By Frank Lee

It might be a good idea to start with some theoretical clarifications.

NATO summit in Brussels is over. The summit, as expressed by some, was a chaos, and the outcome is confusing.

Donald Trump claimed an imaginary victory over America’s allies in NATO.

Before flying off to the UK for his next leg of European tour Trump said, “Yesterday I let them know that I was extremely unhappy at what was happening and they have substantially upped their commitment”.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Executive Committee meeting in Taiwan on May 12-13 expresses its deep concern over the Indian government’s manoeuvres to control the media and impinge on the right to freedom of expression and access to information, critical to its democracy.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The alliance is based on the North Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its independent member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party.

CAIRO, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Assistant Secretary General Hossam Zaki has said China never sets political conditions for cooperating with Arab countries.

"There are economic and commercial conditions, but never political ones," the AL official told Xinhua in a recent interview.

Zaki said China is always helping the Arab countries, stressing that China is keen on strengthening its cooperation with the Arabs in all fields.

Tomgram: Arundhati Roy, The Monster in the Mirror

Posted by Arundhati Roy at 10:36am, December 12, 2008.

by VIJAY PRASHAD

It is impossible to go anywhere in India without being confronted with the terrible enormity of hunger. One in two Indians goes to sleep at night without a full stomach.

Singapore; June 13, 2018

“Nearly five hours of unprecedented and surreal talks between US President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un culminated on Tuesday with fulsome declarations of a new friendship but just vague pledges of nuclear disarmament.” Reported Yuli Yang, Sophie Jeong, Yoonjung Seo and Jeff Zeleny  of CNN in Singapore.

Years after the invasion of Afghanistan by coalition forces, horrible stories of atrocities and war crimes committed by the American, British and Australian forces keep comming.

One such story was published on 8 June 2018, in The Sydney Morning Herald, with the title, “Abdul’s brother went out to buy flour. He never came home” by Nick McKenzie & Chris Masters.

PTI; Washington, May 17 : President Donald Trump today described as "animals" some illegal immigrants as he slammed the US' "dumbest" immigration laws and asserted that people based on merit should only enter America.

Venting out his frustration at officials in both Mexico and California, Trump vowed to strengthen the US' "weak"  immigration laws.

The Chinese military is scheduled to hold live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday — a clear warning to Taipei about seeking independence or closer ties with Washington.

Taiwan is a self-ruled island republic, but China sees it as a breakaway province that should be brought back into the fold and has not ruled out reunification by force.