Korean Peninsula South Korea starts drills at Japan-claimed islandsDW News - DW English South Korea's navy has launched a drill around a group of small islands claimed by both Tokyo and Seoul as the feud between the two countries …
Qatar Qatar, Saudi Arabia rift in a new stage over Somaliadailysabah.com - YUSUF SELMAN İNANÇ @yusufsinanc Saudi Arabia and Qatar engaged in a diplomatic war last year when the former imposed an embargo on the latter, attempting to cut its ties with the …
Kashmir Kashmir unrest: Clashes at protest after Friday prayersBBC NewsSecurity forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have clashed with protesters in the city of Srinagar. Hundreds of people took part in a demonstration after Friday prayers in the Soura neighbourhood. The
Revolution The tragic — and overlooked — fallout from the ’60s sexualNew York Post - By Mary Eberstadt Declining life expectancy, mass shootings, alarming rates of mental illness, rising white nationalism, the opioid crisis: By many measures, our …
Modi India's Modi awarded UAE medal amid Kashmir crackdownyahoo.com - JON GAMBRELL In this photo released by the state-run WAM news agency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center right, walks with Khaldoon Khalifa al-Mubarak, …
Central Africa Violence forces 1.9 million children out of classes in west and central AfricaThe Guardian - Saeed Kamali DehghanUnicef report points to three-fold increase in number of schools closed in the region in two years due to intensifying conflict More than 1.9 million children are forced out of school across west and Africa
World News 'A killer is always a killer’: Gambia gripped by Junglers’ testimonyThe Guardian - Ruth Maclean and Saikou Jammeh in BanjulOne of the most notorious killers in Gambia sits on a grubby mattress on his brother’s stoop, uneasy in his newfound freedom. His nephews fetch cigarettes and brew tea, and birds sing in the mango trees.
Spain hits back at Mexico in row over colonial rights abusesThe Guardian - Stephen Burgen in Barcelona and David Agren in Buenos AiresMadrid rejects Mexican president’s demand for apology for crimes against indigenous people A diplomatic row has broken out between Mexico and Spain after the Mexican president wrote to King Felipe VI he
Mexico demands Spain apologize for colonial abuse of indigenous peopleThe Guardian - AFP in Mexico CityIn letter to Spanish king, President Obrador cites massacres and oppression during conquest of Mexico Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has written to Spanish King Felipe VI and Pope Francis
El Norte review: an epic and timely history of Hispanic North AmericaThe Guardian - Charles KaiserCarrie Gibson has written an exhaustive corrective to historians who seek to whitewash a story of settlement and conflict The subtitle of Carrie Gibson’s book is The Epic and Forgotten Story of Hispanic
Books Silver, Sword and Stone review: much blood shed, little improvementThe Guardian - Carrie GibsonThe most worrying aspect of her book is the repeated claim that violence is somehow in the blood of all Latin Americans Writing in 1811, during the early rumblings of the Spanish American independence
Jair Bolsonaro Brazilian protesters rail against Bolsonaro as Amazon fires rage onThe Guardian - Dom Phillips in Rio de JaneiroAs fires burned across the Amazon and a worsening international and domestic crisis raged around Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, protesters took to the streets of cities in Brazil and abroad.
Kashmir Kashmir city on lockdown after calls for protest marchThe Guardian - Azhar Farooq in Srinagar and Rebecca Ratcliffe in DelhiThe main city in Indian-administered Kashmir has been placed under lockdown following calls for residents to march en masse against the revocation of the territory’s special status. Posters were put up
Play buttonHong Kong Island Hong Kong protesters join hands in 30-mile human chainThe Guardian - Erin Hale in Hong Kong and Emma Graham-HarrisonA human chain stretched for kilometres across both sides of Hong Kong harbour on Friday night, as people turned out for a peaceful demonstration inspired by anti-Soviet protesters three decades ago. Joining
News (Hong Kong) Asian billionaires embark on UK spending spree as pound nosedivesThe Guardian - Rupert Neate Wealth correspondentChina and Hong Kong’s super-rich buy up everything from skyscrapers to private schools China’s president, Xi Jinping, and David Cameron famously sealed their countries’ “golden era” friendship in 2015
Tariffs China puts $75bn of retaliatory tariffs on US goodsThe Guardian - ReutersChina has unveiled retaliatory tariffs against about $75bn (£60bn) worth of US goods, putting up to 10% on top of existing rates in the latest tit-for-tat in the dispute between the world’s top two economies.
