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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) is welcomed by officials upon his arrival in Ankara, Turkey on August 14, 2018. The Iraqi leader over the weekend canceled a scheduled visit to Tehran after announcing his government would adhere to US sanctions on Iran. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Muhammed Selim Korkutata

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraqi PM downplays sanctions on Tehran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

China's economy is starting to slow after a raft of economic data. Illustration: iStock

Beijing, China, World

China’s economy shows further signs of cooling

by Gordon Watts August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman (center) and the chairman of Jordan's Joint Chiefs of Staff, Lieutenant-General Mahmoud Freihat (left), appear with other defense ministers and officials of the 41-member Saudi-led Muslim counterterrorism alliance, formed in 2015. Photo: AFP / Fayez Nureldine

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

‘Arab NATO’ faces challenges, question marks

by Jonathan Gorvett August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

President Xi Jinping's administration is facing a catalog of domestic problems. Photo: AFP

China, Middle East, World

President Xi’s China Dream collides with the ‘Impossible Trinity’

by Chris Taylor August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Mourners attend a mass funeral of victims, mainly children, killed in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition northern Yemen on August 13, 2018. Photo: AFP/Hani Al-Ansi

Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Saudi Arabia may have used guided bomb on Yemeni school bus

by Stephen Bryen August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

Life carries on in Tehran despite the threat of US sanctions. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Fatemeh Bahrami

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Turkey, World

Economic war on Iran is war on Eurasia integration

by Pepe Escobar August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

China has launched a massive program of 'New Silk Roads' on land, sea and in the air. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Spending speed bumps hit China’s massive Belt and Road project

by Gordon Watts August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Demonstrators opposed to a far-right rally hold signs opposite the White House on August 12. Photo: AFP

Uncategorized

Neo-Nazi rally fizzles out

by Asia Times staff and agencies August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

The falling lira is making it difficult for many Turks to make ends meet. Photo: iStock

Middle East, Syria, Turkey, World

Erdogan blames plunging lira on American ‘political plot’

by Asia Times staff and agencies August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

US President Donald Trump listens as supporters cheer after the pledge of allegiance during a Bikers for Trump event at the Trump National Golf Club on August 11 in Bedminster, New Jersey. Photo: AFP

European Union, France, World

Trump backs bike boycott

by Paul Muir August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Former White House adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman. Photo: Cheriss May/NurPhoto

Uncategorized

Former Trump adviser secretly taped private conversations

by Asia Times staff and agencies August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Former FBI director James Comey and US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Trump ‘will deny under oath’ asking FBI director for favor

by Asia Times staff and agencies August 13, 2018February 18, 2020

dollar bills against the background of military equipment. Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Middle East, Northeast Asia, World

US defense spending: How much is too much?

by Richard A. Bitzinger August 12, 2018August 12, 2018

UK Prime Minister Theresa May, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit. Photo: Reuters / Yves Herman.

Beijing, China, European Union, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

To win China trade war, Trump needs alliances

by Xuan Loc Doan August 12, 2018August 12, 2018

Pakistani men sit near a poster of Pakistan's cricketer-turned politician and head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party Imran Khan, in Islamabad on July 30, 2018.Pakistan's World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan is set to become prime minister of the nuclear-armed nation of 207 million, with an economy inching toward crisis and perennial conflict on its borders. Running the country will take considerable statecraft from Khan's relatively inexperienced party. He brings charisma, international name recognition and a sizeable election victory, though not enough to form a majority government. Photo: AFP

Afghanistan, Beijing, China, India, Pakistan, South Asia

Pakistan’s new leader faces old constraints

by Ted Gover August 12, 2018August 12, 2018

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping after Erdogan spoke during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing on May 14, 2017.
Photo: AFP/Mark Schiefelbein

Beijing, China, European Union, Germany, India, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Turkey, World

Turkey sees long-term partner in China

by Altay Atli August 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Beijing is planning to boost infrastructure spending. Photo: iStock

China plans another multibillion-dollar spending spree

by Gordon Watts August 9, 2018February 18, 2020

A new phone in an electronics store in China. Photo: iStock

Will China put Apple’s iPhones on its tariff hike list?

by Ben Kwok August 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Tsinghua University is one of the most influential institutions in China. Photo: iStock

Australia, Beijing, China, Chongqing, Oceania, World

President Xi Jinping’s policies trigger an academic backlash in China

by Gordon Watts August 8, 2018February 18, 2020

David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme visits a WFP-supported children’s nursery in Komchon Ri village in North Korea on May 9, 2018. Photo: WFP/Silke Buhr

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

Security Council backs US plan for humanitarian aid in North Korea

by Andrew Salmon August 7, 2018February 18, 2020

In Washington, DC, on July 8, 2011, demonstrators are reflected in a shop window shop, as a woman carries a placard with the image of Martin Luther King and the slogan 'We Too Have a Dream'. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, World

Steve Bannon be damned: a winning conversation on race

by Muhammad Cohen August 7, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands with North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho as they arrive for a group photo at the ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat in Singapore on August 4, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mohd Rasfan

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea presses US on confidence building at ASEAN forum

by Andrew Salmon August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

US-China trade war is bad news for Beijing. Illustration: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, World

Will US-China trade war reshape global value chains?

by Sun Xi August 6, 2018August 6, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP/Jim Watson

Iran, Middle East, World

Pompeo vows to enforce ‘maximum pressure’ sanctions

by Paul Muir August 6, 2018February 18, 2020

The Shandong Sunrise Group, which has filed for bankruptcy. Photo: Baidu

China, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

China’s 500th largest firm is first casualty of trade war with US

by Ben Kwok August 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Consumer spending in China has slowed. Photo: iStock

Beijing, China, World

China’s business confidence takes a hit amid trade concerns

by Gordon Watts August 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Vietnamese attending the Marian Days festival. Photo: Handout

AT Finance, Vietnam, World

Thousands of Vietnamese in Missouri for Catholic festival

by Asia Times staff August 3, 2018February 18, 2020

China, Hong Kong, Shanghai

Hit hard by trade rhetoric, China ‘likely to do deal with US’

by Asia Times staff August 2, 2018February 18, 2020

His Holiness the 17th Karmapa has said he hopes to return to India shortly after a nine-month break in the US. Photo: YouTube screen grab

China, India, South Asia, World

Exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader in talks with Delhi on return to India

by Paul Mooney August 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Donald Trump after the Singapore Summit in Singapore. Photo: AFP/Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information/EyePress

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

Trump’s grand strategy: reviving America’s global power

by Brahma Chellaney August 1, 2018