At approximately 8AM in Kuningan, Jakarta, simultaneous bombs detonated at the Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels. At least 8 people have been killed in the blasts and over 100 wounded. At least a dozen foreigners were injured, including citizens of Australia, Norway, South Korea, and India. During a press conference, recently re-elected Indonesian President Susilo Bambang […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declares the overall political peace process as the main point of contention between Israeli and Palestinian officials while dismissing settlements as relevant, he wrote in an op-ed in today’s Washington Post. Instead of focusing on the settlements, Olmert suggests focusing on institution building, such as establishing a vibrant Palestinian […]
What’s the deadliest place in Sudan? … … The odds are that your answer was immediate, and admit it, quite confident. But the correct answer is not what you think. The deadliest place in Sudan is Jonglei State in South Sudan where more than 1,000 were killed in political violence in March and April […]
Earlier this week, there was a large explosion in southern Lebanon about 10 km from the Israeli border. UNIFIL officials said that the blast was likely from a Hizballah weapons deposit and could constitute a breach of UNSC resolution 1701 which ended the 2006 War between Hizballah and Israel. This week marks the three year […]
One of the fears of the International Criminal Court’s indictment of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir surely was the effect it might have not only within Sudan, but also in the region, where perhaps the indictment would draw sympathy, particularly from citizens of Arab states or from countries with sizable Muslim populations. A recent poll offers […]
The latest chapter in Mexico’s struggle with drug gangs is shocking in scale. The arrest of Arnoldo Rueda Medina, a co-leader of La Familia, sent the drug syndicate on a rampage against the state in Michoacán. Monday morning 12 bodies were found and quickly identified as federal police officers. The 11 men and one woman were off […]
Israel’s recent navy mobilization through the Suez Canal represents a major initiative to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, according to officials first report in the Times of London. Any Israeli strike on Iran would require war ships to pass through the Suez and also include fly-overs of either Iraq or Saudi Arabia. While the U.S. government would likely […]
It becomes tougher and tougher to read my Afghanistan related news feeds as it is becoming filled with reports of NATO and American casualties: Britain, which lost 8 of its soldiers in just a few days, has been doing some of the toughest fighting trying to capture Taliban-controlled districts in Helmand Province. Though there has […]
I participated in Hillary Clinton’s on-the-record conversation and press briefing at the Council on Foreign Relations today by conference call. It was fascinating even if much of what I heard was boilerplate. What was frustrating, however, was that Clinton virtually ignored Africa, mentioning President Obama’s Ghana speech in passing and then only to draw some […]
Speaking at the NAM Summit’s plenary session, Indian Prime Minister (PM) Manmohan Singh called upon member countries to fight terrorism and ensure their territories are not used as safe havens by terrorists. Singh is scheduled to meet his Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the Summit and push for greater Pakistani action against the perpetrators […]
A recent series of mysterious bombings in the Philippines have led some to wonder if it is just a more severe case of the usual-suspects, Muslims separatist groups based in Mindanao, or a possible conspiracy led by the Filipino army, the Arroyo opposition, or the Macapagal-Arroyo government itself. The Philippines has seen more than 60 […]
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