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Actor John Travolta waves as he arrives at APEX Convention Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Faisal al Nasser

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, World

Saudi Arabia in the grip of Saturday night fever

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Donald Trump on a telephone before playing a round of golf in a 2013 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Andrew Innerarity

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

US presidents and foreign policy: intelligent design or evolution?

by Leon Hadar December 16, 2017

A still image taken from a video distributed by Yemen's pro-Houthi Al Masirah television station on November 5, 2017, shows what it says was the launch by Houthi forces of a ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh's King Khaled Airport. Photo: Houthi Military Media Unit via Reuters TV

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

How US can respond to Iranian missiles

by Stephen Bryen December 16, 2017December 17, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on December 14, 2017. Photo: Sputnik via Reuters / Alexei Nikolsky

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Vladimir Putin takes spotlight as Eurasia connector

by Pepe Escobar December 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Russia's President Vladimir Putin walks with his counterparts Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, and Hassan Rouhani of Iran after a joint news conference in Sochi, Russia, on November 22, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev / Kremlin via Reuters

Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

How Jerusalem issue plays into Iranian, Turkish (and Russian) hands

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 11, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on November 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ronen Zvulun

Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Oceania, Syria

Netanyahu continues to look the other way as pressure mounts

by Sami Moubayed December 11, 2017February 18, 2020

A Philippine soldier is seen through a hole in a wall of a damaged building in the Islamic State sieged city of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao, August 30, 2017. Photo: AFP/Ferdinandh Cabrera

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines

Inside view of an Islamic State hostage

by Bong S Sarmiento December 10, 2017February 18, 2020

Houthi fighters react after Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh was killed, in Sanaa on December 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Khaled Abdullah

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, World

Ignorance about Eurasia’s two Great Games imperils the West

by David Simmons December 8, 2017

An Israeli flag is seen near the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, on December 6, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Ammar Awad

Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Syria, United Kingdom, World

Humiliation – the only path to peace for the Middle East

by Spengler December 7, 2017February 18, 2020

Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Photo: Reuters

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Seismic upheavals in the Middle East

by Norman A. Bailey December 6, 2017

Hollywood has form in making apocalypse movies. This image shows a scene from 1983's The Day After.

France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, World

Let Hollywood make a movie for Kim Jong-un

by Stephen Bryen December 6, 2017

Asia emerged as the 'top destination' for US grades in the first half of 2017. India recently received its first batch from America, and maintained that the supplies will increase. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Crises in Middle East could change Asia’s energy security dynamic

by Alam Srinivas December 5, 2017February 18, 2020

In one of Reuters' pictures of the year for 2017, Kurdish fighters fire rifles at a drone operated by Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria, on June 16, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Goran Tomasevic

Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No takers yet for US ceasefire in Euphrates valley

by M.K. Bhadrakumar December 5, 2017

Damaged vehicles are seen after a bomb exploded at Al Rawdah mosque in Bir Al-Abed, Egypt, killing more than 300, on November 25, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Mohamed Soliman

Egypt, European Union, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, World

How can the Arab world sidestep the pull of the abyss?

by Nabil Fahmy December 3, 2017February 18, 2020

The skyline of Singapore's central business district seen from a public housing estate, April 14, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Edgar Su

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, World

Singapore on edge as Islamic State circles

by Nile Bowie December 1, 2017February 18, 2020

Kim Jong-nam arriving at Beijing airport in 2007. Photo: Kyodo via Reuters

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Macau, Malaysia, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Syria, World

Kim Jong-nam’s possession of atropine, and what it means

by Stephen Bryen December 1, 2017December 1, 2017

People gather around the remains of Mugees Mir, a suspected militant who according to local media was killed in an encounter with the Indian security forces in Zakura, during his funeral in Srinagar on November 18, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Danish Ismail

European Union, India, Iraq, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, World

New complexity emerges with ISIS footprint in Kashmir

by Kabir Taneja November 29, 2017

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attend a welcoming ceremony in Doha, Qatar, on November 15, 2017. Photo: Kayhan Ozer / Presidential Palace/ Handout via Reuters

European Union, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Turkey-Iran-Qatar entente mocks Saudi-led ‘Arab NATO’

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

China's J-10 fighter jets perform during the 11th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on November 1, 2016. Photo: China Daily/via Reuters

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Germany, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Breaking into international arms biz: a good product isn’t enough

by Richard A. Bitzinger November 28, 2017

Souvenir plates with images of China's late Chairman Mao Zedong and President Xi Jinping are seen at a shop during the Communist Party's 19th National Congress in Beijing. Photo: Reuters/ Tyrone Siu

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Vietnam, World

China is no more ‘aggressive’ than US and its allies

by Ken Moak November 27, 2017

People bury the body of a mosque attack victim in North Sinai, Egypt, on Nov. 25, 2017. Photo: AFP / Ahmed Gomaa

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria

Gunmen in mosque attack ‘carried Islamic State flag’

by Omar Fahmy and Patrick Markey November 26, 2017February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump's compromise with China is under threat.Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

From narcissism to nihilism: the deep wound of Trumpism

by Bernard-Henri Levy November 25, 2017November 25, 2017

Egyptians carry victims on stretchers after a gun and bombing attack at the Rawda mosque near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish on November 24, 2017. Photo: AFP

Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Syria, World

Militants kill hundreds at Sinai mosque in Egypt’s deadliest attack

by Asia Times and Reuters November 25, 2017February 18, 2020

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Erdogan, attend a joint news conference following a meeting in Sochi, Russia, on November 22, 2017. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Klimentyev via Reuters

China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Syria war, Sochi peace

by Pepe Escobar November 24, 2017February 18, 2020

Baloch nationalist leader Mehran Marri was recently denied entry into Switzerland at the behest of the Pakistan government. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

China, European Union, India, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

‘Start fearing the Chinese. They will eat your children’

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Recep Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia. Photo: Sputnik / Mikhail Metzel via Reuters

Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

The rise and fall of Turkey’s Erdogan

by M.K. Bhadrakumar November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

US Air Force plane from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Cambodia, European Union, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam, World

On the rehabilitation of George W Bush

by Rebecca Gordon November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

India rejigs its energy basket as Gulf tensions escalate

by Alam Srinivas November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Saudi men chat in front of a poster of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during the "MiSK Global Forum" held under the slogan "Meeting the Challenge of Change" in Riyadh, on November 15, 2017. Photo: AFP / Fayez Nureldine

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Mohammad bin Salman and the new balance of power

by Spengler November 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Photo: AFP

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Iran declares ‘end of ISIS’ after territory retaken in Syria

by Reuters November 21, 2017February 18, 2020