Srečno novo leto!

Ognjemeta ni bilo, tudi koledarji so ostali isti, a novo leto se je začelo. Nogometno leto. Prva liga se je vrnila, slovenski prvoligaši so krenili...

By Boycotting Lieberman, the Purist Left Cuts Off Its Nose to Spite Its Face

Fearless former defense minister has stymied Netanyahu and reshuffled Israeli politics

Insurance arm of Japan Post must work extra hard to regain trust

An old trick used by dodgy door-to-door vendors in Japan is to use the somewhat vague phrase “no ho kara,” which usually means simply “from”...

One dies, hundreds evacuate after 7.3 quake in Indonesia

At least one person has been found dead and hundreds were evacuated after a major 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the remote Maluku islands in eastern...

Aussie kids take stolen car on 1,000-kilometre road trip

Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police,...

Military in trouble

A recent series of incidents that have undermined military alertness testify to the seriousness of our armed forces' indiscipline and loopholes in...

Abe’s dominance belies Japan’s weak politics

JAPAN goes to the polls on 21 July with half the seats of the Upper House up for grabs. There is little doubt that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...

Rules-based foreign reserve policy required

Dr. Jeffrey I. Kim If South Korea had had sufficient foreign reserves during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, it would not have suffered from...

Art of wait and see

By Keyu Jin BEIJING ― Those now hoping for an eventual trade deal between China and the United States should not hold their breath. Contrary to what...

Rules-based foreign reserve policy required

By Dr. Jeffrey I. Kim If South Korea had had sufficient foreign reserves during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, it would not have suffered from...

Jean-Claude Juncker

The Brexit movement in Britain and the increasing popularity of right-wing parties in other European nations are all targeting the bureaucrats in...

The Speech That Could Bring Down Netanyahu

Netanyahu has failed on so many fronts that attacking him should be low-hanging fruit for his opponents. This is how to smash the 'Bibi illusion'...

China’s sinister plan to buy Eastern Europe is exaggerated

The railway which winds its way from Piraeus and Athens northwards to Thessaloniki and on towards Macedonia has a certain antiquated charm. Passing...

Tackling Inequality Is a Political Choice

NEW YORK – The world has made impressive strides in reducing extreme poverty, but that progress has slowed considerably in recent years. The...

London’s ‘media freedom’ conference smacks of irony: Critics barred, no mention of jailed Assange

Irony that governments which support terrorists in Syria and whitewash Israeli murders of Palestinian journalists have the gall to hold a...

(VEČERNO BRANJE) V današnjem sovraštvu ne gre za reprizo, ampak za kontinuiteto

Ko so 27. januarja 1945 vojaki 322. divizije sovjetske Rdeče armade osvobodili Auschwitz, je bilo v njem okrog sedem tisoč v veliki večini...

Tak už je to tu zas!

Ešte ďalej zašla kapitánka lode Sea-Watch 3 Carola Racketeová, ktorá lídrov EÚ vyzvala, aby Európa prijala pol milióna ľudí, ktorí...

One voice against Japan

Proposed meeting should lay foundation for national unity Main opposition Liberty Korea Party (LKP) Chairman Hwang Kyo-ahn proposed "any form of...

Bratislavské námestia ako jednobunkovce

Námestia nie sú jednobunkovce, aby sa rozmnožovali delením. Prečo rozparcelovať to ústredné v slovenskej metropole na dve. Navyše,...

Is Israel now imposing ‘petty apartheid’?

A recent move by an Israeli mayor to ban Palestinian Arab citizens from a public park has prompted many to ask if Israel is moving towards the...

It's time for Muslim Americans to condemn Hamza Yusuf

Since the beginning of Donald Trump's presidency in January 2017, many American Muslim leaders have been busy fighting back against the repressive,...

Saudi Arabia’s dilemma as the UAE pulls out of Yemen

The war in Yemen is entering its fifth year with no solution in sight. Every day thousands of people, including women and children, are injured and...

Hong Kong protests inspire Taiwan to amp up resistance to China

Working-level talks with Pyongyang

By Tong Kim Working-level talks between the U.S. and North Korea that President Trump and Kim Jung-un agreed to hold "in a few weeks" at their June...

The PA threat to disband security personnel is just hot air

The Palestinian Authority’s latest financial crisis began in February after the Israeli government cut part of the tax money owed to its...

Humor the cure for what ails America

By Tom Purcell It's never too late for a good belly laugh. July 1 was, unofficially, International Joke Day. The origins of the day are unclear,...

Armistice talks and Hill 351

By Dan C. Pak After about a year of continuous fighting, the allied forces led by the United States on one side and the Communist troops of China...

Sobre el voto obligatorio en el Perú

Cuando lea esta columna, ya habrán jugado Perú y Brasil. ¿Estamos todos entusiasmados? No. Hay muchas personas (más de las que se imagina) a...

¿Por qué hay empresarios que se oponen al ingreso del Ecuador a la A. del Pacífico?

Enhorabuena el gobierno ha decidido impulsar el ingreso de Ecuador a la Alianza del Pacífico(AP). El principal asunto pendiente en la agenda...

If There’s a Hell, Trump and Pence Will Do Eternity There. In a Cage

When Satan’s officials come to take Trump away, wearing ICE jackets, he’ll let them in with a smile and won't have the slightest glimmer of idea...

In Contest Between German Scoldingand Israeli Chutzpah, the Latter Wins

Israel’s Latest ‘Security Problem’: Who’s to Blame for Gaza’s Environmental Crisis 

Writing in The Jewish Journal under the title, “A Spillover Crisis: How Gaza’s Water Shortage Affects Israel”, Dominik Doehler explains the...

A Test Match with the Taliban

NEW DELHI – At the recent World Cup cricket tournament in England, a plucky Afghan team composed mainly of former refugees gave a surprisingly...

George Bush and International Relations: A World in Motion After the Berlin Wall

When George H.W. Bush passed away in November 30th 2018, he was the longest living US President at the age of 94. Bush had a lengthy stay in...

Did the UAE steal Sudan’s revolution?

In a previous article, I warned the Sudanese people regarding the fate of their revolution if they believed the overly nice words of the army, gave...

Filipino Women Push for Human Rights Defenders Law

During President Rodrigo Duterte’s three years in office, 134 human rights defenders have been killed in the Philippines, a trend that has...

Parties must close gap with reality in talks on nuclear power

Any discussion on nuclear power policy should be based on reality. In their Upper House election campaign platforms, the ruling Liberal Democratic...

Boris Johnson and the Threat to British Soft Power

EDINBURGH – Since the United Kingdom’s Department of International Development (DFID) was created 22 years ago, it has lifted millions out of...

It's Brexit, stupid: The appeal of Boris Johnson

There is a long charge sheet against Britain's Boris Johnson but among Conservative party activists who will choose the country's next prime...

To the Moon!

Africa’s demand for water is set to rise by 300% by 2040 Plans to tow a giant iceberg could provide a year’s worth of water to Cape Town Israel...

An Education Crisis for All

WASHINGTON, DC – Aichetou, a 14-year-old girl, lives on the outskirts of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, in Africa’s Sahel region. Every...

The Evolution of the US-China Face-off in the South China Sea

Today, the realities of the South China Sea have changed so drastically that we’re dealing with a whole new reality that is nothing like what we...

Od grdega račka do laboda

‘Tole je ekipa, ki bo stresla slovenski trg z birotehnično opremo.« To so bile besede direktorice podjetja v Ljubljani, ko je pred 17 leti...

Was England’s Cricket World Cup triumph over New Zealand the luckiest in sporting history?

“We got a slice of luck,” said jubilant England captain Eoin Morgan in the giddy afterglow of the most pulsating sporting finale in living...

Gay Conversion Therapy Is an Abomination, an Offense to the Spirit of Judaism

Conversion therapy assumes that homosexuality is a shameful, but curable, 'illness.' That a religious Israeli government minister condones such an...

A Bus Ride With the ultra-Orthodox Can Give Israeli Women PTSD

‘Free Markyv’: Ukrainians furious after Italian fighter sentenced for journalist murder

Analysis. The far-right nationalist Vitaly Markyv received a 24-year sentence for the murder of Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli and his Russian...

BBC Says China Building Schools is "Bad"

China’s recent building-spree of schools in its underdeveloped and remote region of Xinjiang – in a saner world – would be good news. But for...