U.S. warplane flies over Taiwan Strait
The Navy’s Seventh Fleet dispatched a P-8 maritime patrol aircraft through the disputed Taiwan Strait on Thursday in a bid to counter expansive Chinese claims over the 100-mile-wide waterway.
Day: October 12, 2023
Israel, Iran, and China Put to the Test
There is an important connection between China and Hamas’ attack last weekend.
With All Border Crossings Closed, 2.3 Million Palestinians Cannot Escape Gaza
Wall Street Journal: For Palestinians Trapped in Gaza, There Is No Way Out Palestinians and foreign nationals in the Gaza Strip—which is running short of electricity, food, fuel and water—are trying to flee the enclave ahead of an anticipa…
12 things to do in the Seattle area this weekend
Whether you want to explore another Seattle-area city, cozy up with a good book or head to a brand-new Washington outdoors festival, here’s your local guide.
US and Qatar agree to freeze access to $6bn in humanitarian aid to Iran after Israel attack
The money was only made available to Tehran several weeks ago as part of prisoner swap deal with the US
Hamas’ terror attack on Israel was not ‘unprovoked’
The West is using a tried and tested catchphrase for the Israel-Palestine conflict
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Blinken Stresses Support for Israel While Urging Restraint on Gaza Airstrikes
During a visit to Tel Aviv, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken promised to help defend the country “as long as America exists.”
Laszlo Solyom, a Transitional President of Hungary, Dies at 81
A noted legal scholar, he helped lead his country away from Communism after the fall of the Soviet bloc but could not stop its embrace of right-wing populism.