International
China: Chinese Fishermen Caught up in Asian Geopolitical Conflict
Aug 22, 2016
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Lucy Hornby, Financial Times
The territorial tensions that are inflaming relations between China and its neighbours are due in part to a collapse in local fish stocks, which is…
Iraq: Iraq's New Oil Minister Sticks by Demand to Review Foreign Contracts
Aug 22, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq wants to review contracts with oil companies to cut the fees that the firms receive when crude prices are low, the OPEC nation's new…
Colombia: How Cocoa is Part of Preserving Newly-Won Peace in Colombia
Aug 22, 2016
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John Rivera, Sojourners
If an agreement is reached between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the current generation of Colombian youth will have…
Iraq: Iraqi Children Pay High Health Cost of War-Induced Air Pollution, Study Finds
Aug 22, 2016
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John Vidal, Guadian
Air pollution caused by war may be a major factor in the numbers of birth defects and cancers being reported in Iraq and other war…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Will Boost Oil Exports after Agreement on Kirkuk Fields
Aug 21, 2016
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Bloomberg, Khalid Al Ansary and Sam Wilkin
Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer, will increase crude exports by about 5 percent in the next few days after an agreement to resume shipments from three…
South Sudan: South Sudan Plans to Resume Oil Production in Unity Region
Aug 20, 2016
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Geeska Afrika
South Sudan has announced it was working to restart oil production in Unity state after more than a year of no operation due to the…
Afghanistan: Funding Cuts, Insurgency Hamper Afghan Goal to Clear Mines by 2023
Aug 19, 2016
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Josh Smith and Mirwais Harooni, Reuters
Afghanistan's campaign to clear millions of landmines left by the Soviet invasion and ensuing civil war is in danger of stalling, as international aid slumps…
Myanmar/Thailand: Chevron Says No Plan to Exit Thailand, May Keep Stake in Myanmar Gas Field
Aug 19, 2016
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Reuters
Chevron is committed to its Thailand investments despite job cuts that have spurred rumours of the U.S. oil major's exit, and may keep a Myanmar…
Afghanistan: Funding Cuts, Insurgency Hamper Afghan Goal to Clear Mines by 2023
Aug 19, 2016
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Josh Smith and Mirwais Harooni, Reuters
Afghanistan's campaign to clear millions of landmines left by the Soviet invasion and ensuing civil war is in danger of stalling, as international aid slumps…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Resumes Pumping Oil through Kurdish Pipeline
Aug 18, 2016
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Reuters
Iraq has resumed pumping oil from fields operated by state-run North Oil Company (NOC) via a Kurdish pipeline to Turkey, a spokesman for the oil…
Myanmar: Myanmar's Suu Kyi Assures China of Solution to Stalled Dam
Aug 18, 2016
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Ben Blanchard, Reuters
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi told China's premier on Thursday that her new government is willing to look for a resolution that suits both…
Myanmar: Year-Long Ban on Myanmar’s Logging Trade Kindles Hope for Forests
Aug 17, 2016
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Ping Manongdo, Eco-Business
Myanmar has enacted a national logging ban for one year and a 10-year logging ban in the Pegu Yoma region to protect the country’s vastly…
Colombia: Fracking Operations Spur Violence and Unrest in South Colombia
Aug 17, 2016
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Adriaan Alsema, Colombia Reports
Protests were reported in El Doncello, El Paujil, Morelia and Valparaiso where thousands of locals reportedly took to the streets to demand action that would…
Myanmar: MP Accuses Militia of Aiding Chinese Timber Smugglers in Puta-o
Aug 17, 2016
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Swan Ye Htut, Myanmar Times
Smuggling of valuable timber in northern Kachin State has reduced forest cover in some areas by up to 80 percent, say local officials. They blame…
Myanmar: Massive Dam Project at Center of China-Myanmar Talks
Aug 17, 2016
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Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press
Efforts by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi this week to bolster ties with her country's dominant northern neighbor China may hinge on whether she…
Haiti: U.N. Admits Role in Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
