Just Where Exactly Did China Get the South China Sea Nine-Dash Line From?
First the dotted line on Chinese maps lost two of its hyphens in 1952, when, in a moment of socialist bonhomie with Vietnam, Chairman Mao Zedong abandoned Chinese claims to the Gulf of Tonkin. Then, on July 12, 2016, an international tribunal ruled that the now nine-dash demarcation could not be used by Beijing to make historic claims to the South China Sea, parts of which are claimed by six governments. The line, first inscribed on a Chinese map in 1947, had “no legal basis” for maritime cla..>> view originalAP Exclusive: Document shows less limits on Iran nuke work
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Photo The bus that caught fire outside Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, on Tuesday. Credit Taoyuan Fire Department, via European Pressphoto Agency TAIPEI, Taiwan — A tour bus carrying visitors from China burst into flames on a highway near Taiwan's capital on Tuesday, killing all 26 people on board, officials said, in the deadliest incident involving Chinese tourism to the island.The accident took place on the No. 2 national highway in Taoyuan county, south of Taipei, wh..>> view originalISIS Claims Responsibility for Ax Attack on German Train
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Prime Minister Yildirim (centre) toured parts of the Turkish parliament damaged in the coup attempt on Tuesday morning The Turkish Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, has warned people not to act out of a spirit of revenge in the wake of Friday's failed military takeover. Mr Yildirim insisted that his country was governed by the rule of law. Thousands of soldiers, police and officials have been detained or sacked sin..>> view originalPolice Say They Have Killed Indonesia's Most-Wanted Terrorist
Indonesia’s most-wanted terrorist, Santoso, has been shot dead in the jungle of Central Sulawesi province, Indonesian police chief Tito Karnavian has said. Santoso, who led the East Indonesia Mujahidin (MIT) and had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (ISIS), died in a gunfight Monday in the remote jungle in Poso, along with another MIT member, local media reported. “For now, it’s a 90% chance that he was Santoso,” Tito, who headed the country’s counterterrorism agency, said on Tuesday. T..>> view originalPlunder Charges Dismissed Against Philippine Ex-President
MANILA—The Philippines’ Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out plunder charges against former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and ordered her freed after years of pretrial detention. The country’s highest court voted 11-4 to dismiss allegations that Mrs. Macapagal-Arroyo stole around $8 million from a government-run charity sweepstakes during her time as president from 2001 to 2010. "[The] ruling today has validated what...>> view original
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