War
Australia was, and is still known as the United States’ “deputy sheriff” in the Asia-Pacific region. That perception was reinforced during John Howard administration, when the Australian prime minister became a key supporter of the 2003 Iraq War, a war started by President George W Bush under the pretext that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of […]
... written on May 22 2020Coronavirus has left a trail of destruction across the world. No country is spared, including economic powerhouse United States and China. The last thing the world needs now is escalating tensions between both superpowers over the endless blaming game of China’s handling of the pandemic. But it appears the trade war is about to explode […]
... written on May 16 2020As the death toll caused by the infectious Coronavirus continues to rise, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning that “trolls and conspiracy theories” are jeopardizing the response to the new virus. WHO said misinformation and fake news around the new strain, 2019-nCoV, causes “confusion and spreads fear” to the general public. […]
... written on Feb 12 2020Malaysian leader Mahathir appears to be a very angry man, or at least he pretends to be one. And when he’s angry, he tends to ask people to resign. In 2008, he asked his own handpicked successor, (former) PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to step down from office. Mr. Badawi, who spent most of this time sleeping on […]
... written on Feb 10 2020After insisting for days that a Boeing 737-800 – Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 – crashed due to engine problems, Iran finally admitted on Saturday (Jan 11) that it was its own military that had accidentally shot down the civilian jetliner. Iranian officials had initially denied claims by the U.S., Britain and Canada that the jet […]
... written on Jan 12 2020Iran had no intention of killing a single American soldier in what appeared to be a staged attack to save face. As a show of force, the drama would involve firing 22 ballistic missiles at two U.S. military bases in Iraq. To ensure absolutely no American would be harmed, the Iranian deliberately tipped off Iraqi […]
... written on Jan 10 2020Iran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles against U.S. bases in Iraqi early morning Wednesday local time. Some pro-Iranian websites claimed at least 30 missiles had been launched in what appeared to be “fast and furious” revenge over the stunning assassination of Iranian top military commander Qassem Soleimani. But there’s just one problem with the retaliation […]
... written on Jan 08 2020Qassem Soleimani was considered the second most powerful man in Iran, after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. At the same time, he was Iranian’s most powerful military and intelligence figure. According to the Pentagon, an approximate 603 American soldiers killed in Iraq were attributed to proxies sponsored by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). […]
... written on Jan 05 2020Last August, China raised global eyebrows when it successfully tested Starry Sky-2, the Hypersonic aircraft capable of travelling at 4,563 mph (7,344 km/h). During its flight, the aircraft maintained speeds above Mach 5 (3,806 mph) for 400 seconds and reached a top speed of Mach 6, or 4,563 mph. At such speed, it could penetrate any […]
... written on Dec 29 2019As Trump administration scrambles to shield Saudi Arabia from an unexpected attack by a Saudi national at a U.S. Navy base in Florida, the memory of September 11, 2001 attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States re-emerges. Of the 19 hijackers of the 9/11 attacks, 15 of them were from Saudi […]
... written on Dec 09 2019
