Worlds Eye View

A Look Into World News & Events

By The Lone Runner

Golan Heights
Israel didn't 'seize' the Golan Heights. It was won in a war for the country's survival
Los Angeles Times
To the editor: The Golan Heights was not seized from Syria in 1967. It was captured in a war instigated by the surrounding Arab countries that were threatening to destroy Israel. Who knew that tiny Israel
U.S. Politics
This chart shows how Saudi Arabia is on course to behead more people than ever before in 2019
Business Insider - Bill Bostock, INSIDER
Saudi Arabia is on track to set a new record for beheading people in 2019 if it maintains its current intensity for the rest of the year. The kingdom executed 43 people between January 1 and March 13,
News
Thousands attend NZ vigil, rally to fight racism, remember Christchurch victims
Reuters - by Jill Gralow Natasha Howitt
CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - Thousands gathered in New Zealand’s cities on Sunday to protest racism and remember the 50 Muslims killed by a gunman in Christchurch and as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced
News
Palestinian suspected in killing two Israelis, wounding one in West Bank attack
The Washington Post - By Ruth Eglash
JERUSALEM — Two Israelis were killed and one other seriously wounded after a Palestinian assailant opened fire at two locations in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli authorities said, the latest
Asia
Christchurch shootings: Stories of heroism emerge from attacks
bbc.co.uk
Stories of heroism have emerged from the attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that left 50 people dead.
World News
Taliban Capture About 150 Afghan Soldiers After Chase Into Turkmenistan
The New York Times - By NAJIM RAHIM and ROD NORDLAND
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The Taliban carried out the biggest known capture of Afghan soldiers of the war, taking 150 prisoners after they chased units into neighboring Turkmenistan and that country
News
Taliban kill 22 Afghan forces in attack on checkpoints
Associated Press - By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An overnight Taliban assault on checkpoints in northern Afghanistan killed 22 troops, after some 100 Afghan forces fled heavy fighting in the country's west last week and tried
Russia
Russia’s Next Land Grab Won’t Be in an Ex-Soviet State. It Will Be in Europe.
foreignpolicy.com - Mikheil Saakashvili
Not many observers would consider the world’s coldest shipping lane a geopolitical hotspot. But that may be about to change. Last week, reports …
World News
Maduro blames the United States as power cuts grip Venezuela
Euronews
Residents of the Venezuelan capital Caracas have taken to the streets to protest as power cuts gripping the country enter their third day. Some participants in a spontaneous demonstration say it’s not
Ethiopian Airlines
Plane crashes en route from Ethiopia to Kenya, killing all 157 people on board
Chicago Tribune - Elias Meseret and Yidnek Kirubel
An Ethiopian Airlines jet faltered and crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff from the country's capital, carving a gash in the earth and spreading global grief to 35 countries that had someone among the
News
Correction: Ethiopia-Plane Crash story
Associated Press
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — In a story March 11 about the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet, The Associated Press reported erroneously that China grounded its models of the same plane for nine hours.
News
This African nation is now the 'most dangerous place in the world for children'
NBC News - Christine Romo
Beset by a raging civil war and looming famine, the Central African Republic is in shambles. BANGUI, Central African Republic — By the time Vincent arrived at the hospital, he was so weak that he was to
India
Satellite images show madrasa buildings still standing at scene of Indian bombing
Reuters UK
NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - High-resolution satellite images reviewed by Reuters show that a religious school run by Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan appears to be still standing days
News
Hijack Attempt on Bangladesh-Dubai Flight Ends With Suspect Killed, Officials Say
TIME - JULHAS ALAM / AP
(DHAKA, Bangladesh) — A passenger flight made an emergency landing Sunday in Bangladesh after an armed man attempted to hijack the plane, and he was later killed in an exchange of gunfire with military
World News
ISIS Brides: Yazidi Women Say The Women Who Married ISIS Fighters Were Not Innocent Bystanders, And They Want Justice
buzzfeednews.com - Nishita Jha
Far from being innocent bystanders, women who joined ISIS participated in the torture and humiliation of Yazidi women. NEW DELHI — As ISIS loses the …
Kashmir Militants Kill Again as Trouble Grows Between India and Pakistan
The New York Times - By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and SAMEER YASIR
NEW DELHI — Militants in Kashmir struck again on Monday, killing an Indian Army major and at least three other soldiers just days after orchestrating a devastating bombing that left dozens of Indian security
Death toll from collapsed Brazilian mining dam hits 40 and could be rising
nydailynews.com - By STORM GIFFORD
The death toll has risen to 40 after Friday’s collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil. Desperate searchers flying in …
U.S. and Taliban Edge Toward Deal to End America’s Longest War
The New York Times - By ROD NORDLAND and MUJIB MASHAL
KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States and the Taliban are closing in on a deal to end America’s longest war after six days of some of the most serious Afghan peace negotiations to date wrapped up on The
The once vast ISIS ‘caliphate’ is now reduced to a pair of villages in Syria
The Washington Post - By Liz Sly
BEIRUT — A pair of dusty villages in the Syrian desert is all that remains of the vast expanse of territory the Islamic State once called its caliphate, and the complete territorial defeat of the militant
Why I Am a European Patriot
The New York Times - By ROGER COHEN
When I covered the war in Bosnia I got to know Nermin Tulic, a prominent Sarajevo actor. He had his legs blown off by a Serbian shell on June 10, 1992. He raged. He begged me not to look at his stumps.
Do France’s ‘yellow vests’ have a future as a political party? Some hope so.
The Washington Post - By James McAuley
PARIS — After two months of protests against the French government and inequality, members France’s “yellow vest” movement are seeking to make the leap into party politics. A contingent of yellow vests
Hundreds missing in Brazil, 34 found dead, after Vale dam burst
Reuters - By Gram Slattery
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian rescue workers halted searches for the night on Saturday for hundreds of people missing and feared dead under a sea of mud after a tailings dam burst at an iron
Israel Kamikaze Drones are Destroying Syria’s Air Defenses
nationalinterest.org
On January 21, Iranian, Syrian and Israeli forces unleashed a hail of missiles upon each other in what is becoming yet another flare-up of violence …
France, Germany and Spain to recognise Venezuela’s Guaido if no elections held
France 24 - FRANCE 24
"Unless elections are announced within eight days, we will be ready to recognise @jguaido as 'President in charge' of Venezuela in order to trigger a political process," French President Emmanuel Macron
Iran on threats from France: 'We will reconsider our relations with Europe'
jpost.com - MAARIV ONLINE
"Our military capabilities are part of legitimate defense powers of the state, and guarantee the national security of the Islamic Republic, which is …
Venezuela's Maduro given 'ultimatum': Hold elections or Guaido to be recognized as president
cbc.ca - Thomson Reuters ·
Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Belgium all said on Saturday they would recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president …
Syria's war: Who is responsible for the dying children of Rukban?
Al Jazeera
The 'man-made' tragedy in the encampment of about 50,000 people already killed eight children this winter. Beirut, Lebanon - There was no heating to keep the tent warm. There was no money to buy the medicine
World News
Opinion: Leaving Syria Is Far Less Risky Than Staying
NPR
Aaron David Miller (@aarondmiller2), a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a former State Department adviser and Middle East negotiator, is the author of The End
Man injures 20 kids with hammer in Chinese primary school
Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — A 49-year-old man injured 20 children with a hammer Tuesday inside a primary school in China's capital, officials said. Three of the children have serious but non-life-threatening injuries,