Generational Dynamics - Page 10

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: 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: 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: 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

Contents: Russian obstructionism blocks agreement on splitting up the Caspian Sea; New ‘facts on the ground’ may force Russia to change its mind

Contents: Greece’s parliament raises taxes, cuts pensions to satisfy lenders; Germany’s government blocks debt relief for Greece, despite new austerity measures

Contents: North Korea test-fires another ballistic missile; Socialist Venezuela again delays eliminating 100-bolivar notes despite hyperinflation

Contents: Iran’s younger generations propel Rouhani to decisive presidential win; Brief generational history of Iran and Saudi Arabia; Donald Trump gets royal treatment visiting Saudi Arabia

Contents: France’s new president Macron commits troops to Mali ‘as long as necessary’; UN peacekeeping forces grow as jihadist attacks increase and Mali A riddle

Contents: US warplanes strike Syrian regime military convoy near al-Tanf base; Al-Tanf becomes a military flash point because of strategic value

Contents: Washington shocked as Turkey’s security forces attack peaceful protesters; Turkey’s Erdogan leaves empty-handed from meeting with Trump

Contents: Christian vs Muslim violence continues to spread across Central African Republic; CAR refugees threaten to spread Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo

Contents: Syria’s Bashar al-Assad accused of burning thousands of political opponents in crematorium; Final push to expel ISIS from Raqqa, Syria, to begin in June