Crisis
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday there was evidence to show that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a “cruel, violent murder.” Coming from the mouth of Erdogan, the leader of the second-largest military force in NATO (after the U.S.), it speaks volumes the seriousness of the assassination scandal to Saudi […]
... written on Oct 25 2018In what appears to be yet another U-turn, President Donald Trump acknowledged that Jamal Khashoggi is likely dead. And the president has once again said he will consider “very severe consequences” for the oil rich U.S. ally Saudi, reversing his earlier defence of the House of Saud that news media were being unfair in their […]
... written on Oct 20 2018Jamal Khashoggi had probably died a horrible death. According to a Turkish source who has listened in full to an audio recording of the Saudi journalist’s last moment, Khashoggi was dragged from the Consul General’s office at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Revealed by Middle East Eye portal, horrendous screams were then heard by a witness […]
... written on Oct 17 2018Had journalist Jamal Khashoggi been an ordinary Saudi critic, very few would care about his disappearance. After all, U.S. President Trump has publicly made it know his anti-Muslim stance even before his 2016 Presidential Election. Donald Trump has also made it know that he doesn’t really care about human rights, let alone climate change or […]
... written on Oct 15 2018Overnight Dow Jones futures indicated that the Dow will open Thursday market down by 377.74 points. That means the stock markets around the world will continue to plunge after the DJIA closed 831.83 lower on Wednesday. That’s the third biggest stock market plunges this year, after February 5 (1,175-point drop) and February 8 (1,033-point drop). […]
... written on Oct 11 2018Saudi Arabia was the source of the world’s extremism. That’s an understatement. In fact, the oil-rich kingdom was the biggest sponsor and supplier of terrorists. Its extremism policy gave birth to terror groups such as al-Qaeda and Daesh (ISIS, ISIL, IS), among others, as Muslims were being radicalized as Islamic terrorists or jihadists at an alarming […]
... written on Oct 08 2018Emboldened by America’s economic strength and China’s economic slowdown, President Donald Trump has thrown his challenge again by declaring that his administration will impose 10% tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports, scheduled to go into effect on September 24th (next Monday). The tax will then skyrocket to 25% beginning January 1st, 2019. […]
... written on Sep 18 2018People were more anxious and excited about the news that a crooked lawyer, Shafee Abdullah, the same counsel defending world’s biggest crook, Najib Razak, had been arrested and charged than the news Anwar Ibrahim is making a grand return to Parliament. Like The Lord of the Rings – The Return of the King – Mr. […]
... written on Sep 14 2018President Trump, after being provoked and threatened, had sent aircraft carriers to North Korea and started trade war with China. Did PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) really think they were so special and powerful that Trump’s no-nonsense approach to politics and commerce would surrender to their empty threats? Last month, the Palestinian lost US$230 million in […]
... written on Sep 11 2018PAS (Malaysian Islamic Party) said they had done exceptionally well. MCA (Malaysian Chinese Association) too said they had done incredibly well. But UMNO (United Malays National Organization) admitted that the results of the three recent by-elections in Selangor have proven that the pact between UMNO and PAS isn’t working. Obviously one or two of […]
... written on Sep 11 2018
