The demonstrations, which began in Tehran last month, have spread to all of Iran’s 31 provinces but have yet to reach the scale of the 2022-3 unrest sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused protesters of acting on behalf of US President Donald …

As new early elections approach, scheduled for December 28th, the debate in Kosovo regarding voting rights for the influential and large diaspora is reopening: some are proposing the introduction of reserved seats, along the lines of Croatia Kosovo’s diaspora abroad is, according to the World Bank 2024 country report, among …

Protests in Iran raged Friday night in the Islamic Republic, online videos purported to show, despite a threat from the country’s theocracy to crack down on demonstrators after shutting down the internet and cutting telephone lines off to the world. At least 65 people have been killed in the protests …

Toplines Ukrainian and Russian officials confirmed that Russian forces conducted an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) strike against Lviv Oblast on the night of January 8 to 9, likely as part of the Kremlin’s reflexive control campaign that aims to deter Western support for Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force reported …

Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods in northern Aleppo saw rapid field developments, as parts of the two areas began to be handed over to the Syrian state, according to on-the-ground information verified by Enab Baladi correspondents. Successive defections were recorded among members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and its …

On Sunday, December 28, Iran’s latest wave of unrest began not on a university campus or in a symbolic political square but in the very heart of the country’s economic sphere: the Grand Bazaar commercial center in downtown Tehran. As 2025 was drawing to a close, Iran’s currency, the rial, …

Israel may believe the tense status quo is sustainable, but Washington is frustrated about the potential implications for Arab normalization, Turkish military friction, and near-term economic plans. Prospects for more normal if not formally peaceful relations between Syria and Israel were diminishing in recent months. Thus it was positive that …

La Chine a acquis une position dominante dans le secteur des minéraux critiques en Afrique grâce à des investissements à long terme dans les capacités d’extraction et de raffinage, ce qui rend difficile pour les pays africains de progresser dans la chaîne de valeur. La demande mondiale en minéraux critiques …

Le sionisme chrétien est devenu un vecteur clé de l’influence israélienne dans les pays du Sud, et l’Afrique du Sud est apparue comme le champ de bataille central. Autrefois ancré dans la théologie impériale du XIXe siècle, le sionisme chrétien fonctionne aujourd’hui comme un projet politique qui cherche à légitimer …

Le président américain James Monroe prononça le 2 décembre 1823 un discours qui resta célèbre sous le nom de «Doctrine Monroe». Celle-ci établissait que, désormais, les pays européens ne devraient plus intervenir dans les affaires des Amériques, à charge en retour pour les États-Unis de ne pas intervenir dans les …