The lifting of UN sanctions will not solve Eritrea's problems

On November 14, the United Nations Security Council unanimously agreed to  lift the sanctions  it had imposed on Eritrea with Resolution 1907....

The Inconvenient Truth About Saudi Arabia

NEW YORK – The 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” highlights former US Vice President Al Gore’s efforts to alert his fellow Americans to...

Leaving Palestinian children behind on World Children’s Day

World Children’s Day is, sadly, a day like any other; its symbolism is nothing other than an international gimmick to proclaim rights while...

Indonesia to develop Shariah-compliant blockchain gold exchange

IT seems as though efforts to bring blockchain to the financial services industry across the Asia Pacific is slowly picking up momentum. The post...

How Israel weaponises anti-Semitism to block Middle East peace

One of Israel’s most powerful weapons against the voices of Palestinian rights has been the exploitation of Jewish history — the Holocaust...

The right way to boost Indian electronics

Miri Regev’s Obnoxious Assault on Gantz Is Taken From Donald Trump’s Playbook

From McCain to McRaven, the U.S. President has shown the world that decades of decorated service mean nothing

Avoiding Mention of Trump and Bibi at Thanksgiving? Here Are Others to Be Grateful For

I'm going to be thinking a lot about war heroes this Thanksgiving week - all the people who, in ways we may never know, often at great personal...

The limits of Beijing’s charm offensive

STOCKHOLM – Over the last decade, China has taken an increasingly muscular approach to relations with East Asian countries. But in recent months,...

APEC discord reflects a global cooperation system in crisis

Global Conflict in a New Age of Extremes

TEL AVIV – The late historian Eric Hobsbawm described the twentieth century as the “age of extremes,” in which state socialism led to the...

The Global Talent Race

WASHINGTON, DC – More than 3% of all people live outside the country of their birth. But while the share of migrants in the world’s population...

The bounty of pine

By Bernard Rowan The national tree of Korea is the pine, and it's a wonderful choice. Wikipedia states the North chooses the pinus, while for the...

Amid the gloom, a bright spot in US-China trade talks should not be ignored

When the US and Chinese presidents, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, meet at the G20 summit at the end of this month, trade tariffs will top the...

Is 'fake news' threatening global stability?

As cited by American journalist Sharyl Attkisson in her excellent book 'The Smear', John H. Johnson, author of 'Everydata: The Misinformation...

Malaysia’s Mahathir may defy the global trend of misrule by elite

Political revolts around the world have targeted what are widely seen as corrupt and unaccountable political and business elites — elites that...

The real lessons of Carlos Ghosn's downfall

The real cause of the fall in oil prices (hint: it’s not China)

Fans of Game of Thrones know that winter is coming, but it has arrived early for traders who have been long of oil, with many having been frozen...

The Pussy Riot guide: How Nadya Tolokonnikova survived jail and stayed zen

Interview. We spoke with Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the Russian protest punk group Pussy Riot, about her new book Read & Riot: A Pussy...

Habayit Hayehudi’s War

It looks like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put out the political fire that started when Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his...

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A Right-wing Party’s Leader-like Woman and Childish Man

Habayit Hayehudi's No. 2, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, will be busy helping choose Israel’s judges, while her boss Naftali Bennett merely wants...

Now the U.S. Congress can push Saudi Arabia on Yemen

NEW YORK – The Trump administration is ending one of the most important elements of U.S. military assistance to the Saudi-led war in Yemen: the...

Papua New Guinea security forces storm parliament in Apec pay dispute

POLICE and soldiers stormed Papua New Guinea’s parliament on Tuesday, smashing windows and assaulting security guards, in protest over unpaid...

Cambodia ends prosecution of former-Khmer Rouge generals

CITING a job completed, Cambodia has confirmed it will put a stop to the United Nations-backed tribunal into war crimes that last week convicted...

Israel's Iron Dome Is Not a Full Solution

It is true – it saves lives, but it does not solve the basic problem: protection of the civilian population in the south ■ The only way to stop...

