Contents: ISIS takes credit for terror attack in Ansbach, southern Germany; Germans in a state of shock after four violent attacks in one week; Knife-wielding massacre near Tokyo Japan kills 19; Germany’s Der Spiegel asks: Is this the Apocalypse Now?
Contents: Migrants trapped in Serbia march toward border with Hungary; The refugee problem continues, despite EU-Turkey deal
Contents: ISIS claims responsibility for attack on Shia Hazaras in Kabul Afghanistan; Kabul attack targeted Afghanistan’s repressed Hazara minority
Contents: Christian pastor leads ‘#ThisFlag’ demonstrations against Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe; Zimbabwe war veterans suddenly turn on Robert Mugabe
Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan gives himself dictatorial powers; Turkey moves away from the West
Contents: Tensions rising between Pakistan and India over Kashmir issue; Mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attack leads Pakistan protests against India
Contents: Thousands in South Sudan flee to Uganda to escape violence; The African Union proposes an all-African peacekeeping force for South Sudan; Uganda’s president opposes arms embargo on South Sudan
Contents: China makes more delusional claims about the South China Sea; China continues to operate within the Philippines exclusive economic zone (EEZ); China’s military deploys bombers and closes part of the South China Sea
Contents: Turkey’s Erdogan gives four-finger ‘R4BIA’ salute, in signal to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood; Bahrain tensions rise as Sunni government cracks down on Shias; Bahrain accuses another top Shia cleric for money laundering
Contents: Attempted army coup in Turkey collapses within hours; Extradition of Fethullah Gulen may be linked to reopening Incirlik air base
Contents: Implications of the attempted coup in Turkey; Turkey coup; Protests and violence continue across Indian-governed Kashmir; Nice France terror attack provokes desperate search for solutions
Contents: UK residential real estate market hit hard by Brexit; The UK housing bubble may finally be collapsing; UK commercial real estate market hard hit by ‘Brexit clauses’
Contents: Police clashes in India-governed Kashmir kill 36 and leaves thousands injured; Jammu-Kashmir violence follows a typical generational timeline after civil war
Contents: UN Court issues harsh ruling condemning China and affirming the Philippines; Tribunal ruling eviscerates China’s ‘Nine-Dash Line’ claims’ China reacts angrily to the Tribunal ruling
Contents: Fears that renewed South Sudan tribal fighting could spiral into larger war; Generational history of South Sudan and Dinka-Nuer clashes
Contents: Violence resurges in Central African Republic’s crisis civil war; In Darfur Sudan, genocidal violence continues after 13 years of civil war; European Union will pay Sudan’s militias to block migration to Europe
Contents: Japan’s elections put constitution’s pacifism clause into question; Nato deploying a ‘tripwire’ of 4,000 soldiers along Russia’s border
Contents: Hard issues prevent full reconciliation between Turkey and Russia; Turkey’s reconciliation with Egypt appears to be unlikely
Contents: Attack on Islam’s holy site in Medina caps end-of-Ramadan jihadist carnage; Bond yields continue to plummet globally into negative territory after Brexit
Contents: Italy bank crisis more dangerous to EU than Brexit; EU Banking Union rules were a reaction to Greece’s financial crisis
Contents: Iraq declares 3 days of national mourning after massive Baghdad bombing; Iraq orders police to stop using bogus ‘bomb detectors’; Former ambassador Jim Moriarty describes the dancing people of Bangladesh
Contents: Bangladesh tries to recover from Dhaka terror attack, the worst in 40 years; Suspicions that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence agency supported the Dhaka attack
Contents: Politicians commemorate the botched World War I Battle of the Somme; The Battle of the Somme and infant mortality; Bangladesh again shocked by major ongoing terrorist attack
Contents: British government shocked as Boris Johnson stands down; After decades of destroying the economy, Zimbabwe wants investors; Venezuela and Puerto Rico join Zimbabwe in economic destruction; After Trump’s exit, Miss Teen USA dumps its swimsuit competition
Contents: Cash stored in vaults as negative interest rates spread; UK was locked out of EU summit for first time in 40 years; Egypt calls Qatar an ‘enemy state’
Contents: Mutual UK-EU loathing at the European Parliament in Brussels; Bombing of Turkey’s airport affects a swirl of diplomatic actions
Contents: Rating agencies downgrade Britain’s AAA credit rating; Christian community in Lebanon targeted by suicide bombers; June 12 bombing of Beirut’s Blom Bank blamed on Hezbollah; Nasrallah responds: Hezbollah gets all its funding from Iran
Contents: Nationalistic tensions increase as UK and EU drift towards Brexit; Japan’s government calls emergency meeting as yen surges after Brexit; Israel and Turkey announcing a reconciliation agreement on Monday
Contents: In new escalation, China cuts communications hotline with Taiwan; Taiwan’s politicians respond to the Brexit referendum result; Britain’s Millennials are furious at Boomers for Brexit vote
Contents: Successful ‘Brexit’ referendum vote throws UK and EU into political chaos; Global stock markets plummet after Brexit surprise
Contents: China claims that 60 countries support its South China Sea policy; China cites UNCLOS in disagreement with Japan; South China Sea: Which countries are on China’s side?; Cognitive dissonance and doubling down in China
Contents: Turkey and Israel close to restoring diplomatic relations; Turkey drops demand for lifting the blockade of Gaza; Proposal for offshore seaport raises controversy; Russia improves military ties with Israel, will not veto relationship with Turkey
Contents: China’s ‘ironclad proof’ of South China Sea claims revealed as hoax; The craziness of China’s claims in South China Sea; France calls for European navies to patrol the South China Sea; A request to readers: Protect the Generational Dynamics legacy
Contents: Iran threatens coup, after Bahrain revokes citizenship of Shia cleric; Iran reacts to a series of repeated anti-Shia moves by Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
Contents: Pakistan reopens border crossing with Pakistan after week of gunfights; Tensions grow over the Durand Line defining the Pak-Afghan border
Contents: Children in Calais and Dunkirk refugee camps forced into rape, prostitution; Médecins Sans Frontières announces it will reject further European aid
Contents: UAE backs out of Saudi coalition in Yemen, saying ‘War is over’; Saudi Arabia is condemned for Yemen’s humanitarian disaster
Contents: ASEAN makes humiliating South China Sea reversal under pressure from China; Obama administration reevaluates plans for Afghanistan troop withdrawal
Contents: German 10 year bund yield goes negative, as deflationary spiral continues; Brexit: The polls versus the bookies
Contents: Heavy fighting along Eritrea-Ethiopia border raises fears of war; Generational history of Ethiopia and Eritrea
