by Amelia Smith

7 Aug 2019; MEMO: Last month the Egyptian government demolished Bedouin-owned houses in Tarabin village in South Sinai on the grounds that they were not “legally” owned.

Tarabin is located in Nuweiba, along the northwest bank of the Gulf of Aqaba, where the dramatic mountain range and ramshackle huts on the water’s edge have long drawn travellers.

By Bernd Riegert

07 August 2019; DW: Britain has joined the US in protecting international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The EU is miffed but not entirely innocent of London's change of heart, says DW's Bernd Riegert.

Just two weeks after taking office, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson took the side of his kindred spirit Donald Trump when the UK announced it would join the US naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz.

by Yvonne Ridley

6 Aug 2019; MEMO: Russian revolutionary leader Lenin once said, “Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.” If we apply this to Narendra Modi and India, we can see that the Prime Minister of the world’s largest democracy counts among his closest allies both Israel and Myanmar. That speaks volumes, and does nothing for his carefully nurtured uncle-ji image.

By Rodion Ebbighausen

06 August 2019; DW: India's ruling party has delivered on its promise to revoke the special autonomous status for Jammu and Kashmir. It is a risky move, but there is a clear rationale behind it, says DW's Rodion Ebbighausen.

by Nasim Ahmed

5 Aug 2019; MEMO: The depth of the love between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi has few parallels.

by Xinhua writers Ma Jianguo and Lin Yuan

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- In the courtyard of the UN headquarters stands a large and imposing sculpture titled "Good Defeats Evil," a gift presented by the Soviet Union in 1990 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the United Nations.

The sculpture depicts an allegorical St. George slaying a double-headed dragon, which was made from fragments of actual Soviet and U.S. missiles destroyed under the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 1987.

by Carla Bleiker

05 August 2019; DW: Nearly 30 people have been shot dead in El Paso and Dayton. Don't expect the violence to end — the US won't tighten its gun laws, and the president continues to sow hatred, says DW Washington correspondent Carla Bleiker.

by Bernd Riegert

03 August 2019; DW: The INF treaty was far from perfect. But instead of abandoning the deal altogether, Russia and the US should have modernized the agreement. Yet it seems neither side was willing to do so, says DW's Bernd Riegert.

by Marwa Yahya

CAIRO, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner is currently touring the Middle East to drum up support for Washington's plan for the Israeli-Palestinian peace, better known as the "Deal of the Century."

The U.S. envoy's regional tour has already taken him to Jordan and Israel to discuss the controversial peace plan that has been rejected by the Palestinians. Kushner met on Thursday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo.

by Mahmoud Sadeeq

The philosophy that US President Donald Trump lives by is simple: “A businessman does not fight, he makes money.” This is how he deals with international affairs.

by Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh

30 July 2019; MEMO: The events occurring in the Arabian/Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and other international waterways raise many questions about the seizure of some oil tankers, the bombing of others and the shooting down of aircraft. We have heard fiery threats exchanged between the US and Iran, putting the whole world onto a media-boosted war footing.

by Peter Sturm

28 July 2019; DW: The people of semiautonomous Hong Kong are right to be concerned about China's government. The FAZ journalist Peter Sturm explores the mainland's potential military threat to the territory in this guest commentary.

There is an overwhelming fear in Hong Kong that the territory may soon lose its status as a special administrative region that the heavy-handed government of China has so far mostly kept its hands off.