Where does the future of the American left lie?

Two weeks before the November 6 midterm elections, the White House released a special report by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) on the...

11/6 has become a landmark date in Muslim American history

There are some dates that are forever etched in the minds of Muslim Americans - dates that live more in infamy or misery, marking moments of...

How not to solve Tunisia's extremism problem

On October 29, Mouna Guebla, a 30-year-old unemployed English graduate with no criminal record, detonated a homemade explosive device in downtown...

While 'Europeanising' the Balkans, the EU 'Balkanised' itself

Two years ago I gave an interview to Radio Free Europe that attracted a fair share of attention. Reactions, positive and negative alike, were...

What should Asia expect from Trump after the US midterms?

Much like the rest of the world, Asian countries carefully watched the US midterm elections, anxious about how its outcome would affect US foreign...

How the Swedish left moved right

September's general elections left Sweden with a hung parliament. Two months later, negotiations between parties have not resulted in a viable...

Indonesians fight back against South Korean-funded coal plants

ENVIRONMENTAL activists in Indonesia have called on South Korean funders to withdraw their support for new coal-fired plants that they warn will be...

When humanity in Gaza sinks into political nihilism

The political “narrative” of bias full of contradictions, aimed at circumventing the centrality of the humanitarian issue and its repercussions...

Verska svoboda vodovodarske skupnosti

Slovenska Cerkev je v nečem res izvrstna: v svoji samopromociji, v vsiljevanju svojih tem kot družbeno relevantnih, tudi ko gre zgolj za banalni...

Airbnb's Ban on West Bank Is Big Win for BDS, Not Necessarily for anti-Semites

It won't even scratch the Israeli economy, or even that of the settlements, but it did drive the government into hysterics

Hong Kong lacks commitment to poverty relief

Another year, another jump in the number of people living below the poverty line. But we can always count on Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung...

Time for a trade reset, but is China listening?

SINGAPORE: – The delegations from the three largest economies in the world — the United States, China and Japan — are now gone from the recent...

Japan and Russia could finally end WWII

BERLIN – For decades, every sign Russia and Japan had made progress in talks on disputed territories and a post-World War II peace treaty turned...

Chinese nationalism: The dog that barks in the night

LONDON – It comes up often in conversations about where China is heading — the reference, often sotto voce, to that great emerging global...

America’s Senseless Iran Sanctions

CANBERRA – The sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States earlier this month are designed to isolate the country economically, and to force...

Measuring, and Managing, More Sustainable Growth

For more than two generations, economic orthodoxy has held that governments that invest and regulate the least govern best. But Diane Coyle,...

Kroos rediscovering Germany form in new formation

Despite a spectacular collapse against the Netherlands, Joachim Löw's revamp is showing signs of life. Toni Kroos proved he has a future in the...

Kim must visit Seoul as promised

By Choi Sung-jin Not a weekend goes by without Gwanghwamun Square in the heart of Seoul being occupied by demonstrators of one sort or another....

Behind the Scenes / Quality of vocational schools in question

A survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun has found vocational schools — facilities licensed to provide training in practical professions for...

Arrest of Carlos Ghosn sends shock waves around world

I once visited the ancestral hometown in Lebanon of Carlos Ghosn, the chairman of Nissan Motor Co. But everyone I mentioned his name to looked...

China, the fastest growing region for the outlet mall sector

Designer outlet operators, which previously focused on the US and Europe, are now casting their eyes further eastwards to Asia, most notably to...

Why is Netanyahu so desperate for a ceasefire with Hamas?

It was supposed to be a routine intelligence undercover operation whereby the Israeli agents would infiltrate into "enemy territory", carry out the...

‘Do good, be useful’: Indonesia’s disaster hero spends dying days helping others

THE role of information chief of Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency is undoubtedly a stressful and busy job for any person to take...

Amid Brexit chaos, Britain's political system finally implodes

Theresa May surely by now symbolises the phrase "bad day at the office". On Wednesday night, having spent months negotiating the deal by which...