Asia
North Korean Missile Launch Creates Crisis
As expected, North Korea launched its Taepodong-2 long-range rocket on April 5, a move President Obama called "provocative" and "clear violation" of a...
Arab & South American Countries Hold Summit
Leaders of the 22-member Arab League and 12 South American countries met last week and agreed to an 11-point declaration on everything from...
Read moreU.S. Journalists Face Trial in North Korea
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two U.S. journalists detained by North Korea on March 17, will be tried for "illegal entry and...
Read moreNorth Korea Prepares to Launch Missile
Quoting from a senior U.S. military official, CNN has reported that North Korea has begun fueling its long-range missile. Such knowledge is readily...
Read moreTibet Marks 50th Anniversary of Lhasa Uprising
With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, Tibet has been called "the Roof of the World." But the view was unpleasant for Tibetans...
Read moreChina Calls for a Global Currency
China is calling for a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar. According to an AP report, the governor of China’s central...
Read moreNorth Korea Adamant on Missile Launch
On March 24, the North Korean government warned the UN, the United States, and Japan against issuing sanctions in retaliation for its planned...
Read moreNorth Korea Detains U.S. Journalists
Two journalists for the California-based online media outlet Current TV were taken into custody and detained by North Korean soldiers on March 17....
Read moreChina Wants Importers to Pay Its Carbon Tax
During a mid-March forum organized by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in Washington, China's top climate-change negotiator, Li Gao, said his...
Read moreTaliban Militants Hit NATO Supply Convoy
As many as 50 suspected Taliban militants destroyed 15 trucks at the al-Faisal terminal in Peshawar, Pakistan, early on the morning of March...
Read moreWill China Dump U.S. Debt?
The Chinese government, to which the United States is in debt approximately $1 trillion, is preparing to use its leverage to exact concessions...
Read moreClinton Meets with Abbas
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) leaders in Ramallah, West Bank, on March 4, including Prime...
Read moreU.S. to Send $900 Million to Gaza and PNA
During a Gaza reconstruction conference held at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, on March 2, international donors pledged $4.481...
Read moreEconomics Trumps Human Rights During Clinton China Visit
In her first trip abroad since becoming secretary of state, Hillary Clinton traveled to four Asian countries including China, the world's most populous...
Read moreU.S. Commander Predicts Long Afghanistan Stay
Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted on February 18 that the additional 17,000 U.S. troops scheduled to...
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