Ayman Odeh, With Shin Bet Bodyguards?

Shortly after the exit poll results were released on Tuesday night, talk began of Ayman Odeh heading the opposition in the next Knesset. Then the...

Israel Election Results: The Quiet Base That Saved Israel From Netanyahu

The true base went to bed drained and exhausted on election night and woke up a bit confused the next day. It didn’t open bottles of champagne or...

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Dire accounts of kids caught in 1959 typhoon shown in Nagoya

“It was a sunny autumn day, with white clouds floating lazily in the sky. I asked the clouds after my mother, father and younger sister from whom...

South Korea serial killer suspect identified after 33 years

SOUTH Korean police have identified a suspect in one of the country's most notorious serial murder cases more than 30 years after the first of the...

Looming demographic woes

Extending retirement age needed to tackle population aging The government unveiled its policy to cope with demographic challenges Wednesday, marked...

Don't go it alone

Cheong Wa Dae should not monopolize decision-making A quarrel between Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha and National Security Office (NSO) deputy...

How Boris Johnson can pull off Brexit

LONDON – It was U.S. President Harry Truman who is alleged to have said, “Bring me a one-handed economist.” He was just about fed up with...

Who’s leading the pack for post-Abe leadership

PYEONGTAEK, SOUTH KOREA – succession? Based on the two key sources of power for a prime ministerial candidate, it is still Taro Kono, but he is...

Hypocritical behaviors

By Park Moo-jong We Koreans often use "nae-ro nam-bul," an expression certain to make non-Korean speakers tilt their heads and question: "What does...

The Macron Method

With Germany counting the votes on a state election that sees a predictable rise in the right-wing, Alternative for Germany, and Italy struggling...

'Autonomous' high schools

By Eugene Lee Even if news were made public and commentaries weighed on the pros and cons of the closure of "autonomous" private high schools in...

'locked and loaded' on terrible idea when it comes to Iran

By Ann McFeatters WASHINGTON _ No. No. No. No. We are not going to war with Iran. Not if rationality has anything to do with it. We are an energy...

Bassam al-Sayeh, Faris Baroud and the Slow Murder of Palestinian Prisoners  

Bassam al-Sayeh was the latest victim of medical negligence in Israeli prisons. The 47-year-old Palestinian from Nablus died on September 8. The...

Enigmas of the Indian economy

ACCORDING to the IMF’s World Economic Outlook update of July 2019, India was the fastest-growing major economy in 2017 and 2018 and is estimated...

A new Amnesty report has harsh words for Qatar

“For five months I had to live with very little food and no salary. My family was really affected. Tears come to my eyes when I remember where we...

Saudi oil attack is wake-up call for Asian economies

(BRANJE) Mesto in gledališče

Nobeno drugo mesto ni v tako občutljivem razmerju s svojim gledališčem, kot je Maribor. Vseh skupnih sto let je tako. Drug drugemu sta bila skozi...

Trump backed off on Iran last time -- but will he again?

Donald Trump famously canceled a missile strike on Iran in June, but Tehran will not be resting easy following the unpredictable president's...

Japan court acquits ex-TEPCO bosses over Fukushima disaster

A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted three former power company executives of professional negligence in the only criminal prosecution stemming...

New NRA probe into Fukushima accident should help better safety

The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided to reopen its investigation into the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant...

Appeasing North Korea

By Donald Kirk President Moon Jae-in, in his anxiety to appease North Korea, faces difficult choices. North Korea is easily offended. One of the...

Firms must drive Africa's transformation

By Victor Harison and Mario Pezzini ADDIS ABABA ― The African Continental Free Trade Area, launched at the 12th Extraordinary Summit of African...

In twin Afghanistan attacks, two messages for Ghani and Trump

Analysis. On Tuesday, two Taliban suicide attackers targeted the Afghan president in Parwan and government offices in Kabul, killing 46. The...

The Last Days of Netanyahu?

TEL AVIV – At long last, Israel has taken a step back from the religious nationalist abyss into which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had been...