Robert Mueller has been inducted into the 'chickensh** club'

"The chickensh** club" is a phrase coined by James Comey after he was US attorney for the Southern District of New York back in 2002. The title...

Israel is bracing for a massive ground operation in Gaza

After completing discussions and assessing the situation on the southern front, the Israeli occupation army has likely decided to prepare for a...

Netanyahu's Surprise Interview Merely Underscored His Poor Judgement

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s surprise appearance in Channel 12’s studio Saturday evening was meant to check criticism of his conduct in...

Donald Trump Has Just Legitimized Israel's Illegal Conquest of Occupied Territory

The U.S. president has just knifed the international legal order in the back, on Israel's behalf. Now there's nothing to stop his backing an...

Why decentralisation is the best bet for Malaysia’s economic growth

MALAYSIA’s burgeoning middle class has high expectations for future economic development. But the nation won’t escape the ‘middle-income trap’...

Trump-Kim’s Hanoi Summit was a disappointment, but all is not lost

FOLLOWING the Hanoi summit, critics argue that the absence of an agreement between Trump and Kim is a sign that diplomacy between the United States...

The wicked witch hunt is dead! But will Washington survive the Russiagate fallout?

For 675 long days and nights, Americans were held a captive audience to a $25 million dollar show trial derisively known as Russiagate, which ranks...

In Netanyahu's Surprise Interview, Israel's Arab Citizens Slipped Through the Cracks

Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid, without the Arab parties you are powerless. Salvation will come only if you join forces with us

The Real Reason Progressive Fundamentalists Hate Israel With Such Passion

Pro-BDS progressives in Congress and academia claim to be advocates of pluralism. But they've adopted a binary, absolutist way of thinking we...

The Economic Consequences of Global Uncertainty

BEIJING – The global economy is weakening, in no small measure because of a deep, widespread sense of uncertainty. And a major source of that...

Israel's elections: It's all about the Benjamins, baby

It's deja vu all over again in Israel's electoral politics, albeit with a few twists. Three-star general Benjamin "Benny" Gantz is promising to...

China's Italian advance threatens EU unity

Train stations, some curiously named, signal ’11 quake recovery

When Japan started building its railway networks in the Meiji Era (18681912), train stations, or “eki” in Japanese, were called by various names....

Efficient, appropriate system needed to handle public records, archives

A system to manage public documents efficiently and properly must be prepared in accordance with the progress of digitalization. Under a basic...

Luka Vlaović. Pisatelj.

Ne spominjam se, da bi kdaj pisal o obsojencih na tak način, da bi bili prepoznavni. Gotovo sem občasno, zlasti v strokovnih krogih, obravnaval...

The ‘aeropolitics’ of the Qatar blockade present new challenges

Since July 2017, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have closed their airspace to Qatar Airways and Qatari-owned airlines. They claim...

The ‘othering’ of humanity, a divided world and the global rise in terrorism

Among the most pressing issues of the 21st century, “othering” and “belonging” have become common themes. These are part of the broader issues...

If You're Still Voting Netanyahu After This Rocket, You're Thinking Like Hamas

By voting Bibi you're turning the government into a version of Hamas - anti-democratic, brutal, theocratic, callous, maximalist, mendacious,...

Has America gone socialist?

WASHINGTON - We Americans are all socialists now. That’s news. Since at least 1906, scholars have contended just the opposite. What happened in...

Time for America to see the real world

Since last Friday, as seen from Tokyo, Washington seems to have gone crazy again. Mainstream media learned that special counsel Robert Mueller had...

Trump’s collusion nightmare is finally over

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - The summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report submitted to Congress on Sunday by Attorney General William Barr...

What a coup for Thailand’s junta

NEW YORK - To skeptics, Sunday’s Thai election was yet another military coup, though carried out with ballots rather than bullets. A more hopeful...

Debate needed on urgency given to plan to waive nursery fees

A bill to amend the Child and Child Care Support Law, which would make early childhood education and nursery services free of charge from October,...

Chinese smartphone firms jazz up products, seize turf in home market from Apple

SHANGHAI — Smartphone retailers in China say it’s a tough sell of late with consumers reluctant to upgrade, put off by chill economic winds. Even...

Mueller report gives no respite for Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump feels "totally exonerated' by the Mueller report's conclusion. But other investigations into his administration and his...

Jeremy Hunt’s hostility towards the UN shows he is not serious about the Israeli occupation

In their desperate attempt to divert attention from the brutal reality of its military occupation, Israel and its supporters have successfully...

Five-year denuclearization plan

By Tong Kim Since the breakdown of U.S.-DPRK summit talks in Hanoi, there has been enough information to conclude the cause of the summit failure...

Brazil isn’t ready for Trump’s impromptu invitation to NATO

At a predictably strange press conference with the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, U.S. President Trump threw out the idea of making the huge...

Cacau shows German football still isn't taking racism seriously enough

Former Germany international Cacau believes instances of racism in German football are rare. That's a worrying view for German football's top...

Löw's attacking surprise papers over defensive cracks

In a thrilling 3-2 victory in Amsterdam, Joachim Löw showed he still had a few tactical tricks up his sleeve. A new look attack took the...

Breviario de las recesiones en México

A veces a la mayoría le preocupa el futuro y a veces a muy pocos el pasado. Con la idea fatua de anticiparse a los hechos del porvenir, los...

Washington is Determined to Sucker Punch China into Submission

No matter what Western media source you would choose to read, you are compelled to come across the rhetorics about the persistent “Chinese...

How are Singapore’s armed forces innovating?

SINGAPORE is gradually unveiling its military modernisation plans for the Singapore Armed Forces. The post How are Singapore’s armed forces...

A million Remainers marched on London. Will it matter?

Reportage. The prospects for a second referendum will get a significant boost if May has her Brexit agreement rejected in the House of Commons for...

Cleared of Collusion With Russia, Trump Can Now Collude Shamelessly With Netanyahu

Netanyahu is breathing a sigh of relief: Now Trump is free to campaign for him, joining a long line of U.S. presidents who've interfered in...

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Is Israel really interested in a truce with Palestinians in Gaza?

On the 51st Friday of the Great March of Return protests, march spokesperson Daoud Shehab announced the failure of the indirect talks held between...

North Korean diplomacy after the Hanoi impasse

NIIGATA - When Kim Jong Un boarded his train in Hanoi to return to North Korea, he was probably asking himself the same question the world was:...

The Fed Board Unmoored

BERKELEY – In December 2015, the right-wing commentator Stephen Moore, US President Donald Trump’s pick to fill a vacancy on the US Federal...

Truly Taking Back Control

CHICAGO – Britain is teetering toward Brexit. No one knows what will happen over the next few months. Yet around one-third of British voters support...