Netanyahu to meet Putin over “recent development” in Syria

ERUSALEM, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Russia next week to discuss “recent development” in Syria. A statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office said … Read More

Europe must ‘wake up’ to ‘clash of civilizations’ – Polish minister after Catalonia attacks

In the wake of the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Poland’s interior minister said Europe should wake up to the “clash of civilizations” where Muslim enclaves form “support bases” for terrorists. He claimed Poland is safe as it had prevented … Read More

In a German village, the bell still tolls for Hitler

BERLIN • In a verdant German village, a church bell that bears a swastika tolls. Above the symbol is an inscription: “All for the Fatherland, Adolf Hitler.” When the Nazi iconography was discovered this summer in Herxheim am Berg, some … Read More

North Korea releases aggressive propaganda posters boasting of nuclear power over US

North Korea has released propaganda posters boasting that the US mainland is “within our strike range!” and condemning strengthened United Nations sanctions over its recent missile tests. One of the bold posters, released through state-controlled media on Thursday, depicts multiple … Read More

Deadly South Asia floods affect 16 millon people

More than 16 million people have now been affected by seasonal flooding across a swathe of South Asia, say aid officials. The floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and India are thought to have killed about 500 people and are expected to … Read More

Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East?

This post originally appeared at The Nation. Americans have been so entangled in the Middle East for the past few decades that they have begun interpreting their own politics in the terms of that region. Is driving a car into … Read More

President Trump ‘considering his options’ on Afghanistan after Camp David meeting

WASHINGTON – President Trump will soon decide on a new strategy for the conflict in Afghanistan that could involve sending a few thousand more U.S. troops, the White House said Friday after a national security meeting at Camp David. “This … Read More

Opinion Trump and Israel Must Not Conflate North Korea Nuclear Threat With Iran

Deterring the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a noble goal – one that America and Israel ostensibly share. How to go about doing so is another story “How can dictatorships be deterred from developing operational nuclear arsenals?” This is a … Read More

At least 13 dead, 100 injured in Barcelona van attack

(CNN)At least 13 people were killed and more than 100 injured after a van rammed through crowds in the heart of Barcelona on Thursday in what the Spanish Prime Minister described as a barbaric act of terror. Eyewitnesses reported scenes … Read More

Europe’s migrant crisis isn’t going away, but it is changing

(CNN)Much has changed since the height of the refugee crisis that gripped Europe in the summer of 2015. Since the shocking images of drowned Syrian toddler Alan Kurdi went viral, the crisis has largely been out of international headlines. But … Read More

Take a lesson: How Germany handles monuments from Nazi and communist eras

The overdue momentum to remove various Confederate symbols, especially about 1,500 statues, from their perches has picked up across the country in the aftermath of right-wing violence in Charlottesville, Va. In Gainesville, Fla., Durham, N.C., and Baltimore, the toppling has … Read More

Russia’s election meddling backfired — big-time

Intelligence officers sometimes talk about “blowback,” when covert actions go bad and end up damaging the country that initiated them. A year later, that is surely the case with Russia’s secret attempt to meddle in the U.S. presidential election, which … Read More

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