Section: Asia
- Afghanistan (54)
- Armenia (2,395)
- Azerbaijan (1,400)
- Bangladesh (459)
- China (1,817)
- India (3,608)
- Indonesia (807)
- Japan (1,436)
- Kazakhstan (682)
- Kyrgyzstan (667)
- Laos (3)
- Malaysia (6,377)
- Myanmar (25)
- Nepal (712)
- Pakistan (3,592)
- Philippines (1,081)
- Singapore (4,460)
- South Korea (305)
- Taiwan (190)
- Tajikistan (42)
- Thailand (1,124)
- Uzbekistan (33)
- Vietnam (614)
Democracy, Islamic State and terrorist threats in Bangladesh
The U.S. and U.K. embassies in Bangladesh have restricted their diplomats’ movements and warned visitors to stay on high alert after receiving information that militants may be targeting Westerners. These advisories came after Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella was shot by gunmen on Monday evening in the capital Dhaka. An online statement...
US assures Asia of strong ties amid regional threats
Obama speaks at the Leaders’ Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Flanking Obama are UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. John Kerry sits behind Obama. — Reuters photo NEW YORK: The United States took a moment Tuesday to gather the...
Gazprom didn’t receive $500 mln prepayment for gas from Ukraine – minister
NOVO-OGARYOVO. KAZINFORM – Russian gas giant Gazprom has not received $500 mln prepayment for gas supplies from Kiev yet, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...
A record 522,000 migrants reach Europe this year
Paris: The latest developments as European governments struggle to cope with tens of thousands of people trekking across Europe to find safety, AP/UNB reported. The International Organization for Migration says a record number of people have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year, now topping a half a million. As of Tuesday, the group...
Ukraine, rebels agree full small weapons withdrawal
KIEV (AFP) – Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents struck a vital agreement on Wednesday to withdraw their entire arsenal of smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel-held lands from the rest of Ukraine.International monitors said the two sides February commitment to pull back heavy weapons from the 500-kilometre (300-mile)...
Ukraine, rebels agree to full small weapons withdrawal
Kiev and pro-Russian insurgents struck a vital agreement on Wednesday to withdraw their entire arsenal of smaller weapons from the buffer zone splitting eastern rebel-held lands from the rest of Ukraine. International monitors said the two sides’ February commitment to pull back heavy weapons from the 500km line separating their forces...
Russia launches air strikes in ISIS-ravaged Syria after Kremlin approval
Russia said it launched air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin secured his parliament’s unanimous backing to intervene to prop up the Kremlin’s closest Middle East ally. Moscow gave Washington just an hour’s notice of the strikes, which set in train Russia’s biggest play in...
Russia carries out ‘pre-emptive’ airstrikes in Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, holds a meeting with senior government officials at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015. Russian military jets carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria on Wednesday for the first time, after President Vladimir Putin received parliamentary...
Orwell At UN: Obama Re-Defines Democracy As A Country That Supports US Policy
By Michael Hudson In his Orwellian September 28, 2015 speech to the United Nations, President Obama said that if democracy had existed in Syria, there never would have been a revolt against Assad. By that, he meant ISIL. Where there is democracy, he said, there is no violence or revolution. This was his threat to promote revolution, coups and...
Russian Parliament Authorizes Military to Carry out Air Strikes in Syria
Russia’s Syria build-up is Moscow’s first military engagement in a distant theater of war since the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in 1979 . . MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has been granted permission from the upper house of Russia’s parliament to carry out air strikes in Syria following a request from the...
