Raytheon Technologies ( NYSE:RTX), and the defense arm of Boeing ( NYSE:BA) with sanctions following a move by the U.S. State Department to approve $1.8 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, Bloomberg ... ( read original story ...)
Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man dead, announces Iraq’s Baath Party
Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, arguably the most high-profile Saddam Hussein-era officials to evade capture in the wake of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, had made infrequent public appearences in recent years ... ( read original story ...)
5-km-long artwork pays homage to abused Iraq Kurd women
Along a five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of road in Sulaimaniyah, an Iraqi Kurdish artist on Monday unveiled a stitched collage of clothes from women survivors of domestic violence. ( read original story ...)
South Korea must resolve wartime labor dispute, Tokyo says
South Korea must come up with a "solution" on the issue of compensation for Korean wartime laborers, according to Tokyo. ( read original story ...)
Why Next Month’s Elections Could Worsen Ethnic Tensions in Myanmar
Myanmar’s electoral system concentrates power in the hands of the Burman majority, the root cause of decades of civil conflict. ( read original story ...)
Thai protesters, ‘human beings, not dust’, march in challenge to king
Describing themselves as "human beings, not dust", thousands of Thai protesters demanding reforms of the monarchy marched to the German embassy in Bangkok on Monday to put pressure on King Maha ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand Has a Gender Violence Problem
Repeated cases of violence against women demonstrate their systematic subordination within Thailand’s patriarchal social structure. ( read original story ...)
Thailand’s King Becomes a Foreign Relations Challenge for Germany
Demonstrators marched to the German Embassy in Bangkok late Monday to ask Angela Merkel’s government to investigate their king, who spends stretches of time in Bavaria. ( read original story ...)
Thai Protesters Shun Parliament, Ask Germany to Probe King
Pro-democracy demonstrators in Thailand are expanding their protests internationally, marching to the German Embassy to appeal to Angela Merkel’s government to investigate whether Thailand’s king is ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic and protests — Thailand’s double whammy
Growing civil unrest across Thailand would deal a big blow to its economy already battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. A cursory glance through Thailand's history replete with coups only amplifies those ... ( read original story ...)