Real Voter Fraud Will Be a Third Israel Election

Unless you woke up on Wednesday morning after about 70 years being clinically brain dead, it would be hard to totally believe the results of the...

Israel Election Results: Trump Just Lost His Wall – the One He Called Bibi Netanyahu

True, Donald Trump promised and failed to deliver a wall paid for by the Mexicans he so viciously incited against. And true, he’s forced military...

In Israel, Political Success Comes Through Crushing Minorities

No matter how this election turns out, with a Likud or a Kahol Lavan victory – there’s one loser for sure, the ultra-Orthodox community, which...

‘Lord of the Rings’ show to start filming in New Zealand

US-BASED streaming giant Amazon announced Wednesday its big-budget "Lord of the Rings" series will within months start filming in New Zealand, home...

Fukushima dumping plan

Contaminated water is not just Japan's problem South Korea has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct an on-site inspection...

African swine fever outbreak

Swift disinfection measures key to containing virus early The agriculture ministry Tuesday confirmed the first case of African swine fever (ASF) at...

Putin’s trolling of Trump isn’t just about missiles

BERLIN – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to sell air defense systems to Saudi Arabia is about more than mere trolling, even though it...

Saudi Arabia, Japan and the world beyond oil

WASHINGTON – Late last month I flew from Washington, across Europe, Turkey and Iran to the Strait of Hormuz and beyond. After three days in...

Could Netanyahu be on the way out?

The morning after Israel’s second election of the year failed to offer clarity about who exactly will form the next government, or whether Prime...

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Efforts‌ ‌to‌ ‌resolve‌ ‌a‌ ‌slow-burning‌ ‌maritime‌ ‌boundary‌ ‌dispute‌ ‌between‌ ‌Iraq‌ ‌and‌...

Call to support Taiwan's participation in ICAO

By Lin Chia-lung The Convention on International Civil Aviation, adopted in 1944 by countries around the world, envisioned that "the future...

Kim Dae-jung and Japan

By Arthur I. Cyr Two powerful Asia nations, with increasing global reach and influence, Japan and South Korea, are engaged in acrimonious conflict....

Enemies of fair society

By Park Yoon-bae President Moon Jae-in promised to create a fair society when he took office in May 2017. He also came up with a motto:...

Japan’s rugby fever all started with a king’s love for the abacus

Tonga's King Taufaahau Tupou IV (1918-2006), who ascended the throne in 1965, was a Japanophile who started sending students to Japan in the 1980s...

300 more Chinese arrested in Philippines crackdown

PHILIPPINES immigration agents, backed by troops, have arrested more than 300 Chinese for alleged cyber crimes, a week after a similar number were...

Who is behind Saudi oil attack?

By Gwynne Dyer U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Houthi claim that the Yemeni rebel group had carried out Saturday's strike on two...

Last chance to rethink new English tests for varsity entrance

Both high schools and universities still harbor deep concern about an education ministry plan to introduce private-sector English language tests as...

Governmentality and the politics of exclusion in Xinjiang

CHINA is undertaking a program of mass incarceration of the Uyghur population in its far north-western province of Xinjiang (East Turkestan to...

By firing Bolton, Trump shows desire to go solo on diplomacy with puny results

By Trudy Rubin During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump was asked whom he talked with consistently about foreign affairs. "My primary...

Doubts remain about the attack on Saudi oil: 10 ‘invisible’ drones arrive from the north

Analysis. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused Iran of attacking ‘the world’s oil supply,’ but the warmongers of the hour have again...

Maybe, Just Maybe, the Age of Netanyahu Has Come to an End

The unimaginable may have happened in tonight’s Israeli elections. Based on initial exit polls, the age of Benjamin Netanyahu may have come to an...

Will Lieberman Go All the Way and Take Down Netanyahu?

It appears that all the commotion, the suspense, the money spent, and the energy invested, all of it was in vain. The entire festival of Israel's...

Trump Clearly Wants Rapprochement With Iran. Israel Can’t Let That Happen

As the opening of the United Nations General Assembly approaches this week, there's speculation about a grand summit featuring the presidents of...

Israel Election 2019: Netanyahu Has No Immunity

The election held Tuesday, only five months after the previous one, is very much a vote about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continuation in...

People's Republic of China's 70th anniversary demands honest reflection

Saudi oil attack part of dangerous new pattern

The assault on the beating heart of Saudi Arabia's vast oil empire follows a new and dangerous pattern that's emerged across the Persian Gulf this...

Considering the Whole Ecosystem in Regulating Terrorist Content and Hate Online

The last few years have seen a range of proposals to counter terrorist and extremist content online. From the European Commission’s Code of Conduct...