Beijing’s Message to Hong Kong: Get in Line or Face Irrelevance
(Bloomberg) — After a week of turbulence in Hong Kong, Beijing appears to have settled on its message to the city: continued protests risk throwing away everything that makes it special.A front-page editorial in the Communist Party’s flagship newspape…
U.S. scheduling principal-level trade call with China next week -official
The Trump administration is in the process of scheduling a phone call for next week between U.S. and Chinese trade principals, an official with the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday. The call would mark the resumption of trade negot…
RIP, F-22: Could U.S. Stealth Fighters Get Crushed By a China-Iran Alliance?
The majority of “Iranian-developed” air-defense systems of Chinese origin are based on various Chinese or Russian designs.The rapid development of Iranian air defenses over the last few years raises some big questions. How much are China and Iran coope…
British PM May urges successor to strengthen the union of nations
Prime Minister Theresa May will urge her successor on Thursday to strengthen the bonds between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in a veiled criticism of those in her party who are widely thought to prefer Brexit to the union. Both of the…
Mexico Launches Major Security Overhaul, Details Remain Unclear
In what may be the start of a major security overhaul, Mexico’s president has launched a 70,000-strong National Guard force. But their role remains unclear, as does their training and make up.
U.N. Investigator Reports Possible New War Crimes In Myanmar
Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, spoke of civilians being detained, interrogated and dying in the custody of Myanmar’s military.
DNA Study Reveals Philistines Were Originally From Europe
A DNA study of an archaeological site shows the biblical Philistines, long vanished and derided as primitive, were originally from Europe.
Airstrike Hits Migrant Detention Center in Libya
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Prince Alfani, the Libya medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders, about an airstrike on a migrant detention center in Tripoli that killed more than 40 people.
North Korea: Trump tries to undermine peace with sanctions
Three days after the U.S. and North Korean leaders held a historic third meeting, North Korea’s U.N. Mission accused the Trump administration Wednesday of talking about dialogue but being “more and more hell bent” on hostile acts. A press statement fr…
War Is Coming?: America May yet Get into an Escalation with Iran
Future flashpoints between Iran and the United States are highly likely. What HappenedFor now, it appears that the United States will hold off on striking Iran in retaliation for the downing of a U.S. drone by an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC…
Migrants face ‘massacre’ at Libya detention centre
From his hospital bed in Tripoli, wounded Al-Mahdi Hafyan recalls the nighttime “massacre” when an air strike hit a migrant centre in the Libyan capital. At least 44 people were killed and more than 130 severely wounded in the attack in the Tripoli su…
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