International
Myanmar: Distribution of Natural Resources a Key Election Issue in Myanmar Polls
Nov 6, 2015
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Panu Wongcha-um, Channel NewsAsia
Myanmar's historic elections are just days away and one of the biggest issues concerning voters is economic development and the distribution of natural resources, particularly…
Yemen: Second Freak Storm Heads for Yemen, WMO Says
Nov 6, 2015
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Reuters
A new tropical cyclone is heading for Yemen three days after a storm dumped several years' worth of rain on the port city of Mukalla,…
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict: Meet War’s Other Casualty…the Environment
Nov 6, 2015
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Joanna Parkman, care2
If you needed another reason to object to military conflict, thank the environment. At least 40 percent of internal conflicts have been linked to the…
Kuwait/Iraq: History: November 6, 1991 Canadians Cap the Last Oil Fire in the Gulf War
Nov 6, 2015
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Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
In 1990, after a long-standing feud with neighbouring Kuwait, Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army invaded the country. Iraq had accused Kuwait of slant drilling into Iraq’s…
Iraq: Cholera Spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain - UNICEF
Nov 6, 2015
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Isabel Coles, Reuters
A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of pilgrims prepare to visit…
Myanmar: See the True Cost of Burmese Jade
Nov 6, 2015
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Charlie Campbell, Time
For the Chinese, jade’s luster represents good fortune, prosperity and longevity. For impoverished Burmese toiling in squalid mines, it represents escape, or at least the…
Sierra Leone: With Ebola Waning, Sierra Leone Seeks to Rebuild its Economy
Nov 6, 2015
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Alex Lawson, Independent
The people of Sierra Leone will breathe an uneasy sign of relief today. The west African nation is expected to be officially be declared free…
China/South China Sea: China's Xi Says Wants South China Sea Issue Resolved Peacefully
Nov 6, 2015
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Rujun Shen, Reuters
China has always insisted the dispute in the South China Sea should be resolved peacefully through talks, but the government has a responsibility to protect…
China/Vietnam/South China Sea: Chinese President Visits Vietnam to Discuss Stronger Ties, Dispute over South China Sea
Nov 5, 2015
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Associated Press
Chinese President Xi Jinping's meetings in Vietnam beginning Thursday follow the communist countries' efforts to repair ties strained over disputes in the South China Sea.…
United States: Importance of Agriculture to National Security Scrutinized
Nov 5, 2015
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Laura Lloyd, Food Business News
The United States needs to stay a step ahead of key challenges faced by its agriculture sector, especially resource scarcity, the threat of bioterrorism and…
South Sudan: South Sudan Replaces State Oil Company Head to Fix Fuel Crisis
Nov 5, 2015
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Okech Francis, Bloomberg
Oil-producing South Sudan appointed its second director for state-owned Nile Petroleum Corp. in about six months, tasking him with solving fuel shortages that have left…
Liberia: Boosting Liberia's Tourism Sector - a Resort in the Making
Nov 4, 2015
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Alpha Daffae Senkpeni, FrontPageAfrica
A little farther from the Du-Port Road Waterside Community in Paynesville City, lies what many continue to describe as the beauty of naturalness ingrained with…
DRC: Mining for Change: The Road Ahead for the DRC's Artisanal Miners
Nov 4, 2015
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Naki B. Mendoza, Devex
The mining industry is often affiliated with large-scale operations and massive capital investments, but it is the small scale miners that form the bulk of…
South China Sea: Southeast Asian Ministers Cancel Joint Accord over South China Sea Dispute
Nov 4, 2015
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Oliver Holmes, Guardian
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea have poisoned a meeting of south-east Asian defence ministers, with officials cancelling plans for a joint statement traditionally…
Nigeria: Amnesty Report Accuses Shell of Failing to Clean up Niger Delta Oil Spills
Nov 2, 2015
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John Vidal, Guardian
Four oil spill sites in Nigeria identified by the UN, which Shell has claimed to have had cleaned up by contractors since 2011, are still…