trump news update 'I hereby order': Trump mocked for highly formal, meaningless decreeThe Guardian - Luke O'NeilLeaning further into a burgeoning economic war with China of his own design, Donald Trump on Friday levied a series of bizarre demands of American companies who do business in the country. They included
Bashar al-Assad Three million caught in crossfire as Assad vows to capture every inch of SyriaThe Guardian - Emma Graham-HarrisonSyrian government forces have made fresh military advances towards President Bashar al-Assad’s goal of reclaiming “every inch” of the country in an offensive that has intensified fears of a humanitarian
Kashmir Kashmir protesters defy restrictions, clash with security forcesReuters - Devjyot Ghoshal, Fayaz BukhariSRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Security forces used tear gas against stone-throwing local residents in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar on Friday, after a third straight week of protests in the restive
Play buttonGreenland Trump plans to open US consulate in Greenland despite row over offer to buyThe Guardian - Associated Press in WashingtonThe Trump administration is planning to open a US consulate in Greenland for the first time in decades, amid increased strategic and economic interest in the Danish territory. The state department said
Politics No-deal Brexit would shrink UK's global influence, say ex-ambassadorsThe Guardian - Mattha BusbyLeaving the European Union without a deal would vastly shrink the UK’s international influence and would represent “the biggest unilateral abandonment” of long-term British interests in modern history,
Daniel Craig Can Daniel Craig complete his biggest mission - modernising James Bond?bbc.co.uk - Alex Taylor The title of the next James Bond film was announced earlier this week. No Time To Die will see Daniel Craig return as 007 for the fifth time, but there's little to suggest it will be business as usual.
Greenland 'This is very scary': Greenlanders on Trump wanting to buy their islandbbc.co.uk - Ashitha Nagesh This week has seen one of the most bizarre diplomatic rows of Donald Trump's presidency.
Jaipur Can you cool a house without air conditioning?BBC Future - Martha HenriquesAs global summer temperatures rise, more buildings are installing energy-hungry air conditioners – a major contributor to climate change. But are there ways to cool buildings down without turning the on?
India Narendra Modi is undermining the 'idea of India': Shashi TharoorDW News - Manasi Gopalakrishnan Critical voices are growing louder in India following PM Modi's decision to scrap Kashmir's autonomy. Shashi Tharoor, an opposition lawmaker, spoke …
Play buttonYouTube YouTubers of the world unite!DW News - Josephine Schulz (uhe) Content creators on the popular video platform are uniting against YouTube in an effort to change company policies they consider unfair. Supported by …
Nuclear Energy Russia's floating nuclear plant sets sail for the ArcticDW News - DW English A seaborne nuclear plant has started its journey across the Arctic Circle to supply power to a Siberian town. Russian activists warned the barge …
Xinjiang How Uighurs are using a popular video app to mourn missing relativesDW News - William Yang (Taipei) Dozens of short videos featuring Uighurs crying silently have surfaced on a popular Chinese video app. Activists say the videos may contain hidden …
KashmirThe Indian Government Insists All Is Well in Kashmir. But As the Communications Shutdown Continues, Its Citizens Are StrugglingTIME - Shahnaz BashirBashir is the author of award-winning novels The Half Mother and Scattered Souls. He was born and brought up in Indian-administered Kashmir and currently teaches journalism at a university in Kashmir.
