by Ngoc H. Le | Oct 20, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Pageantry and protests welcome China leader to Britain Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper / Reuters Human rights protesters vied with China supporters and tourists to see President Xi Jinping ride in a carriage to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, the first day...
by Ngoc H. Le | Oct 13, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads In Egypt, elections look set to cement return to the past Lin Noueihed and Ali Abdelaty / Reuters Holding court behind a battered desk at his campaign office in the southern town of Minya, Bahaa Fikry embodies Egypt’s past. Afghan ISIS Branch makes...
by Ngoc H. Le | Oct 8, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Obama apologies to head of Doctors Without Borders for strike on hospital Missy Ryan and Daniela Deane / Washington Post President Obama apologized to Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday for an airstrike that killed 12 aid workers and 10 patients in...
by Ngoc H. Le | Sep 29, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Afghan Forces Seek to Regain Kunduz, Major Northern City, From Taliban Mujib Mashal / New York Times A day after the Taliban took their first major city in 14 years, a counterattack was underway Tuesday by ground forces sent from other...
by Ngoc H. Le | Sep 22, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Refugees stuck in no man’s land between Croatia and Serbia Patrick Kingsley / The Guardian Refugees hoping to reach the safety of the EU faced a fresh obstacle on Tuesday morning after Croatian police blocked off part of the country’s border with...