AFRICA, ASIA & UNITED KINGDOM Retrospective

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SOUTHERN AFRICA

Water Woes Rock Southern Africa 

SOUTH AFRICA

The British PR Firm Disgraced by a South African Racism Scandal 

ANGOLA

Halliburton to pay $29.2M to settle SEC violation 

CAMEROON

In the war on Boko Haram, is the U.S. turning a blind eye to Cameroon’s abuses? OPINION

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Who’s in Congo’s Mass Graves? And Why Are Soldiers Guarding Them? 

LIBYA

Libyan Unity Remains Out of Reach 

Haftar Holds Upper Hand In Libya Power Struggle

Libyan forces attack Islamic State near former stronghold

NIGERIA

Boko Haram Stalks Region Despite Territory Loss 

Tackling Insurgency in Nigeria Defies Single Formula

Underpaid Nigerian Army Struggles to Contain Boko Haram

Chinese Oil Giant Sinopec Probed by the U.S. Over Nigeria Bribery Allegations

Igbo Face Threats In Nigeria — Is Ethnic Bloodletting Looming?

Boko Haram killings have doubled in 5 months: Amnesty report

SOMALIA

U.S. troops risk inflaming clan conflict after deadly Somalia raid 

U.S. military says airstrike in Somalia kills three al Shabaab fighters

Al Shabaab bomb kills 12 in Somalia's Puntland

GHANA

Obesity Was Rising as Ghana Embraced Fast Food. Then Came KFC. 

IVORY COAST

Ivory Coast Cuts Cocoa Farmers Pay by Third for Main Harvest

PAKISTAN

China's Solar Appetite Eats Into India's Clean Energy Effort 

SYRIA

The Su-24 that crashed in Syria was in a "non-flight situation"

Erdogan Announces Start of Syria Mission Planned With Putin

IRAN

Did Trump Just Make Iran More Popular? 

OMAN

Oman Could Help Bridge Saudi-Iranian Divide on Yemen 

QATAR

Trump’s Qatar Crisis Is Hurting His Big Anti-ISIS Summit 

No breakthrough in Tillerson’s meetings with Arabs about boycotting Qatar

UAE orchestrated hacking of Qatari government sites, sparking regional upheaval, according to U.S. intelligence officials

UAE wants international monitoring of Qatar

Hackings, leaks, lobby wars in Washington, forged videos, the #Qatar crisis is most interesting model of modern warfare to cover in a while

The blockade of Qatar is failing

KUWAIT

Bridging the Gulf: Kuwait Mediates the Latest Dispute 

EGYPT

Egypt Plans $2M Restoration Of Centuries-Old Alexandria Synagogue 

Cutting Off Cairo

The Massacre That Ended the Arab Spring

Since Trump’s Mideast visit, extrajudicial killings have spiked in Egypt

ASIA

Attention is on Harvey. But flooding has killed thousands this month in other countries, too. 

Spyware deployed in state-sponsored attacks against India and Pakistan

CHINA

Beijing questions US trade probe but hints at concessions 

Navigating China’s post-congress landscape OPINION

China’s new investment rules

China says nothing will stop its long-range air force drills

China asks for restraint on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue

The Lonely Struggle of Lee Ching-yu

China’s 19th National Party Congress to Begin Oct. 18

Drinking Tea with China’s ‘National Treasure’: Five Questions

BURMA

Myanmar’s Rohingya stuck in limbo between persecution and relocation 

Burmese army 'killed a baby' in crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, villager claims

HRW: Satellite data show fires burning in Rakhine state

Hundreds are dead in Burma as the Rohingya crisis explodes again

JAPAN

Japan's defense ministry to seek record budget for fiscal 2018 

Japan automaker Subaru to book $741.5 million special loss over Takata recall

Japan doubles down on its U.S. alliance OPINION

MSDF chopper goes down off Aomori; three missing

Here Is Japan’s First V-22: The First Osprey Tilt-Rotor Aircraft For A Military Outside Of The U.S.

Japan’s Defense Ministry seeks record $47.6 billion for FY 2018

NORTH KOREA

North Korean workers prepare seafood going to US stores 

North Korea’s leader boosts his family’s power by promoting his younger sister

AUSTRALIA

MISS AUSTRALIA ATTACKED FOR BEING MUSLIN 

Australian antitrust regulator clears Murdoch to buy Ten Network

North Korea threatens Australia with disaster if it continues to support US stance on Pyongyang

UNITED KINGDOM

Britain’s New Bank Notes

A week of blockades and protests begin in East London to stop the set-up of the DSEI arms fair

Iran attacks 9,000 email accounts in parliament

NOTE: The news sources here vary.  Not all sources have the same credibility, but in an effort to share some different perspectives, they are included here.  This compendium itself cannot claim to be unbiased.  Please take into consideration where these different perspectives originate in assessing their value.  Thank you