Tensions have been raised yet again in the long-running dispute by Chinese missiles in the Paracel Island chain.
Untangling the South China Sea dispute
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Monthly Archives: February 2016
‘People-smuggling’ patrols offered by NATO
Action hoped to deter smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece.
North Korea to cut hotlines with South
Tensions rising after Pyongyang’s recent rocket and nuclear tests.
Oregon occupiers said ready to surrender
Four militants remained holed up at a national wildlife refuge.
Scores killed in Nigeria camp bombings
At least 56 people killed in a double suicide bombing at refugee camp.
Amid ceasefire talk, 50,000 Syrians flee Aleppo fighting
Russia has reportedly suggested the possibility of a ceasefire in Syria, hours ahead of a crucial meeting of major powers in Germany on how to end the five-year-old Syrian civil war.
Mali gradually welcoming its music back from exile
Nearly three years after the combined efforts of French and Malian troops drove back Islamic jihadists whose application of Sharia law banned all music, the country is getting back its rhythm.
A.U.’s about-face leaves Burundi in the lurch
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The African Union was poised to enact a never-before-used article of its charter allowing it to impose a peacekeeping force on violence-plagued Burundi, but some African leaders ultimately felt uneasy about setting a precedent that could come back to haunt them.
Will ‘Narcos’ stick to reality, mystery safe and all?
Given the existing mythology around the notorious criminal, we can expect significant speculation about the safe’s contents until it is opened.