Asia

Pakistan: Sanctuary for Taliban, al-Qaeda

Back in February, Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, predicted that the additional 17,000 U.S. troops scheduled to...

May 6, 2009

North Korean Threat Grossly Overblown

Charles Scaliger April 30, 2009

In the midst of an economic crisis and worries over a global epidemic, North Korea’s creaky totalitarian state continues to occupy headline news....

Demise of Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers May Be Near

Charles Scaliger April 30, 2009

The long-running war in Sri Lanka, the impoverished Indian Ocean nation suspended like a tropical teardrop below India’s southern tip, appears to be...

Iraq Accuses U.S. of Violating Security Pact

April 27, 2009

A pre-dawn U.S. military raid on April 26 that had targeted Iranian-backed Shi'ite militiamen but resulted in the deaths of two Iraqi citizens...

North Korean Missile Launch Creates Crisis

April 7, 2009

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

Alex Newman April 6, 2009

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...

U.S. Journalists Face Trial in North Korea

April 3, 2009

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the two U.S. journalists detained by North Korea on March 17, will be tried for "illegal entry and...

North Korea Prepares to Launch Missile

April 2, 2009

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...

Tibet Marks 50th Anniversary of Lhasa Uprising

Steven J. DuBord March 30, 2009

With an average elevation of 16,000 feet, Tibet has been called "the Roof of the World." But the view was unpleasant for Tibetans...

China Calls for a Global Currency

Charles Scaliger March 24, 2009

China is calling for a new global reserve currency to replace the dollar. According to an AP report, the governor of China’s central...

North Korea Adamant on Missile Launch

March 24, 2009

On March 24, the North Korean government warned the UN, the United States, and Japan against issuing sanctions in retaliation for its planned...

North Korea Detains U.S. Journalists

March 19, 2009

Two journalists for the California-based online media outlet Current TV were taken into custody and detained by North Korean soldiers on March 17....

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China Wants Importers to Pay Its Carbon Tax

March 17, 2009

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...