by Ngoc H. Le | Nov 17, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Paris attacks: France mobilizes 115,000 security personnel BBC France has mobilized 115,000 security personnel in the wake of Friday’s Paris attacks by Islamist militants, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said. PM: I will make case for...
by Ngoc H. Le | Nov 10, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads What’s next after Myanmar’s elections Reuters Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy NLD party wins the Myanmar elections in a landslide. Tara Joseph says now businesses are looking ahead to a possible lifting of U.S. sanctions on the Southeast Asian...
by Sam Hickey | Nov 9, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Defense Secretary Ash Carter says Russia, China Potentially Threaten Global Order Robert Burns / The Associated Press Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Saturday accused Russia of endangering world order, citing its incursions in Ukraine and loose talk about...
by Ngoc H. Le | Nov 3, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads U.S. Admiral, in Beijing, Defends Patrols in South China Sea Jane Perlez / The New York Times The head of the United States Pacific Command, Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., said in Beijing on Tuesday that the Navy would continue to conduct freedom of...
by Ngoc H. Le | Oct 27, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Death Toll from Earthquake in Afghanistan and Pakistan Tops 300 Mujib Mashal / The New York Times A day after a powerful earthquake hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday that more than 300 people had been killed in both countries,...