Commentary / World May 17, 2018
Syria — nothing but endless dilemmas
by David Howell
It is becoming ever harder to work out who is on whose side, who should be backing whom, and to what end.
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World May 17, 2018
Tens of thousands of Yemenis have been fleeing Hodeidah as fighting intensifies on front lines near the Houthi-held western province, Amnesty International said on Thursday, warning that "the worst is yet to come" if the war reaches urban areas. Forces backed by a Saudi-led military ...
Editorials May 16, 2018
Contrary to the president's claims, the move will make peace harder to reach and will likely embolden hardliners on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
Asia Pacific May 16, 2018
A Chinese government spokesman said Wednesday that the country's military exercises around Taiwan are intended as a direct threat to the self-governing island's government over moves Beijing sees as cementing its independence from the mainland. The message conveyed by the recent drills is "very clear," ...
World / Politics | ANALYSIS May 16, 2018
Iran faces further tests after Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's election win in Iraq
Already pressured by the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal, Iran faces a major test in managing Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a formidable opponent who beat Tehran's longtime allies to achieve a shock victory in Iraq's parliamentary election. But if Tehran overplays its hand by ...
World May 15, 2018
Hezbollah says rocket salvo fired at Israeli-occupied Golan marks 'new phase' in Syria war
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group said on Monday a missile salvo into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last week marked a new phase in the Syrian war and showed Damascus and its allies would not let Israeli attacks in Syria go unanswered. Israel has said ...
World May 15, 2018
Israeli forces kill 41 in Gaza protests as anger mounts over U.S. Embassy
by Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell
Israeli forces killed at least 41 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday as angry protesters demonstrated at the frontier hours on the day the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem, health officials said. It was the highest Palestinian death toll in a single ...
Asia Pacific May 14, 2018
Standing on his company's sprawling campus in central Taiwan, Lin Nan-juh says he's able to make any plane his island's threatened government calls for. "We can do whatever's asked," says Lin, president of Aerospace Industrial Development Corp., or AIDC, a leader in the defense industry ...
World / Politics May 13, 2018
For Palestinians, U.S. Embassy move a show of pro-Israel bias
by Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh
Monday's opening of the U.S. Embassy in contested Jerusalem, cheered by Israelis as a historic validation, is seen by Palestinians as an in-your-face affirmation of pro-Israel bias by President Donald Trump and a new blow to dreams of statehood. The festive inauguration helps harden Palestinian ...
World / Politics May 13, 2018
Record abstention in Iraq's first vote after defeating Islamic State group
Iraqis on Saturday inflicted a blow on a political class they view as corrupt by shunning the first legislative elections since the victory over Islamic State jihadis. More than half of the nearly 24.5 million voters did not show up at the ballot box in ...
Asia Pacific May 13, 2018
Myanmar rebels launch attacks in Shan state; at least 15 dead
An ethnic rebel group launched an attack against Myanmar's military in a northern town on Saturday, leaving at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, including civilians, officials said. The Ta'ang National Liberation Army launched three attacks just after 5 a.m. in the town of ...
Commentary / World May 11, 2018
Beijing winning the great South China Sea game
by Jansen Tham
Beijing has gained an irreversible advantage in the South China Sea.