For long, the world’s big powers have been using cross-border assassinations to advance their domestic and geopolitical interests. Increasingly, lesser powers are also resorting to it to eliminate dissidents, separatists and terrorists. Cross-border political assassinations, allegedly carried out by States, are no longer the exclusive preserve of the world’s superpowers. …

The terrorist attacks in Dagestan, the result of the lack of consolidation among the peoples of Russia and a clear failure by Moscow’s security services, will further “marginalize and endanger Russia’s Muslims, leading to expanded repression of Muslim dissidents, Leyla Latypova says. And what is especially worrisome, the Moscow Times …

Le Moyen-Orient est une poudrière, et chaque minute qui passe apporte des tensions accrues entre Israël et le Hezbollah. Le Canada, les États-Unis, la Grande-Bretagne et le Koweït ont tous averti leurs citoyens au Liban d’évacuer. La guerre imminente est causée par le refus d’Israël d’un cessez-le-feu à Gaza. Le …