 demands to end Qatar crisis; UAE threatens ‘parting of the ways’ unless Qatar meets 13 demands; Al-Jazeera takes center stage in the Gulf crisis
Contents: India’s ‘Operation All-Out’ brings Kashmir closer to all-out war; Kashmir escalations building to all-out war; Multiple terrorist attacks across Pakistan kill nearly 50
Contents: Voting for statehood will not save Puerto Rico from financial crisis; Puerto Rico plunges into contentious bankruptcy proceedings; Illinois bond rating expected to be cut to junk status
Contents: Selection of new Saudi crown prince portends rapid changes in Mideast; Mohammed bin Salman expected to follow a belligerent foreign policy; Iran’s ballistic missile launch on Syria said to be a flop
Contents: DRC’s president Kabila refusal to step down threatens African stability; Catholic Church report documents massive government atrocities in DRC’s Kasai region; Brief generational history of DRC’s Kasai region
Contents: Iran scores strategic victory in Syria with land route from Tehran to Mediterranean; Russia warns US that its jets in eastern Syria will be treated as targets
Contents: US coalition warplane shoots down Syrian regime warplane targeting SDF; Iran launches missiles at ISIS targets in Deir az-Zour in major escalation
Contents: Three Palestinians shot dead after killing female Israeli officer; Hamas, ISIS argue over who gets credit for killing female Israeli officer
Contents: Djibouti, Eritrea border clash looms after Qatar withdraws peacekeepers; Tiny Djibouti tries to survive, surrounded by big neighbors
Contents: United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur Sudan to be cut almost in half; Violence continues as before in Darfur; Brief generational history of the Darfur civil war in Sudan
Contents: Australia will pay $100K each to asylum seekers in Manus Island immigration camp; The Manus refugees’ future is still undecided – except for those coming to the US
Contents: In a major victory for China, Panama switches allegiance from Taiwan to China; Taiwan’s harsh response signals increasing tension with China; China expected to continue increasing diplomatic pressure on Taiwan
Contents: Qatar-Arab crisis is unlikely to be resolved soon; Differences between Qatar and Saudi Arabia run deep and will worsen
Contents: Sri Lanka targets radical nationalist Buddhists in Bodu Bala Sena (BBS); Brief generational history of Sri Lanka and Bodu Bala Sena (BBS)
Contents: US special forces join Philippine military fighting Islamist terrorists in Marawi; History of Abu Sayyaf and Maute Group in the Philippines
Contents: Two Chinese citizens in Pakistan executed ten days after being abducted; Execution of Chinese citizens blamed on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ); Concerns grow about the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)
Contents: US warplanes strike Iran-backed pro-Syrian forces twice on Thursday; US and Iran headed for military confrontation in Deir az-Zour in eastern Syria
Contents: Iran says Tehran terror attack was by Iranian nationals in ISIS; Turkey approves troop deployment to Qatar after split with Saudi Arabia
Contents: Qatar crisis triggered by $1 billion ransom payment to Iran and al-Qaeda; How to stop lone wolf attacks in London and Manchester
Contents: Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations cut ties with Qatar in new Mideast crisis; Arab nations’ split caused by Qatar’s relations with Muslim Brotherhood and Iran
Contents: US and Iran-backed troops head for confrontation at al-Tanf on Iraq-Syria border; Iran-backed forces massing near the al-Tanf American base
Contents: Three suicide bombers target Kabul Afghanistan funeral for previous victims; Afghanistan seethes with renewed anger over the attacks
Contents: Five people killed in clashes with police in anti-government rally in Kabul, Afghanistan; Kabul bombing brings back memories of bloody 1990s Afghan civil war
Contents: Kenya launches new China-built railway from Mombasa port to Nairobi; China accused of a policy of ‘debt trap diplomacy’ in infrastructure projects
Contents: Massive terror explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, the largest in years; Afghans blame Pakistan and the Taliban-linked Haqqani network; Afghanistan situation deteriorates, as US considers sending more troops
Contents: Turkey builds a northern Syria ‘National Army’ from Free Syrian Army militias; US begins arming YPG Kurds in northern Syria on eve of battle of Raqqa
Contents: Arrest of Berber activist in Morocco raises Berber-Arab tensions; Brief generational history of Berbers and Arabs
Contents: North Korea launches ninth ballistic missile test this year; The US deploys three aircraft carriers to Korean waters amid talk of war
Contents: India declares nationwide prohibition on sales of cattle for slaughter; More violence in Kashmir after another militant leader is killed; India’s army exults over the successful killing of Sabzar Ahmad Bhat
Contents: Terrorists massacre dozens of Coptic Christians in Egypt; Egypt’s warplanes bomb al-Qaeda jihadist training camps in Libya
Contents: Trump’s Mideast visit triggers renewal of sharp split between Saudi Arabia and Qatar; Qatar claims that it was cyber-attacked after media reports supporting Iran; Vitriolic Saudi-Qatari fault line reopened this week by Trump’s visit; Some useful information that’s good to know
Contents: China’s flagrant snub of Singapore reflects deteriorating ties; India and Singapore launch major naval exercises in South China Sea