Israeli Leaders Like the Lowest Lehava Activists

On Monday it was reported that a Palestinian had been charged with kidnapping and raping a 7-year-old Israeli girl. The accused, a 40-year-old...

Euthanasia law comes into effect in first Australia state

EUTHANASIA laws for terminally ill patients came into effect in Australia's second-most populous state in a "bold change" Wednesday, the only place...

The race to win the U.S. Democratic primary: Where does it stand?

A record 23 Democrats of diverse genders, races and political backgrounds are lining up to try to stop Republican U.S. President Donald Trump from...

Trump Ally Lindsey Graham: America's Most Unlikely Campaigner Against Israeli Annexation

Overburdened parents must call for help to avert tragic outcome

There appears to be a “language” intelligible only to twins who have always been together since birth, according to a book by Makiko Kawamura,...

Young scientists need stability, independence to focus on research

The white paper on science and technology, recently approved by the Cabinet, starts with remarks by four Nobel laureates stressing the importance...

Path to Hong Kong stability lies in giving voters a greater voice

Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency with ‘Libra’ coin

FACEBOOK unveiled plans Tuesday for a new global cryptocurrency called Libra, pledging to deliver a stable virtual money that lives on smartphones...

Collaboration among stakeholders key to achieving development goals

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Turkey Holds Its Breath: Is Erdogan About to Lose, Again?

Turkey’s president once said: 'If we lose Istanbul, we lose Turkey.' What happens if he loses Istanbul twice? And to Ekrem Imamoglu's...

Prioritize access in Japan-Russia dispute

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Japan on June 28 will not bring the hoped-for breakthrough in the countries’ territorial dispute....

Why are Putin and Xi going soft on protest?

BERLIN - The apparent victory of Hong Kong protesters and a mini-thaw taking place in Russia are interesting departures from the usual practice of...

Self-serving lawmaker

Rep. Sohn indicted over real estate speculation The prosecution indicted Rep. Sohn Hye-won, Tuesday, on charges of speculatively purchasing real...

Loopholes in vigilance

Time to strengthen watertight maritime surveillance A growing number of people are asking how a North Korean fishing boat crossed the inter-Korean...

War against Iran will not end well for the aggressors

Here we go again. The shadow of war is again cast over the Persian Gulf. Having already destroyed Iraq over the past decade and more, the US is now...

Western Europe must repatriate its ISIL fighters and families

Western European intransigence on ensuring that citizens detained abroad as ISIL suspects or their family members can return home made world...

Will Turkey be kicked out of NATO?

A plethora of unflattering phrases litters the discourse surrounding relations between Turkey and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO),...

Limit of Trump's pretensions and tricks

By Sandip Kumar Mishra On 10 June, U.S. President Donald Trump received a "beautiful" letter of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and it has been...

Banning hate never works out as we expect

By Matt Welch We did it, America. After letting our social media panic rise for years, we finally helped convince Twitter to ban God. OK, it wasn't...

Korea poles apart after tragedy

By Kang Hyun-kyung In the first half of this year, print media and broadcasters have been running various stories about independence fighters and...

Godzilla reflects the spirit of changing eras

In my childhood, summer was the season of kaiju, or oversized and grotesque monsters. Year after year, TV channels and movie theaters scheduled...

Hungary's mafia state fights for impunity

By Balint Magyar and Balint Madlovics BUDAPEST ― Hungary has become a post-communist mafia state. It is led not by a party but by Prime Minister...

Politically correct

By Robin Rhee Most people accept that to be politically correct means that we use language and behave in ways which are not offensive to others,...

The Occupation’s Damage Has Reached Berlin

‘World Refugee Day’: Palestinians Keep Their Right of Return Alive Through Hope, Resistance

The United Nations’ World Refugee Day, observed annually on June 20, should not merely represent a reminder of “the courage, strength and...

Where will it end? The US-China trade war and the threat to the global economy

US-China trade war: Vietnam might get Apple, but Indonesia can get a bite of the action, too

Uncertainty drives dramatic shifts in the global economy, and investors and economists certainly cannot predict with any certainty what the...

Israel at 71: a reading its strategic positioning

Israel has marked the 71st anniversary of its creation in Palestine with an overwhelming feeling of pride and power; it believes that it has...

First They’ll Take Area C, Then They’ll Take the West Bank

Mass protests protect Hong Kong’s legal autonomy from China – for now

PROTESTORS in Hong Kong have achieved a major victory in their fight to protect their legal system from Chinese interference. The post Mass...

Vzhodna fronta Angele Merkel

Görlitz, v lužiščini Zhorjelc in v poljščini Zgorzelec, je nekaj takšnega kot (Nova) Gorica ali (Gornja) Radgona. Nekoč eno mesto, ki ga je...

The return of the generals through violence and capital

Commentary. In the former Arab spring countries, the armed forces have transformed into a part of the capitalist class, pulling their countries...

Don’t Feed the Donald

TOKYO – What do French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have in common? For one thing, they both believe that, by...