World View: Hamas Announces It Will Reconcile with the Fatah and Palestinian Authority
Contents: Hamas announces it will reconcile with the Fatah and Palestinian Authority; Egypt forces Hamas to capitulate to Fatah and reconcile.
Contents: Hamas announces it will reconcile with the Fatah and Palestinian Authority; Egypt forces Hamas to capitulate to Fatah and reconcile.
Contents: Burma’s (Myanmar’s) ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas leading to humanitarian catastrophe; at press conference, Boris Johnson and Rex Tillerson make delusional statements; Rohingya genocide forces India to choose between Burma and Bangladesh; North Korea fires another ballistic missile over Japan
Contents: China kidnaps and tortures Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che for sham confession; Kidnapping and sham trial of Lee Ming-che brings China-Taiwan relations to another low.
Contents: Donald Trump promises to solve the Gulf crisis ‘fairly easily’; Qatar and Saudi Arabia have vitriolic exchangeContents: Donald Trump promises to solve the Gulf crisis ‘fairly easily’; Qatar and Saudi Arabia have vitriolic exchange at Tuesday’s Arab League meeting
at Tuesday’s Arab League meeting
Contents: Students at Pakistan’s prestigious Karachi University implicated in terrorism; Pakistan says that there is ‘no terrorist wing at Karachi University’
Contents: The colorful Mikhail Saakashvili ‘invades’ Ukraine from Poland and threatens revolution; Saakashvili to ‘march on Kiev’ and challenge Poroshenko government
Contents: China demands that Indonesia end plans to rename its own territorial waters; Indonesia blocks China’s repeated attempts to annex Indonesia’s Natuna Islands
Contents: Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi under fire for allowing Rohingya ethnic cleansing; BBC reporter Jonathan Head returns from Burma’s government-controlled visit; Generational explanation for Burma’s genocide and ethnic cleansing; The future of Burma and the Rohingyas
Contents: UN report confirms al-Assad’s massive Sarin gas attack on April 4; Israeli warplanes strike Syrian chemical weapons site in Masyaf
Contents: UN: Burundi’s Hutu government attacks on Tutsis are crimes against humanity; Violence by the Imbonerakure, Nkurunziza’s ‘visionary’ youth wing
Contents: Putin says that North Korea would rather ‘eat grass’ than end its nuclear program; North Korea threatens the United States with ‘gift packages’
Contents: America’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley says North Korea is ‘begging for war’; China’s UN ambassador Liu Jieyi responds to Haley; Trump approves more powerful weapons sales to South Korea
Contents: Will we have to accept a world in which North Korea is a nuclear power?; World leaders express outrage and call nuclear test ‘unacceptable’; Will the United States take some military action against North Korea?
Contents: Floods in South Asia kill 1,400 people in four countries; Kenya’s president Kenyatta lashes out as Supreme Court judges as ‘crooks’; Burmese Buddhist attacks on Muslim Rohingyas in Myanmar becoming full-scale genocide
Contents: Kenya’s Supreme Court issues ‘historic’ ruling, overturning presidential election; John Kerry and other election observers come under harsh criticism
Contents: Vietnam protests China’s military drills near the Gulf of Tonkin in South China Sea; India and Vietnam become allies in confronting China
Contents: Anti-government tensions grow in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions; Violence grows as Cameroon cracks down on Anglophone activists; Cameroon will use police and soldiers to force children to go to school.
Contents: Britain’s Labor party makes dramatic U-turn on Brexit policy proposals; UK’s Tory government struggles with Brexit policy positions; Ireland calls Theresa May’s Irish border proposal ‘delusional’
Contents: China and India announce pullback agreement on Doklam Plateau; Many unanswered questions about the China-India Doklam agreement; North Korea launches ballistic missile into Japan’s airspace
Contents: Violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar/Burma escalates dramatically; Rise of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) militant insurgency
UAE reacts furiously to Qatar’s restoring diplomatic relations with Iran; As Hajj approaches, Iran and Qatar remain in dispute with Saudi Arabia
Contents: Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra flees to Dubai; Collapse of Thailand’s democracy; Brief generational history of Thailand
Contents: France’s Emmanuel Macron accuses EU countries of ‘social and fiscal dumping’; Britain sees a big fall in net migration since Brexit vote
Contents: Afghan and Eritrean migrants clash at site of ‘Jungle’ in Calais France; Authorities fear that a new ‘Jungle’ is forming in Calais France
Contents: Philippines maid Lorain Asuncion employed in Hong Kong killed in mainland city; Demand for Filipina maids creates thriving black market in China; Hong Kong cracks down hard on illegal foreign workers
Contents: Done with Mosul, Iraqi forces begin operation to eject ISIS from Tal Afar; Turkey warns of sectarian war following battle of Tal Afar; President Trump to announce US strategy in Afghanistan
Contents: Chinese vessels massing near Philippines island in South China Sea; Official warns may be necessary to invoke US-Philippines mutual defense treaty
Contents: Erdogan tells Turks living in Germany not to vote for Angela Merkel; Germany accuses Erdogan of extortion by ‘hostage diplomacy’
Contents: Barcelona attackers apparently had multiple coordinated attacks planned; ISIS takes credit for the Barcelona attack; White House officials appear to differ on North Korea military option
Contents: China opens a new front in its border war with India; Survey of Bhutan’s people shows high anxiety over border confrontation; North Korea apparently backs down from the threat to attack Guam
Contents: Jihadists attack multiple targets in Mali and Burkina Faso; France calls for international peacekeeping in G5 Sahel force
Contents: Pakistan celebrates its 70th birthday, wondering what Pakistan is; Generational history of the 1947 Partition War that created Pakistan and India
Contents: Kenya’s election commission announces that Uhuru Kenyatta is reelected president; Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga promises to ‘remove’ the Uhuru Kenyatta government
Contents: North Korea threatens US bases on island of Guam; Japan to deploy more advanced PAC-3 Patriot Missiles to defend U.S.; Japan’s government will invoke ‘collective self-defense’ to defend the United States
Contents: India reinforces its military in preparation for war; Bhutan makes it clear to China that its ally is India; SCMP: China and India on brink of war that could spread to the Indian Ocean
Contents: Six Red Cross workers and 30 civilians killed in Central African Republic massacre; UN Human Rights chief warns of ‘genocide’ and ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Central African Republic
Contents: Turkey reshuffles top military leaders in preparation for action in Syria; Turkey announces plans for military action against Kurds in northern Syria
Contents: China sets apparent Aug 19 deadline for India to remove soldiers from Doklam; Trump threatens North Korea with ‘fire and fury’
Contents: Dozens of Shia Muslims in Afghanistan killed in fourth Taliban victory in 3 weeks; Did ISIS team up with the Taliban in Sar-e-Pul massacre?; Trump’s review of the Afghanistan war seeks solution where none exists
Contents: Israel announces that it will ban al-Jazeera in Israel; Al-Jazeera gives bitter, angry response to Israel’s move; BBC vs Al-Jazeera: Which is more biased?