By Dr. Willy Lam Propaganda specialists surrounding President Xi Jinping are working overtime to burnish his reputation as a close-to-the-people savior who can best acquit himself of Chairman Mao’s (more…)
Already fighting internal insurgencies, Iran is now investigating possible cyberattacks on its re-emerging energy sector. The recent incidents at major oil and gas facilities add to more headaches for (more…)
The United States’ pledge of $38 billion in aid to Israel has made Iran “more determined” to strengthen its military capabilities, the chief of staff of the Islamic Republic’s (more…)
Yemen-based Houthi rebels reported they had captured a Saudi military post near the Jizan border region in Saudi territory. The Iran-backed Houthis say they attacked the post on Sept. (more…)
Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, which entered service 26 years ago, will make its combat debut in the eastern Mediterranean in November. The 55,000-ton Admiral Kuznetsov was originally scheduled to (more…)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is sponsoring Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), using the terror group as a “geopolitical tool to expand Turkey’s regional influence and sideline (more…)
By Dr. Jack Caravelli The United Kingdom’s June vote to leave the European Union— a process that may take up to two years — has triggered a series of (more…)
On Sept. 17, a 50-year-old Chinese male tourist entered a Catholic church in the tourist resort of Jeju island, South Korea. He saw a 61-year-old South Korean woman who (more…)
Tokyo and Hanoi have reached a deal for the export of dual-use satellites for space imaging and surveillance in all-weather conditions. The ASNARO-2 satellites are jointly developed by Japan’s (more…)
