In June of this year a new dispute between India and China arose when Indian troops moved into an area where the borders of Bhutan, Tibet and China meet and confronted Chinese workers building a road. The area concerned is known variously as the Doklam (Indian) or Donglang (Chinese) plateau. There has been a tense…
It really is saying something when US President Trump’s latest threat against North Korea draws a rebuke from John McCain – America’s most hawkish lawmaker. McCain said Trump’s comments about striking North Korea with “fire and fury” were not helpful in the current spiral of tensions. Other members of the US Congress deplored Trump’s reckless rhetoric, even comparing the…
Are we on the verge of a nuclear war with North Korea? It has now been confirmed that North Korea has successfully created a miniaturized nuclear warhead, and last month they tested a missile that can reach at least half of the continental United States. Since 1994 the U.S. has been trying to stop North…
Recent news about attempted assassination of the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad bin Salman, may indicate growing instability in the largest Arab oil monarchy, which already faces a number of very complicated problems. The kingdom may experience the most dramatic period of its modern history in the coming months. There are…
Palestinian Christians have pledged to fight against the sale of church land in East Jerusalem to Israeli settlers in a dispute that has pitted Greek church leaders against Palestinian worshippers. Church members told MEE that protest action and, if necessary, occupation of the sites were the last options available to prevent the transfer of three…
The Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un is probably psychotic, as he appears from his public statements to be completely unhinged and devoid of any sense of reality. So what other nation’s fairly supreme leader does he remind you of? At least he doesn’t try to run his country and convey personal insults and…
