Feb 16, 2017 09:01 am UTC| Commentary
US defense secretary James Mattis arrived in Brussels for two days talks with defense minister in the region. Speaking at the NATO headquarter in Brussels, Mr. Mattis called the NATO his second home and assuaged the...
Global Geo-political Series: Trump-Netanyahu off to a good start
Feb 16, 2017 07:36 am UTC| Commentary
Yesterday, US President Donald Trump and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a meeting and held a press conference at the White House. The body language suggests that the duo is getting along well. However,...
North Korea may not yet have a long-range missile, but its progress is worrying
Feb 16, 2017 06:05 am UTC| Insights & Views
North Korea said this week it had successfully test-fired a new type of medium- to long-range ballistic missile. The test came more than a month after North Koreas leader Kim Jong Un stated in 2016: We conducted the...
Netanyahu's meeting with Trump: Good for Israeli-Palestinian peace?
Feb 16, 2017 00:43 am UTC| Insights & Views
At their meeting at the White House today, U.S. President Donald Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to hold back on settlements for a little bit. There are now more than 400,000 Israelis living in...
Can the United Nations adapt to Donald Trump?
Feb 16, 2017 00:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
On January 1, 2017, Antonio Guterres began his five-year term as United Nations Secretary-General; 19 days later, Donald Trump began his own term as President of the United States. Guterres got off to a smooth start ...
Despite reports of imminent success, Mosul is still a dangerous flashpoint
Feb 15, 2017 09:39 am UTC| Insights & Views
President Trump has long made it clear that destroying the so-called Islamic State (IS) is one of his main priorities, and that one plan being considered is to deploy a US Army brigade to help defeat IS in its main base of...
It's not wrong for Donald Trump to trust Vladimir Putin
Feb 15, 2017 09:38 am UTC| Insights & Views
Donald Trump recently said in an interview with The Sunday Times that he will start his presidency trusting both Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel, before adding that such trust might not last long. Given Russian...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects