Eurasia

A group of French senators arrived in Taiwan for a five-day visit Wednesday following a large Chinese show of force with fighter jets near the self-ruled island, and Beijing warned the trip will hurt its ties with France. The group, led by senator Alain Richard, will meet with President Tsai …

If Russia has recently regarded Turkey warily as a result of Turkey’s successful backing of Azerbaijan in its recent war with Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh, being on opposite sides in Syria and Libya, Turkey’s supply of arms to Ukraine, and Turkey’s refusal to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, in the …

Even with its physical “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in tatters, the Islamic State is still managing to wage a global insurgency, maintaining an operational presence in at least 20 separate countries. The organization’s global diffusion recently led a group of leading terrorism experts to describe ISIS as an “adhocracy,” …

Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes argued that the government should use some $200 million from international reserves to pay the New Development Bank (NDB), the BRICS bank. To do this, a new understanding must be reached at the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) on the cap on public spending, which …

In an address to the nation in early July, President Joe Biden suggested that one of the factors leading him to withdraw all remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan was the “need to focus on shoring up America’s core strengths to meet the strategic competition with China and other nations that …

Andrej Babiš si jako podnikatel pořídil několik nemovitostí na Azurovém pobřeží ve Francii. „Realitní kancelář to doporučila koupit přes advokáta. Není to nic nelegálního,“ řekl včera. Má pravdu. Vlastnil tehdy obří holding Agrofert, tak proč by si nemohl pořídit cokoliv, po čem jeho srdce prahlo? Dokonce platí, že pokud se …

Победата на германската Социалдемократическа партия беше очаквана за всички, които следяха социологическите проучвания във федералната република. В Норвегия преди месец Партията на труда надви десните управляващи и така в скандинавските страни вече навсякъде управляват център-леви формации. Леви формации управляват в Испания и Португалия, а в Италия социал-демократите са сред важните …

Δεν θα έπρεπε να ξαφνιάζεται κανείς με όσα συμβαίνουν αυτές τις μέρες στο ΕΠΑΛ της Σταυρούπολης. Είναι πολύς καιρός τώρα που τα υπολείμματα της ναζιστικής εγκληματικής οργάνωσης επιχειρούν να δώσουν σημεία ζωής. Επειδή μάλιστα η Χρυσή Αυγή έχει τριχοτομηθεί, σε ομάδες Μιχαλολιάκου, Λαγού και Κασιδιάρη, καθένα από τα τρία αποκόμματα …

Over 500 Israelis were exposed in the massive “Pandora Papers” exposé revealing offshore dealings of hundreds of officials and businessmen. Former Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat and Jordanian King Abdullah II were among the hundreds of politicians, billionaires, celebrities, drug dealers, royal family members, and religious leaders exposed by the “Pandora …

Naftali Bennett’s reveal of Mossad op to find Ron Arad may be related to Iran’s attempted assassination of an Israeli businessman. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s vague and mysterious announcement in the Knesset on Monday that the Mossad had embarked on an operation to find more information on the fate of …