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Egypt Emerges as Key Player in Limiting Wagner Group's Influence in Libya and Sudan"

Friday 03-02-2023 12:45 PM

The United States has increased pressure on its Middle Eastern allies to expel the Wagner Group from Libya and Sudan, where the military contractor has been expanding in recent years. The group, ...

The Taliban's War on Drugs: Consequences and Criticisms

Thursday 02-02-2023 11:41 AM

The Talibans Anti-Drug Crusade: A Risky Endeavor The Talibans recent ban on opium and ephedra production has proven to be disastrous for poverty-stricken farmers and has done little ...

Conscription Is Not an Excuse for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

Tuesday 31-01-2023 04:28 PM

As European Union member states and the United Kingdom consider listing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, the issue of Iranian conscripts in the IRGC has ...

Iran’s Regime Plays with Fire in Baluchistan

Tuesday 31-01-2023 03:56 PM

Iran’s impoverished province of Baluchistan has been disproportionately hit by protests since September. It has paid an exorbitant price in terms of deaths, casualties, and arrests in the ...

Russia Escalates Attack on Bakhmut Area as Kyiv Warns New Offensive Is Imminent

Sunday 29-01-2023 08:29 PM

Russia escalated strikes on a town near the contested city of Bakhmut on Saturday as it sought to cut off Ukraine’s supply routes and encircle the city, while Ukrainian officials warned of a major ...

Amid Spasm of Violence, Israel’s Far-Right Government Raises Risk of Escalation

Sunday 29-01-2023 04:53 PM

The new far-right government in Israel has been in power for only a month, but on its watch, Israelis and Palestinians have already experienced one of their region’s most violent phases, outside a ...

Tanks help but the battle of wills is how the Ukraine war will be decided

Sunday 29-01-2023 04:28 PM

With the Berlin logjam finally broken, Ukraine is getting its tanks: 14 German-designed Leopard 2s, and potentially many more from other European powers now that Germany has lifted its veto on ...

Russia Seeks Gains in Ukraine Before Western Tanks Arrive

Saturday 28-01-2023 03:15 PM

Russian forces have advanced deeper into Bakhmut in recent days, according to Ukrainian soldiers there, moving house by house and threatening Ukraine’s hold on the eastern city, which Russia has ...

U.S. Leans on Turkey to End Russian Flights With American-Made Planes

Friday 27-01-2023 06:43 PM

U.S. officials are pressuring Turkey to stop Russian airlines from flying American-made airplanes to and from the country, said officials familiar with the talks, signaling a new push in ...

As Tough Elections Loom in Turkey, Erdogan Is Spending for Victory

Friday 27-01-2023 05:46 PM

Just months before pivotal elections that could reshape Turkey’s domestic and foreign policy, the government is spending billions of dollars in state funds to bolster President Recep Tayyip ...

Germany confirms tanks will be sent to Ukraine after Scholz U-turn

Wednesday 25-01-2023 02:07 PM

Germany has approved the delivery of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, after weeks of pressure from Kyiv and many allies. Berlin will provide a company of 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks from the ...

Ukraine’s Zelensky Removes Top Officials in Bid to Contain Corruption Scandals

Wednesday 25-01-2023 01:55 PM

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has removed nearly a dozen top officials as he tries to contain a series of corruption scandals and shore up Western confidence in his administration at a ...

Russia’s War Breathes New Life Into a Cold War Symbol

Tuesday 24-01-2023 03:35 PM

Anyone who didn’t live through the Cold War might find the Portuguese Netflix spy thriller series “Glória” improbable. Deep in the Portuguese countryside, in the tiny village of Glória, a ...

Chechens avenge family lost in wars against Moscow

Monday 23-01-2023 02:52 PM

The cities of Bakhmut and Grozny were in the same country not so long ago, a 600-mile road journey apart. The route that the men in front of me have taken from Chechnya to Ukraine since the ...

Poland pushes for more tanks for Kyiv, will seek German OK

Monday 23-01-2023 02:26 PM

Poland will ask Germany for permission to send some of the Polish army’s Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Monday, as he pushes Europe to send more military ...