An Iranian ship believed to be used by Iran’s elite military force was attacked near Saudi and Yemeni waters on Tuesday, US and Iranian officials said, in an apparent escalation of the …
Read More »Fire in Rohingya refugee camp leaves hundreds missing
As a fire raged through a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, Dildar Begum ran in terror from her family’s shack to her brother’s home. “It looked like hell fire,” he said. The …
Read More »For foreign companies in Myanmar, the coup creates an ‘unworkable’ situation
SINGAPORE – Foreign companies in Myanmar struggle to operate in an increasingly volatile environment as the armed forces use deadly violence against a growing protest movement opposing last month’s coup and sections …
Read More »The failure of the Syrian revolution
This month, a decade ago, the Syrian civil war began when a group of teenagers – inspired by the Arab Spring that later spread throughout the Middle East – scribbled graffiti on …
Read More »Israeli strikes target Iranian oil destined for Syria
WASHINGTON – Israel has attacked at least a dozen ships bound for Syria and mostly carrying Iranian oil out of concern that oil profits are financing extremism in the Middle East, regional …
Read More »Iran-backed Houthi rebels say they targeted Saudi oil port
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Yemen’s Houthi rebels aligned with Iran said they attacked a major Saudi Arabian oil port in the Persian Gulf with drones and missiles on Sunday. Saudi authorities said …
Read More »Death toll rises as Myanmar military seeks to crush protests
SINGAPORE – At least 38 people have died as Myanmar’s new military rulers, who toppled their democratically elected government on February 1, continued to unleash a deadly campaign to suppress the protests …
Read More »Opinion: Biden’s concessions in the Middle East backfire
In his first weeks in office, the Biden Administration has berated Saudi Arabia and made concessions to Iran. How are things so far? On Monday, Israel accused Iran of being responsible for …
Read More »In Nigeria, the largest schoolgirl kidnapping in history, shooting, screaming and family anguish
JANGEBE, Nigeria: Suwaida Sani was one of the lucky few. When dozens of heavily armed men stormed the doors of their boarding school and threw bullets into the air in the early …
Read More »Cold War era defense system will be upgraded to counter Russia and China
TORONTO – The United States and Canada plan to modernize a defense radar and satellite network in the Arctic in an attempt to counter the growing military presence in northern Russia and …
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