Personalities
China might be an economic superpower so wealthy that even U.S. President Donald Trump had to behave during his visit to the Middle Kingdom. It was said that the notorious Kim Jong-un was kept in silent not because he was terrified that North Korea was surrounded by U.S. warships, but rather because China told the […]
... written on Nov 15 2017Trump was at the centre of attraction at the 2017 Asean Summit in Manila, Philippines. But the superstar was none other than the host President Rodrigo “Rody” Roa Duterte. The Filipino leader gets to rub shoulders with the world’s most powerful man, despite breaking every possible law concerning human rights, something cherished by the U.S., […]
... written on Nov 14 2017Since he took office, police have reported killing 3,967 people in direct illegal drugs crackdown. Another 2,290 people have been murdered in drug-related crimes, while thousands of other deaths remain unsolved. So far, he loves the number. He has no plan to deny his involvement. That’s because he loves to kill – the bad guys. […]
... written on Nov 13 2017Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a 32-year-old son of King Salman, is a very ambitious young man. But at the same time, he’s also a very dangerous young man. His 81-year-old father desperately needs to abdicate the throne, rumoured to be in the next couple of months. The king can’t die without first officially handing over […]
... written on Nov 08 2017Donald Trump kicked off his 12-day tour of Asia in what appears to be the longest trip to the region by an American president since 1991 – when George H.W. Bush was in charge of the Oval Office. Flying from Hawaii, his first stop is Japan, before visiting South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. […]
... written on Nov 07 2017When President Donald Trump meets President Xi Jinping next month, the world will watch with great interest on what the U.S. leader has to say to the Chinese supreme leader. And the U.S. leader should behave, or at least pretends to behave, because the same person whom Trump met in April at his Mar-a-Lago estate […]
... written on Oct 26 2017Saudi Arabia is the source of the world’s extremism. To be precise, the oil-rich kingdom is the biggest sponsor and supplier of terrorists, the product of its extremism policy. And thanks to Saudi, it gave birth to terror groups such as al-Qaeda and Daesh (ISIS, ISIL, IS), among others, because Muslims were being radicalized as […]
... written on Oct 25 2017You might think that a wealthy Saudi Prince Alwaleed have more integrity and dignity than an ordinary guy – at least in money matter simply because he was already so rich. After all, he’s worth US$17.7 billion today (Forbes). But it turns out to be true that rich people are actually greedier, and Alwaleed is […]
... written on Oct 24 2017Trump was right about United Nations when he criticised the world body for bloated bureaucracy and mismanagement during his first visit to its New York headquarters recently. And it didn’t take long for the U.S. president to prove how his allegations. It seems the U.N. is not only incompetent, but is fabulously corrupt too. Otherwise, how do […]
... written on Oct 23 2017Sultan Ibrahim of Kingdom of Johor has spoken against Islamic extremism – again. This time, however, the monarch takes his fight to a next higher level – over the “stupidity” of JAKIM (Malaysian Islamic Development Department). It appears that the sultan is fast losing his patience with his supposedly fellow Muslim intellectual. Malaysia might […]
... written on Oct 16 2017
