A vocal critic of Sri Lanka’s increasingly close ties with communist China won a surprise presidential election in the strategically located Indian Ocean island nation. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
With the heightened tensions in the Korean Peninsula triggered by the Sony Pictures Entertainment hacking and retaliations, North Korea offered a significant concession for the first time ever. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
ANKARA — Turkey, amid U.S. pressure, has again delayed awarding a prime contractor for its ballistic missile defense program. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
A 45 year-old Japanese man is determined to appeal his death sentence handed down to him by a local court in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu on Dec. (more…)
U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton was charged by a Philippine government prosecutor with murder for allegedly killing a Philippine transgender prostitute in a motel room (more…)
China on Dec.7 finally put a jointly-developed earth resources satellite into its designated orbit, marking a recovery from a devastating blow to China’s Long March launch rockets program. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
In an effort to woo the strategically located Indian Ocean island country of the Maldives away from India’s center of geopolitical gravity, China is displaying unusual enthusiasm in the (more…)