Op-ed: When it comes to China, let’s not become alarmists
The author rebuts a recent opinion piece by asking readers to look at Beijing as it is, not as we fear it will become.
By Lt. Cmdr. James Boyle
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Iraq takes security measures following mysterious blasts
Iraq on Thursday banned unauthorized flights and ordered all military camps and munitions warehouses to be moved outside Iraqi cities following a massive explosion at a munitions depot southwest of Baghdad that killed one civilian and wounded 13 earlier this week.
As a close US ally in Africa teeters, what comes next?
Ali Bongo Ondimba's family has run the central African country since the late 1960s.
By Gyldas A. Ofoulhast-Othamot, University of Tampa
Why Putin suspended Russia’s obligations under a 1987 nuclear pact with the US
President Vladimir Putin suspended Russia’s participation in a nuclear arms treaty the Trump administration already decided to leave, alleging Monday that Washington and not Moscow was in violation of the 1987 pact.
Bahrain, home to the 5th Fleet, gets $10 billion Arab bailout
Bahrain, though the first Arab nation in the Persian Gulf to strike oil, had faced the specter of defaulting on a $750 million Islamic bond repayment due on Nov. 22.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press