China’s stance towards the Iran nuclear deal is rooted in three concepts: energy, its relationship with the U.S. and the North Korean nuclear issue. Foreign ministers of China, France, Germany, the European Union, Iran, Russia, Britain and the United States...
Some U.S. firms have cut ties with manufacturers of guns following the mass shooting at a Florida high school. But the impact of the moves is unclear. Guns on display at Dick’s Sporting Goods in Danvers, Massachusetts, 28 February 2018(EPA-EFE/CJ Gunther) The mass...
Fifty years ago in May ’68, angry students and workers brought France to a standstill in a bout of civil unrest that had a whiff of revolution. Students and workers demonstrate during a general strike in Paris, 13 May 1968(AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas) Fifty years...
I covered the Vietnam War as a rookie foreign correspondent in 1966 and 1967. There was death and destruction for sure, but it was not all war. Robert Hart, War zone D, Tay Ninh province, South Vietnam, August 1967(photo courtesy of the author) News-Decoder...
By David Schlesinger Making a huge statement about wanting to project military might, China is beginning sea trials of its first home-built aircraft carrier, the same week it conducted exercises with its first carrier, a rebuilt Soviet ship bought from Ukraine. The...
A Sicilian court has ruled politicians and police encouraged deadly car bomb attacks, shining a light into Italy’s long and bloody fight against the Mafia. Wreckage after a car bomb killed anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone near Palermo, Sicily, 23 May 1992. (AP Photo)...
Italy is struggling — again — to form a government. But with massive debt and a large economy, Italy is no financial side show. Time to pay attention. Italian President Sergio Mattarella talks to the press after a second round of consultations to form a...
I arrived in Saigon six weeks before North Vietnamese troops captured the South Vietnamese capital. Weeks that marked the end of the Vietnam War. Panicked South Vietnamese fight for space on a plane during evacuation to Saigon after the fall of Qui Nhon to North...
French rail workers have launched a strike that is stirring memories of past political convulsions and which is President Macron’s toughest test yet. A man wears a mask of French President Emmanuel Macron during a demonstration by workers in Paris, 3 April 2018...
Spain has sentenced two rappers to prison for lyrics that critics say could spur terrorism. Critics fear a security crackdown threatens free speech. Spanish rapper Valtònyc performs in Barcelona, Spain, 17 March 2018 (EPA-EFE/Enric Fontcuberta) “We want death for...