United States: Deployment Environmental Reports Not in Military Health Records
Nov 1, 2015
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Patricia Kime, Military Times
For more than three years, the military services have been allowed to ignore a Defense Department order requiring the inclusion of environmental assessments of combat…
Liberia: Ending the Nightmare- Sime Darby Revives Residents Hope After Fire Explosion
Oct 31, 2015
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Global News Network
Over the last one month, Sime Darby Plantation Liberia Inc. (SDPL) has had an uphill task of trying to address the health and sanitation needs…
China/Philippines/South China Sea: Hague Arbitration Court to Hear Philippines Territorial Complaints Against Beijing
Oct 29, 2015
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ABC News
An arbitration court in the Netherlands has ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed…
China/United States/South China Sea: China, US Navies Agree to Maintain Dialogue to Avoid Clashes
Oct 29, 2015
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ABC News
The US and Chinese navies have held high-level talks after a US warship challenged China's territorial assertions in the South China Sea, with a US…
Liberia: NOCAL Scandal - Deficiency, Inconsistency in Revenue Sharing
Oct 29, 2015
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FrontPageAfrica
The General Auditing Commission has completed the Audit of the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) for the Fiscal years ended June 30, 2009 through…
Libya/Islamic State: ISIS Seeking to Add Libyan Oil Fields to its Already-Vast Holdings
Oct 29, 2015
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Michael Friedson, The Media Line
The main Libyan oil fields are under attack by fighters of the Islamic State (ISIS) which is apparently set on adding the valuable fields to…
Myanmar: Burma Goes for Coal - But at What Cost in Pollution, Disease and Land Grabs?
Oct 29, 2015
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Carole Oudot and Matthieu Baudey, The Ecologist
The president of Burma has decided that coal is the way to future wealth and prosperity, write Carole Oudot & Matthieu Baudey. But if the…
Iraq: Torrential Rain Wreaks Havoc in Iraq
Oct 29, 2015
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AFP
Torrential rain caused chaos across several parts of Iraq on Thursday, with the water causing thigh-high flooding on some Baghdad streets and damaging camps for…
Myanmay: Mandalay Jade Traders Say Worst Year ‘Ever’ for Sales
Oct 28, 2015
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Hlaing Kyaw Soe, Myanmar Times
In interviews on October 25 at the Maha Aung Myay Gem Trading Centre, one trader after another bemoaned their current lot. Jade trader U Myo…
Climate Change: Climate Change Is a Major Security Threat but Old and Bold Don’t Get It
Oct 28, 2015
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Ian McPhedran, News.com.au
Climate change was a ‘sleeper issue’ for ageing defence brass because potential security impacts were 20 to 30 years away according to former Chief of…
Iraq/Kuwait: Kuwait Approves Iraq War Reparations Payment Delay to 2017
Oct 28, 2015
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Times Union
The official Kuwait News Agency reported Wednesday that the Gulf state agreed to give Iraq until January 2017 to pay the $4.6 billion reparations package following a…
China/Philippines/Vietnam/United States/South China Sea: Showdown in the South China Sea: How Did We Get Here?
Oct 28, 2015
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Euan McKirdy and Katie Hunt, CNN
Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is home to a messy territorial dispute that pits multiple countries against each other.…
China/South China Sea: China Lambasts ‘Illegal’ U.S. Operation in South China Sea
Oct 27, 2015
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Keith Johnson and Dan de Luce, Foreign Policy
Chinese warships followed a U.S. destroyer sent to disputed islands in the South China Sea to assert the right to free navigation there, while Beijing…
Iraq/Turkey/Kurdistan: Iraq to Take Turkey to Arbitration over Oil Sold to Israel: Sources
Oct 27, 2015
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Today's Zaman
Baghdad is seeking arbitration proceedings against Ankara over a shipment of oil from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) allegedly sold to Israel that Turkey facilitated…
Philippines/Mindanao: Mindanao Land Grabs to Worsen w/ Govt 1-M has. Palm Oil Expansion plan
Oct 27, 2015
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Bohol News Today
The militant peasant organization Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today joined the People’s Welcome (Salubungan) of the more than 700 Lakbayanis who travelled to Manila…