Aug 17, 2016
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Jonathan M. Katz, New York Times
For the first time since a cholera epidemic believed to be imported by United Nations peacekeepers began killing thousands of Haitians nearly six years ago,…
Myanmar: Farmers Seek Reform of Seized Lands Scrutiny
Aug 16, 2016
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Nay Aung, Myanmar Times
Villagers in Magwe Region’s Sinbaungwe township are calling for the reconstitution of committees in the township tasked with resolving seized land claims, saying their current…
Myanmar: Seized Timber under Military Microscope in Pyin Oo Lwin
Aug 16, 2016
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Si Thu Lwin, Myanmar Times
The Tatmadaw is responsible for taking action in a case involving more than 300 tonnes of illegally harvested timber in Pyin Oo Lwin township, Mandalay…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Division among Iraq's Shabak Minority Reveals Kurdish-Arab Land Rivalry
Aug 16, 2016
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Saad Salloum, Al-Monitor
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Aug. 10 the end of the first and second phases of the Mosul liberation operations. Since the third and last phase will…
Iraq/Kurdistan: In Kurdistan, Beekeepers Sweeten Lives as Business Flourishes
Aug 15, 2016
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Rawa Abdulla, Rudaw
Although the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources does not have specific data about the number of bees, beekeepers and their…
Iraq/Kurdistan: Iraq Oil Minister Sees End to Kurd Dispute as War Hurts Output
Aug 15, 2016
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Khalid Al Ansary, Bloomberg
Jabbar al-Luaibi, the former head of Iraq’s biggest crude producer who was appointed oil minister on Monday, said that he sees ways to resolve the…
Syria: SDF Burn Properties Records in Manbij
Aug 15, 2016
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Baladi
Private sources confirmed to Baladi News that Syria’s Democratic Forces (SDF) burned the property records division in the court of Manbij (3rd Story) after capturing…
Still Sick 25 Years after the Gulf War, a Vet Seeks Answers — and the Minneapolis VA May Have Them
Aug 14, 2016
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Jeremy Olson, Star Tribune
Today, researchers at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center are leading a wave of studies to solve the mystery of Gulf War Illness, a cluster of…
India: Global Warming Making Siachen Riskier for Soldiers
Aug 14, 2016
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Press Trust of India
Climate change is making the life of the soldiers posted in the world's highest and arduous battlefield - Siachen Glacier - not just tough but…
Cambodia: Villagers Protest Ruling Party Senator’s ‘Land Grabs’
Aug 13, 2016
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Hul Reaksmey, Voice of America
More than 100 villagers from Kampong Speu province on Friday submitted a petition to the Ministry of Land Management calling on the government to resolve…
Iraq/Kurdistan/Islamic State: Islamic State Oil Commander Dead
Aug 12, 2016
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Daniel J. Graeber, United Press International
A commander in charge of oil for the Islamic State was killed in operations led by multilateral forces near the Syrian border, the Kurdish government…
Conflict Minerals: Many Companies Still Struggling with Conflict Mineral Reporting
Aug 12, 2016
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Kaitlyn McAvoy, Spend Matter
Nearly two-thirds of the companies that filed conflict mineral reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this year did not disclose the country of…
Myanmar: New Commission to Decide Fate of Myitsone Dam in Kachin State
Aug 12, 2016
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Nyein Nyein, The Irrawaddy
President Htin Kyaw on Friday formed a new commission to evaluate all proposed hydropower projects on the Irrawaddy River prior to their going ahead. The…
Myanmar: Floods Shift to South - Flood Kills Six, Affects More Than 420,000 People Nationwide
Aug 12, 2016
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Government of Myanmar
Nationwide flooding, which began in mid-July and so far killed six people, has also affected more than 420,000 people in 98,000 households, according to the…
Climate Security: War on Climate Terror (II): Fleeing Disasters, Escaping Drought, Migrating
Aug 11, 2016
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Baher Kamal, Inter Press Service
“No one can deny the terrible similarities between those running from the threat of guns and those fleeing creeping desertification, water shortages, floods and hurricanes.”…