KMT’s Han as parliament speaker blurs Taiwan view

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​asia times​​​ by Peter Enav and Mike Chinoy TAIPEI, Taiwan – The six-point victory of ruling party candidate Lai Ching-te in Taiwan’s presidential election last month removed a major concern for US →

Hindu prayers begin inside India’s Mughal-era mosque after court order

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​al jazeera​​​ Right-wing Hindu groups have been claiming the 17th-century mosque adjacent to a famous temple in Varanasi city for decades. Hindu worshippers have begun praying inside a 17th-century →

Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israel downplays settler violence in West Bank

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al jazeera By Alastair Mccready Israeli officials dismiss concerns over settler violence against Palestinians in occupied West Bank after US sanctions four Israeli settlers for their role in →

Why Kataib Hezbollah Targeted U.S. Troops in Jordan

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​national interest​​​ by Emily Milliken On January 28, a drone strike conducted by the Iran-linked Kataib Hezbollah group killed three U.S. soldiers and injured more than forty others at a remote →

China expected to play bigger role in Middle East: Yemeni official

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​global times​​​ By Chen Qingqing China said on Tuesday that it supports Yemen's sovereignty, territorial integrity and supports the legitimate government of the country and a resolution to the Yemen →

A pivotal quantum theory holds up even in extreme electric fields

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​science news​​​ By Emily Conover To put one of physicists’ most important theories to the test, scientists go to extremes. Extremely strong electromagnetic fields, that is. The theory of quantum →

Farmer protests: First convoy of tractors rolls into Brussels

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​brussels times​​​ By Maïthé Chini A first convoy of tractors heading for the European Quarter drove into the Brussels-Capital Region around 18:30 on Wednesday, ahead of the large farmers' protest →

Military Escalation Against Iran Is Foolish and Unjustified

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​american conservative​​​ By Ted Snider The greatest danger for a widening war in the Middle East is unintended actions that take a path to Iran. That danger became more real on January 28 when a →

Rule of thuggery prevails in Denmark

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​american thinker​​​ By Raymond Ibrahim Denmark recently capitulated, forfeiting its hard-fought freedoms to those who hate it. According to a recent report, Denmark’s parliament has passed a bill →

The De-evolution of the West

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​american thinker​​​ By Robert Weissberg It has been said that intellectuals can reduce a city of stone to sand. Unfortunately, this is especially true as today’s “thinking class” wages all-hands-on →

The maths of rightwing populism: easy answers + confidence = reassuring certainty

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​conversation​​​ Rightwing populists appear to be enjoying a surge across the western world. For those who don’t support these parties, their appeal can be baffling and unsettling. They appear to →

India’s Ayodhya wakes up to harsh realities after Modi’s Ram temple event

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​al jazeera​​​ By Yashraj Sharma Ayodhya, India – As half a million people converged on the gates of the new temple to the Hindu deity Ram, Brijesh Pathak looked on. It was the day after Indian Prime →

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