G20 Summit: For the First Time the West Couldn’t Dictate, but Had to Listen

G20 Summit: For the First Time the West Couldn’t Dictate, but Had to Listen

China has spent months organizing the G20 Summit in Hangzhou. They had their own ideas and it was a sort of coming out for Chinese, showing to the international community that they are a real global power politically and economically. Even before the start of the Summit, President Xi Jinping was trying to discuss the…

Obama says Americans Too ‘Lazy’ to Explore the World, Triggers Backlash at Home

Obama says Americans Too ‘Lazy’ to Explore the World, Triggers Backlash at Home

President Barack Obama says Americans are so uninterested in the rest of the world because they are “lazy” and don’t feel like knowing about “other people.” His remarks have not gone unnoticed at home, where angered Americans suggested he stay abroad. “[…] We are such a big country we haven’t always had to know about…

Israel Starts Building Underground Wall Along Gaza Border to Counter Hamas Tunnels

Israel Starts Building Underground Wall Along Gaza Border to Counter Hamas Tunnels

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has started work on a massive underground concrete wall along the Gaza Strip border to prevent Hamas militants from digging tunnels into Israeli territory and using them in their attacks, Israeli officials say. Israeli defense officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AP that the construction of the barrier…

China Keeps Grip on South China Sea with Patrols from Sansha Outpost Driving Off Hundreds of Foreign Ships

China Keeps Grip on South China Sea with Patrols from Sansha Outpost Driving Off Hundreds of Foreign Ships

City set up to administer disputed islands and atolls has driven off more than 370 foreign vessels from the contested waters, mayor reports. China’s outpost of Sansha in the South China Sea has sent vessels to drive away at least 370 foreign ships from disputed waters in the area in recent years, according to an…

Airstrike Kills Top Nusra Commander Outside Aleppo, as Syrian Army Retakes New Neighborhood

Airstrike Kills Top Nusra Commander Outside Aleppo, as Syrian Army Retakes New Neighborhood

Senior Al-Nusra Front commander, known under the alias Abu Omar Saraqeb, was reportedly killed in a targeted airstrike on the village of Kafr Naha, 15 km north of Aleppo. In the city, Syrian government forces regained control over Ramousah district. The airstrike reportedly hit a group of Jabhat Fath Al-Sham militants as they were convening…

N. Korea Confirms 5th Nuke Test, Claims Nuclear Missile Capability

N. Korea Confirms 5th Nuke Test, Claims Nuclear Missile Capability

North Korea has confirmed it has conducted its fifth nuclear test, announcing it is now capable of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic rockets. The statement came just hours after a powerful explosion was reported near the country’s secretive nuclear test site. “The standardization of the nuclear warhead will enable the DPRK [North Korea] to produce…