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China

Analyst: Chinese economy ‘may bottom after first quarter’

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

A member of the Palestinian security forces stands guard at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on September 26. Photo: AFP

Egypt, France, Israel, Middle East, World

Palestinian Authority pulls staff from Egypt border crossing

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Human Rights Watch says Rahaf Mohammed M Alqunun, 18, could face severe violence if she is forced to return to Saudi Arabia. Photo: Twitter

AT Finance, Australia, France, Kuwait, Middle East, Oceania, Thailand, World

Saudi teen held at Bangkok airport fears she will be killed

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with US national security adviser John Bolton, after their meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday. Photo: AFP

France, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

US withdrawal from Syria ‘must not endanger allies’

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 12. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, France, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Trump says US, North Korea ‘negotiating’ summit location

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

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Bahrain, France, Iran, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Opposition urges Arab states not to mend ties with Syria

by Asia Times staff January 7, 2019February 18, 2020

صورة أصدرتها الرئاسة المصرية في 2 يونيو/حزيران للرئيس المصري عبد الفتاح السيسي يلقي خطاب أثناء إلقائه القسم لمدم رئاسية ثانية بالبرلمان في القاهرة. صورة: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP

Egypt, Middle East, United States, World

قناة سي بي أس الأمريكية تعلن عرض لقاء مع الرئيس المصري رغم اعتراض الحكومة

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 6, 2019January 31, 2019

بث تلفزيون فلسطين لتبعات اقتحام مقره في غزة. مصدر: Facebook-Palestine TV

Middle East, Palestine

حماس تلقي القبض على خمسة أشخاص مشتبه في اقتحامهم تلفزيون تابع للسلطة الفلسطينية

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 6, 2019January 31, 2019

الأمين العام للأمم المتحدة أنطونيو جوتيريش (يمين) مع رئيس الوزراء الصومالي حسن علي خيري في قمة الدوحة، 16 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2018. قامت الصومال في 2 يناير/كانون الثاني 2018 بطرد ممثل الأمم المتحدة بعد اتهامه بالتدخل في الشؤون الداخلية للبلاد. صورة: KARIM JAAFAR / AFP

World

الأمم المتحدة تعبر عن أسفها بعد طرد ممثلها في الصومال

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse January 6, 2019January 31, 2019

ساحل ملوث بالنفايات في خليج كانيلا في الفلبين. صورة: Reuters/Erik de Castro

AT Finance, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Korea

الفلبين أصبحت موقع نفايات البلاد الغنية

by Bong S Sarmiento January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn plans to vigorously defend himself in court, his son says. Photo:. Reuters/Philippe Wojazer

France, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Ghosn refuses to sign confession: son

by Agence France-Presse January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of US Senator Charles McGovern in Havana in May 1975. Photo: Reuters/Prensa Latina

Bangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

The Cuban Revolution, 60 years on

by Vijay Prashad January 6, 2019

Valery Plotnikov, a palaeontologist at the Yakutia Academy of Sciences, stands among mammoth tusks confiscated from collectors who operate illegally on Nov 28, 2018. Photo: AFP

China, France, Russia, World

Chinese demand for prehistoric tusks fuels ‘mammoth rush’

by Maria ANTONOVA January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

Interior view of the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium which will take center-stage in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Qatar faces challenges on and off the field at Asian Cup

by John Duerden and David Harding January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

British warship HMS Montrose is now making its way across the Pacific Ocean on its way to New Zealand. Photo: AFP/STR

Bahrain, China, European Union, France, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

UK’s hopes of Indo-Pacific strike group with France premature

by Emanuele Scimia January 6, 2019February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping speaks during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Message to Compatriots in Taiwan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on January 2, 2019. - Taiwan's unification with the mainland is "inevitable", President Xi Jinping said on January 2, warning against any effort to promote the island's independence and saying China would not renounce the option of military force to bring it into the fold. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, World

Xi’s two speeches: one inspirational, the other evocative

by Swaran Singh January 6, 2019

FinTech, financial technology and world economy, abstract image visual

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Macau, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

How the future of the global economy will be defined

by Joseph Nathan January 5, 2019

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in may be in for a tough year. Photo: AFPDiego Opatowski

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea

South Korea flashes warning signs for 2019

by William Pesek January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Cambodian officials look at ivory seized from a shipping container at the Phnom Penh port. Cambodia seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique on December 16, the country's largest ivory bust. Experts say it was bound for Vietnam. Photo: AFP/Ban Chork

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Vietnam’s illegal ivory market ‘continues to thrive’

by Asia Times and Mongabay January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews troops from a car during a military parade in Hong Kong on June 30, 2017. China's status in the world has changed under Xi and he's only just getting started. Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Chinese scholar offers insight into Beijing’s strategic mindset

by Pepe Escobar January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Photo: AFP/Saul Loebb

Uncategorized

US stocks surge on jobs data, Fed chair comments

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Jamal Khashoggi was murdered when he visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Photo: AFP

France, Middle East, World

Khashoggi murder: US says Saudi probe lacks credibility

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Illustration: Reuters

Largest data leak in German history targets politicians, celebrities

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Illustration: iStock

France, Middle East, Syria, World

Jihadists advance against insurgents in northern Syria

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

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Afghanistan, France, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, World

Taliban blames US, Afghan forces for most civilian deaths

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 9, 2018. Photo: AFP/Sergei Ilnitsky

France, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Netanyahu, Putin hold talks

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (2nd-L), speak to the media after meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss the partial government shutdown. Photo: AFP/Alex Edelman

World

US government shutdown could drag on for months, lawmakers fear

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

Arakan Army fighters in 2018 in a Youtube screen grab. Photo: Youtube

AT Finance, France, Myanmar, Russia, World

Ethnic Rakhine rebels kill 13 Myanmar police officers

by Asia Times staff January 5, 2019February 18, 2020

رجل إيراني يقوم بتنظيم الرمان في متجره في وسط طهران في 21 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2013، استعداداً لاحتفال «يلدا» السنوي، وهو تقليد زرادشتي قديم يعقد في أطول ليلة في العام. لا زال أغلبية الإيرانيين يحتفلون باليوم، إلا أن الكثير يجدون صعوبة في شراء الفاكهة والبضائع الأخرى التي تستخدم تقليدياً في هذا اليوم المميز. صورة: AFP/Behrouz Mehr

Iran, Middle East

تحت العقوبات الأمريكية، يحتفل الإيرانيون ب«ليلة يلدا» بدون رمان

by Kourosh Ziabari January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Asian crypto market trading sessions hit a 10 month high

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

After crypto’s annus horribilis, can 2019 be any different?

by Luke Thompson January 4, 2019February 18, 2020

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