
World View: Saudi Arabia Under International Pressure to End Yemen Airstrikes
Contents: Saudi Arabia appears to have stalled in the Yemen war; Saudi Arabia under international pressure to end Yemen airstrikes

Contents: Saudi Arabia appears to have stalled in the Yemen war; Saudi Arabia under international pressure to end Yemen airstrikes

Contents: Violence resurges in Central African Republic crisis war; Central African Republic canceling elections and Pope’s visit

Contents: Mahmoud Abbas’s United Nations ‘bombshell’ something of a dud; Russia humiliates US again as it begins striking Syria

Contents: New York’s Obamacare Co-op collapses, the fourth so far this year; Copper’s crashing prices cause devastating economic ripples around the world; China’s ‘climate change’ promise may already be in trouble

Contents: Taliban scores major strategic victory in Afghanistan, capturing Kunduz; The Afghan Taliban return to Kunduz after fourteen years; Repercussions for Central Asia

Contents: Palestinian leader Abbas to ‘drop bombshell’ in UN speech Wednesday; Abbas expected to deliver ultimatum to Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel; Abbas’s resignation would trigger major Mideast changes

Contents: Death toll from Hajj stampede rises to 769, triggers fatalistic explanations; Iran rejects Fatalism, blames Saudi officials for ‘crime’; Muslims debate the role of the ‘Will of Allah’ in human life; Theological contradictions in omnipotence and omniscience vs free will

Contents: Massive Russian military deployment into Syria and Iraq continues; China’s military heads for Syria, supposedly to join Russia

Contents: Suspicions grow that PKK doing Russia’s bidding in bombing Turkey’s pipelines; Report: Repeated failures in Afghanistan reconstruction projects; Japan’s economy returns to deflation

Contents: Tempers flare as EU leaders debate the migrant crisis; Europe looks for ways to reduce the volume of migrants; China’s Xi Jinping congratulates himself on stopping stock market crash

Contents: EU votes to distribute 120,000 refugees among countries by quota; Hungary’s Viktor Orbán invokes memories of Ottoman Empire

Contents: Russia and China show interest in the Arctic’s oil and gas reserves; Russia pours military weapons and personnel into Syria

Contents: Ben Carson’s statement about Muslim President revives JFK Catholic controversy; Syriza wins election in Greece, on eve of drastic new reforms

Contents: European countries in near-chaos take turns dumping migrants; Russian ‘refusenik’ soldiers resist deployment in Syria; Russia’s media take note of Carly Fiorina’s debate statements

Contents: With Hungary blocked to migrants, Croatia becomes overwhelmed; Hungary’s Viktor Orbán defends Europe’s ‘Christian culture’

Contents: China continues rapid military deployment in South China Sea; Japan and Vietnam boost military ties to counter China

Contents: Russia’s Vladimir Putin tightens grip on Tajikistan at CSTO meeting; The troubled history of the CSTO in Central Asia; Russia’s economic slowdown means financial disaster for Central Asia

Contents: Hungary slams closed the door to thousands of new migrants; European Union’s Schengen agreement for borderless travel unravels; Egypt mistakenly kills Mexican tourists, Mexico demands explanation

Contents: China’s Xi Jinping assesses the outcome of the WW II victory parade; Attendance by President Park Geun-hye a coup for China, S. Korea, taunting N. Korea

Contents: Russia opens a dangerous new chapter in Syria and the Mideast; ‘Putin’s Plan’ for Russia and Syria; How is Vladimir Putin different from Ronald Reagan?; Choosing the lesser of two evils

Contents: Huge construction crane in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca Grand Mosque crashes, killing dozens; 1979 takeover of Grand Mosque led to al-Qaeda and 9/11

Contents: Russia and Iran send more troops to Syria to back faltering al-Assad; Putin’s plan for Syria: al-Assad regime in anti-ISIS coalition with West; Assad regime and ISIS are apparently BOTH now using chemical weapons in Syria

Contents: Israel reopens its embassy in Cairo, Egypt after four years; Four more Arab countries join war in Yemen with ground troops

Contents: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen suffers its deadliest day; In major escalation in Yemen war, Qatar is sending 1,000 troops; Britain’s RAF drones target and kill British nationals in Syria

Contents: Migrant workers in Maine being replaced by blueberry-picking machines;As expected, Austria follows Hungary in saying ‘No more migrants’