Over one hundred ethnic Chinese living in North Korea have been sentenced to long-term imprisonment or executed on charges of espionage, according to a report by the Hong Kong-based (more…)
In a surprisingly bold move, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Moscow on Sept. 20 to resume talks about inviting President Vladimir Putin to visit Japan in the (more…)
China is beginning to turn the largest ASEAN nation into another open challenger to Beijing’s vast maritime claims in the South China Sea. (FULL STORY) (more…)
By Jack Caravelli The global energy market is unforgiving; producing at any one time winners and losers. Unforeseen factors may alter this outlook but at present the JCPOA will (more…)
By Jack Caravelli The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has been charged with politicizing the reports its analysts sent to senior officials in Washington but the back story is more (more…)
The nation’s top intelligence officials took a major swipe at the Obama administration’s handling, or lack thereof, of the recent spate of cyber attacks against both the private sector (more…)
Has attaining “hero” status as a result of the Iran nuclear deal with world powers emboldened President Hassan Rouhani to pick a fight over power with supreme leader Ayatollah (more…)
Egypt has reported the killing of more than 80 terrorists and the arrests of nearly 200 more in a major military operation against the Sinai insurgency. Despite a spate (more…)
By Dr. Jong-Heon Lee North Korea’s youthful leader Kim Jong-Un has recently installed economic technocrats to key higher posts in a sign he will focus efforts on rebuilding the (more…)