Chaos: Taiwan’s ruling KMT tied to unpopular pro-China policies
The ruling KMT party in the Republic of China on Taiwan has chosen a party-endorsed presidential candidate but she is doing badly in the poll. So the KMT party (more…)
U.S. enforcement of Iran arms embargo slipped during talks
The United States backed off of stringent enforcement of the long-standing arms embargo on Iran as the U.S. and world powers were negotiating the nuclear accord with Teheran, sources (more…)
Iranian parliament panel gives conditional nod to nuclear deal
A special committee in Iranian parliament on Oct. 4 agreed to support the country’s nuclear deal with world powers. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Syrian groups urge regional states to form alliance vs Russia, Iran
A group of 41 insurgent organizations are calling on regional states to build an alliance to take on “the Russian-Iranian alliance occupying Syria.” (FULL STORY) (more…)
Russian navy backs major ground offensive against Syrian rebels
Russia’s navy has joined the battle in Syria, launching missiles from the Caspian Sea in support of the Assad regime’s ground offensive. (FULL STORY) (more…)
China’s Nobel problem: Virtually all winners are politically incorrect
It has become a pattern: There have been more than a dozen ethnic Chinese who have won the Nobel Prize since the 1950s. But none of them really are (more…)
U.S. poised to approve major arms sale to Taiwan
The U.S. is set to announce a new round of weapons sale to Taiwan to beef up the island democracy’s defense capability against the Chinese communist government, according to (more…)
Top NATO general: Russia building anti-access bubble over Syria
Russia is using what it says is a counter-terror operation to construct an “anti-access/area denial” in Syira, NATO’s commander of European Command said. (FULL STORY) (more…)
MI5 chief: Threat to British security is now the highest since 9/11
By Jack Caravelli The head of Great Britain’s equivalent of the FBI says the threat from radicalized Islamist recruits is posing the highest threat in over a decade to (more…)