Military
China Tests Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles In South China Sea – Here’s Why The U.S. Is Extremely Upset
Back in 2015, President Xi Jinping said that China has no intention of militarizing man-made structures in the South China Sea near the Spratly Islands. He assured then-president Barack Obama that the reclaimed islands were not for military purpose. However, the Chinese continue enhancing and equipping man-made islands like Mischief Reef, Subi Reef and Firey […]
... written on Jul 04 2019US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that slaps Iran with new economic sanctions. Among those targeted is Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The latest move came on top of actions already taken by the administration in April to cut off all revenues from Iranian oil exports, the lifeblood of the nation’s economy. […]
... written on Jun 25 2019A warship from a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group and a Russian destroyer nearly collided in the Philippine Sea on Friday (June 7). The USS Chancellorsville, a Ticonderoga-class cruiser, and the Russian Udaloy-class destroyer Admiral Vinogradov (DD572) came within 50 to 100 feet with each other – triggering both countries accusing one another of dangerous and […]
... written on Jun 09 2019Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah appears to be the judge every crook from the previous corrupted government increasingly fears nowadays. This is the judge who had refused to return the passport belonging to Zahid Hamidi so that the former deputy prime minister could fly to Saudi Arabia to perform “Umrah” due to the likelihood and risk […]
... written on May 24 2019Former general Prabowo Subianto lost to Joko Widodo in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election, capturing only 46.85% popular vote. President “Jokowi” Joko Widodo won more than 8 million votes. This year, Mr. Prabowo again tried his luck. The voter turnout – 81.93% – the highest in Indonesian presidential electoral history, saw Jokowi slaughtered Prabowo again […]
... written on May 23 2019In what appears to be a hit below the belt and a coordinate attacks against China in the second phase of a trade war between the Middle Kingdom and the U.S., Trump has banned Huawei. The U.S. president’s executive order effectively prohibits U.S. companies from selling semiconductors to (or buying technological equipment from) the China’s […]
... written on May 21 2019Hishammuddin Hussein, the cousin of Najib Razak, the former prime minister who faces a total of 42 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), money laundering and abuse of power linked to 1MDB, was once a rising star groomed to become Malaysia’s next leader. After all, he belongs to the “bangsawan class” of politicians or the […]
... written on May 15 2019We hope we don’t have to write an article entitled – “Congrats Mahathir, Suicide Bombers Inspired by Zakir Naik Wrecks Havoc in Malaysia.” And we certainly hope the U.S. will not slap Malaysia as “High-Risk” country for American travellers due to widespread terrorist attacks. The last things PM Mahathir can afford are foreign investors and […]
... written on May 14 2019As people continue to digest the fact that at least 290 people were killed, including at least 39 foreign tourists, and more than 500 injured in a series of suicide bombs tore apart churches and hotels across Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, questions have been raised if the radical Muslim extremists could have been stopped before they […]
... written on Apr 23 2019At least 290 people were killed and more than 500 injured in one of the bloodiest terror attacks in Sri Lanka. Three churches and three luxury hotels were targeted in Colombo, the capital of the Buddhist-majority country that was at war for decades with ethnic minority Tamil separatists, violence that had largely ended about 10 […]
... written on Apr 22 2019
