Is Vladimir Putin spending time with his girlfriend and love child?; Fighting heats up on Myanmar (Burma) border with China; Report: Iran’s Supreme Leader has already vetoed any nuclear deal
Putin’s disappearance may be part of a major Moscow political crisis; Fears grow of violence between Kadyrov’s security forces and Putin’s FSB
Greece threatens to confiscate German property as war reparations; South Ossetia discourages trips to Georgia for medical care; Karachi Pakistan fears ‘nuclear nightmare’ over planned nuclear reactors
Fears grow of Shia revenge killings in Iraq; Russia plans military development, including nuclear weapons, in Crimea
Iran elects hardliner to head Assembly of Experts; Greece’s deflationary spiral continues with consumer prices down 2.2%; European Central Bank tries desperate measure to fight deflation
Vladimir Putin brags about how he lied about Russia’s invasion of Crimea; Europe to Greece: Stop wasting time and get serious about reforms
Libya’s two rival governments in unity talks to fight ISIS; UAE may replace Saudis as Egypt’s most important Arab ally; Boko Haram kills 58 in multiple bombings in Maiduguri, Nigeria; Boko Haram declares allegiance to ISIS
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan seek ‘Sunni unity’ versus Iran; Turkey’s Erdogan shuts out Al-Sisi and Egypt from discussions; After a year, experts still guessing about Malaysia Airlines 370
Khamenei’s illness may signal generational policy change in Iran; Palestinians vote to end security agreement with Israel
Turkey and Armenia schedule conflicting WW I centennial commemorations; China continues its double-digit military spending increases
Londoner takes amazing picture of weasel on flying woodpecker’s back; Failure of Austrian bank portends major new round of euro crisis; Iran Revolutionary Guards commander leads Iraq’s attack on Tikrit
Why did ISIS release 19 Assyrian Christian hostages?; Iran aids Iraq’s army in attack to recapture Tikrit from ISIS
Reports indicate Egypt, Italy, Russia planning military action in Libya; Egypt court declares Hamas to be a terrorist organization; Egypt and Turkey may try to create a ‘Sunni front’ with Saudi Arabia
China’s South China Sea building spree threatens neighbors; US Navy says that China now has more attack submarines than US
Arab countries moving Yemen ambassadors from Sanaa to Aden; Yemen’s banks deteriorate as the economy collapses; US CPI continues in deflation, as Europe offers negative interest bonds
Greece’s PM Tsipras faces opposition from EU bailout deal; Cyprus gives Russia access to Cypriot ports on the Mediterranean
ISIS kidnaps around 90 Assyrian Christians in Syria; John Kerry says that Russia has repeatedly lied to his face
Sectarian violence surging all across Pakistan; Greece misses deadline for submitting reforms list.
Deadly MERS virus surging early in Saudi Arabia; India has worst H1N1 swine flu outbreak in years; Egypt’s al-Sisi calls for a joint Arab military force; Armenia’s president sends condolence letter to Egypt’s al-Sisi
Yemen’s president flees to Aden, calls Houthis ‘illegitimate’; Nigeria’s army recaptures Baga, site of 2,000 deaths in Boko Haram massacres
U.N. may release list of Syrian war criminals; Greece apparently caves in on bailout crisis
Greece and Germany are eyeball to eyeball on bailout crisis; Libya chaos threatens to reopen bitter rift between Qatar and Egypt; Ethnic Chinese Kokang burst into violence in northern Burma (Myanmar)
Anthem health insurance data breach puts millions of children at risk; Putin gloats over humiliating Russian victory over Ukraine; China, Russia, Syria: The ‘Salami Slicing Strategy’
Taliban claims responsibility for bombing in Lahore, Pakistan; Russians ignore Ukraine ‘ceasefire’ as 5,000 Ukrainian troops are trapped; New Zealand debating military help for Iraq against ISIS
Greece bailout talks collapse in acrimony; Egypt faces two-front war with airstrikes in Libya; Muslim versus Muslim wars in the Mideast continue to grow; Iraq army preparing to recapture Mosul from ISIS
Egypt in mourning as ISIS-linked terrorists kill Coptic Christians in Libya; Egypt purchases fighter jets over fears of militias in Libya; Yemen may form second government in Aden
Nigeria requests US troops to fight Boko Haram; Debka: Obama seeks Iran’s help as anti-ISIS coalition shrinks
Germany commemorates the firebombing of Dresden; What’s the value of a
human life?; Generational Dynamics and prolactin
Europe faces ‘enormous tragedy’ over Europe’s Mediterranean rescue program; Confusion reigns over Ukraine ceasefire deal
Failing Ukraine ceasefire negotiations to go through the night; Greece’s negotiations with eurozone fail to reach deal; US closes Yemen embassy, following Somalia, Syria and Libya
Citigroup: Oil could plunge to $20 per barrel; Iran’s threatens oil transports, blaming Saudis for falling oil prices; More on the growing Muslim versus Muslim wars
30 dead in Cairo Egypt as soccer fans clash with police; Greece’s Alexis Tsipras approaches Wednesday confrontation with Europe
Iannis Xenakis’s work ‘Kottos’ echoes Greece’s Nazi vs Communist struggle; Greek Tragedy and Generational Dynamics; Nigeria postpones national elections because of Boko Haram; Gulf Arabs condemn Houthi takeover of Yemen
Central African Republic ‘peace deal’ collapses instantly as slaughter continues; Nigeria’s Boko Haram attacks towns in Niger, as war expands into region; Houthis complete takeover coup in Yemen
Mideast war widens as Jordan vows to destroy ISIS; 80 million people exposed by massive Anthem Inc. data breach
Terrorists attack school, part of growing violence in Karachi Pakistan; Jordan’s King vows ‘relentless’ war on ISIS ‘on their own ground’; The European Central Bank turns the screws on Greece’s banks
Analysts are puzzled by ISIS’s burning alive of Jordan’s pilot; Jordan promises revenge against ISIS for killing pilot; Japan’s nationalism surges over ISIS killings of two Japanese hostages
China builds more man-made islands in the South China Sea; Pentagon would welcome Japan air patrols in the South China Sea; Jordan returns its ambassador to Israel
End of sequestration signals explosive new spending splurge in Washington; The Iraq war had nothing to do with the federal deficit; Government receipts plunged when the bubbles burst; The high federal deficit is caused by bubbles bursting, not the Iraq war
Spain’s far left Podemos party hopes to copy success of Greece’s Syriza party; Egypt’s al-Sisi blames foreign countries for terrorist attacks; Houthis use live fire against protesters in Yemen
