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The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Qatar appears to have entered a point of no return. For more than a year, a Saudi-led bloc has staged a boycott of Qatar, accusing the tiny but gas-rich Persian Gulf state of sponsoring terrorism and committing other menaces. However, Qatar has proven to be a tough nut to crack […]
... written on Jun 22 2018Donald Trump’s favourite game of forcing China into obedience is slapping tariffs on Chinese goods. Like it or not, the U.S. president will most likely win the game simply because Beijing enjoys US$375 billion trade surplus with the U.S. Trump has repeatedly highlighted China’s US$375 billion surplus with the U.S. as evidence of an unfair trade […]
... written on Jun 21 2018Family Terrorism – Indonesia Has Given Terrorism A New Meaning, And The West May Not Be Ready For It
The news of ISIS or Islamic State is quite rare nowadays, after Russia – follows by the U.S. – decided to wipe them out. However, their ideology is still very much alive and kicking. You can bomb the hell out of the terrorists, but you certainly cannot kill the ideology. Naturally, 1-year after the London […]
... written on Jun 04 2018After weeks of excitement about a potential historical meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un, the meeting is finally cancelled. Earlier Thursday, Mr. Trump scrapped the summit with Mr. Kim – originally scheduled to take place June 12 in Singapore – to discuss the “denuclearization” of North Korea. Interestingly, […]
... written on May 25 2018It would take 69 years after Israel declared Jerusalem as its capital, that the U.S. formally opened its embassy in the city. Even after 23 years since the U.S. Congress passed a law authorising that Washington move its embassy there, no U.S. president had dared do so – until the emergence of President Donald Trump. […]
... written on May 15 2018North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, the guy whom U.S. President Donald Trump called the Rocket Man, appears to have repented. The cheese-obsessed fat boy has literally prevented the world’s first Nuclear War when he made a history – crossing the infamous DMZ line and stepping into South Korea, the first North Korean leader to do […]
... written on May 02 2018Oil is bullish, and there’s no sign that it is slowing down. Thanks to Donald Trump, the crude oil would only go north. The U.S. president wants to “Make America Great Again”. He also wants China to fix US$347 billion trade deficit that the U.S. is suffering, creating a trade war in the process. He […]
... written on May 01 2018Both Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in share a common language and a 2,000-year-old history. Yet, Mr. Kim is the first North Korean leader to step foot in South Korea since the 1950-53 Korean War. Today, Kim Jong-un made history by crossing over the world’s most heavily armed border – the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) – to greet […]
... written on Apr 27 2018Malaysian police on Monday released sketches of the two men suspected of assassinating Palestinian professor Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. The killers, obviously professionals, had rained a whopping 20 bullets and 14 of them hit the 35-year-old Palestinian. Mr. Fadi was heading to a mosque for dawn prayers before being gunned down. Footage […]
... written on Apr 24 2018Effective today (Wednesday), U.S. companies will be required to put down a 178.6% deposit for sorghum shipments to China. Beijing calls it a “temporary anti-dumping measure”. But every Tom, Dick and Harry knew this is nothing but a slap in the face for Trump administration. This is a warning shot that China refused to be […]
... written on Apr 18 2018
