by Ricky Gandhi | Oct 26, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Deaths, damage reported in powerful Afghanistan quake Ben Brumfield / CNN A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck southern Asia on Monday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Early reports from Afghanistan and Pakistan say at least 180 people have died. At...
by Anil Powers | Oct 21, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Embattled Syrian President Flies to Moscow to Meet with Putin Andrew Roth, Erin Cunningham / The Washington Post Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ventured outside his beleaguered nation for the first time in more than four years Wednesday to meet...
by Anil Powers | Oct 7, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Escalating Syria Attack, Russia Fires Missiles from Warships Andrew E. Kramer, Anne Barnard / The New York Times Sharply escalating its role in Syria, the Russian military launched on Wednesday medium-range cruise missiles from nearly 1,000 miles...
by Anil Powers | Sep 30, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Putin Bombs Syria, Orders U.S. Out Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast A Russian general told U.S. officials to quit flying over Syria just before Moscow’s air force blitzed non-ISIS targets. Japan’s Leader Shinzo Abe Triples Aid to Address...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 30, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — plus a date-setting video, awaiting The End in 2031! ] . Armageddon. Even if you can’t hotwire it.. you may still be able to dodge it.. ** From the late Israeli analyst, Reuven Paz: Jihadi apocalyptic discourse, either by...
