Month: December 2018
Child whose mother defied Trump ‘Muslim ban’ to spend final days with him dies
Abdullah Hassan passed away at an Oakland, California hospital nine days after his mother, Shaima Sw..
Egyptian forces kill 40 suspected fighters in Giza and North Sinai
Egypt's military and police launched a major campaign against armed groups in February (File pi..
Der Spiegels first-class faker
HAMBURG — Fake news wasnt invented by the Russians. The New York Times had Jayson Blair, who faked ..
Putin is tightening his grip on Ukraine
KIEV — Ukraines Christmas markets may be in full swing, but the season isnt feeling particularly fes..
Pains of an empire lost
PARIS — Mohsin Hamids “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” is the story of a Pakistani mans tormented jour..
Why the EU should fear a second UK referendum
Bad news for Theresa May is good news for the chances of a second Brexit vote. With the British pri..
US commanders recommend letting Kurdish fighters in Syria keep weapons
The proposal to leave US-supplied weapons with the YPG could include anti-tank missiles, armoured ve..
Prominent Israeli author Amos Oz passes away at 79
Oz, Israel's best-known author and an outspoken supporter of a two-state solution to the Israel..
Yemen’s Houthis start withdrawal from Hodeidah port as part of UN deal
A UN source said the Houthi forces, which control Hodeidah and its strategic port, had started to wi..
See Hanoi’s Old Quarter on a vintage motorbike
(CNN) — With its pastel-hued shop houses, labyrinthine lanes and impenetrable swarms of motorbikes, ..