Tag - war

 
 

WAR

COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2016
Europe must act in Aleppo because it can
Will Europe surrender what remains of its soul in Aleppo, or will it stop the killing?
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2016
Syria's civil war and the bias in Western media
Is there one standard of morality for our friends and another for those we choose to demonize?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 26, 2016
Some of North Korea's old friends take steps to isolate regime of Kim Jong Un
From kicking out North Korean workers and ending visa-free travel for its citizens, to stripping flags of convenience from its ships, Cold War-era allies from Poland to Mongolia are taking measures to squeeze the isolated country.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2016
All-out effort to crush moderate Syria rebels may leave Obama successor with 'problem from hell'
The United States was relegated to the sidelines of the Syrian war on Friday as an all-out assault by Syrian and Russian forces on opposition-held Aleppo threatened to unleash a new wave of refugees and drive U.S.-backed rebels into the ranks of al-Qaida's Syrian branch, U.S. officials and experts said....
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 23, 2016
Honor Aylan Kurdi by ending the Syrian war
It's time to end a hideous war that has claimed the lives of 50,000 Syrian children.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016
Ex-commander says U.K.'s 'withered' forces could not defend country
Britain's armed forces would be unable to defend the country against a serious military attack because they have been "withered" by cuts, a former senior commander warned before his retirement, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016
U.N. inquiry blames Syrian military for chlorine bomb attacks, diplomat says
An international inquiry has identified two Syrian Air Force helicopter squadrons and two other military units as responsible for chlorine gas attacks on civilians, a Western diplomat told Reuters.
WORLD
Sep 17, 2016
Syria airstrike killed Islamic State propaganda chief, U.S. military says
The Pentagon said Friday that a U.S.-led coalition airstrike on Sept. 7 killed an Islamic State leader who oversaw the militant group's propaganda.
EDITORIALS
Sep 16, 2016
Taking risks with Syrian cease-fire
The new cease-fire attempt in Syria deserves applause, but it will need sustained political and military backing to achieve a real peace.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2016
Historical facts vanish in Putin's memory holes
Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories — retroactive truths established by government fiat.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2016
The Islamic State's problem with women
While its craven massacre of women helped put Islamic State on the map, its gradual downfall is coming partly at the hands of Kurdish women fighting against it on the front lines.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2016
Ex-CIA chief who backed Iraq war, felt Hussein plotted 9/11, now Trump adviser
Former CIA Director James Woolsey, a vocal advocate of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq who promoted allegations that Saddam Hussein harbored illegal weapons, will serve as a senior national security adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the campaign announced on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2016
The EU's migration crisis is far from finished
The flow of refugees into Europe won't end as long as the Syrian war and the anarchy in Libya continue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2016
Obama's Syria policy stokes smoldering conflicts
The Kurds and Turks who were meeting in 2012 are now in each other's crosshairs, and the Obama administration is stuck in yet another Middle Eastern quagmire.
EDITORIALS
Sep 1, 2016
A chemical crisis for Syria and U.S.
The Assad regime must be held accountable for its use of chemical weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2016
U.N. defends aid work in Syria after accusations of being too close to Assad government
The United Nations defended its aid funding in Syria on Tuesday after an investigation revealed lucrative contracts were awarded to people close to the nation's President Bashar Assad.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 29, 2016
Guantanamo remains a stain on U.S. policy
Insisting on maintaining a facility that has only brought shame and embarrassment to the U.S. is wrong.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2016
U.S. and Russia fail to close deal on ending violence in Syria
The United States and Russia failed on Friday to reach a breakthrough deal on military cooperation and a nationwide cessation of hostilities in Syria, saying they still have issues to resolve before an agreement could be announced.
EDITORIALS
Aug 22, 2016
War looms again in South Sudan
South Sudan will only realize lasting peace when all its people regardless of ethnicity feel that they are full citizens with equal rights.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 22, 2016
Civility shown to Russo-Japanese War POWs lives on as Matsuyama's legacy
Tucked away in a tiny corner of Matsuyama, on a hillside not too far from the famous Dogo Onsen hot springs resort, lies a unique graveyard. Inside lie gravestones for 98 Russian POWs who died during the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War, a somber reminder of a time the city is nevertheless generally eager...

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami