Venezuela candidates close campaigns, opposition trusts military to back result
Caracas, Venezuela Reuters Venezuela opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Thursday he trusts the country’s military will ensure respect for the result of the presidential election this Sunday, as he and his rival, incumbent President Nicolas Maduro, held final rallies. Gonzalez has attracted significant support, even from former supporters of the ruling socialist party. Venezuelan […]
Essay: Kim-Putin deal – why this is a coded message aimed at China and how it worries Beijing
CHEE MENG TAN and CHI ZHANG, in an article first published on The Conversation, say the pact between North Korea and Russia “severely threatens Chinese security”…
Russians throng to display of Western ‘trophy’ tanks captured in Ukraine
Reuters Western tanks and military hardware captured by Russian forces in Ukraine went on display in Moscow on Wednesday at an exhibition the Russian military said showed Western help would not stop it winning the war. Long queues of people formed on what was a sunny May Day public holiday at the entrance to the […]
Civilian recruitment: Ukraine launches military charm offensive as conscription flags
DAN PELESCHUK, of Reuters, reports on the civilian recruitment push taking place in Ukraine…
South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korea will start deploying military physicians and doctors from public health centres to strike-hit hospitals on Monday to help care for patients affected by the walkout of nearly 12,000 trainee doctors from 100 hospitals over government reform plans. Twenty military surgeons along with 138 public health doctors will be assigned […]
Myanmar junta’s conscription plan lays bare toll of fighting rebels
Reuters The Myanmar’s military conscription plan reveals the heavy toll that months of incessant fighting against rebels have had on its troops and the struggles the generals are facing to replenish their ranks, analysts, diplomats and a defector said. The plan, which was announced this week, comes after the junta lost control of swathes of […]
Essay: Pakistan election results in political instability when the country needed it least
PARVEEN AKHTAR looks, in an article first published on The Conversation, at what next for Pakistan following a hotly contested election…
Israel fighting with Gaza, Lebanon intensifies; US bolsters Middle East weaponry
Gaza Reuters Fears that the Israel-Hamas war could mushroom into a wider Middle East conflict rose on Sunday with Washington warning of a significant risk to US interests in the region as ally Israel pounded Gaza and clashes on its border with Lebanon intensified. Gaza’s Health Ministry said 266 Palestinians, including 117 children, had been […]
Israeli forensic teams describe signs of torture, abuse
Ramla, Israel Reuters Military forensic teams in Israel have examined bodies of victims of last week’s Hamas attack on communities around the Gaza Strip and found multiple signs of torture, rape and other atrocities, officers said the weekend. Around 1,300 bodies have been brought to an army base in Ramla in central Israel where forensic […]
Israel’s reservists drop everything and rush home following Hamas bloodshed
New York, US/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Some were on their honeymoon, others were studying abroad, many were building new lives in foreign countries. But when Israel called up its reservists and declared war this week, the response was swift and overwhelming. “Everyone is coming. No-one is saying no,” said Yonatan Steiner, 24, who flew […]