Thousands of migrants have gotten stuck at the Belarus-Poland border this winter, many of them Kurds from Iraq. Authorities from Baghdad and Erbil are continuing to repatriate migrants from Belarus. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in conjunction with the federal Iraqi government has returned 1,872 people from the eastern European …

The Kurdistan Region’s peshmerga forces suffer another attacked by Islamic State fighters. The Islamic State (IS) attacked Kurdistan Region security forces in northern Iraq again today. The assault occurred north of Kifri in the Diyala province. There were casualties among the Kurdistan Region’s peshmerga forces, the Erbil-based news outlet Kurdistan …

Israel’s leadership has ramped up diplomatic efforts to convince world powers to keep the sanctions on Iran in place and not give an inch during the renewed talks. As negotiators gathered in Vienna for talks with Iran on its nuclear program Nov. 29, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed them …

Ethiopia has announced that it will soon finish construction work on the GERD, while Egypt has warned of the consequences of not reaching an agreement in the latest escalation between the two countries. An Egyptian official warned of the consequences of not reaching an agreement on the dispute over the …

The return to negotiations will be the first talks with Iran under new President Ebrahim Raisi. Iran and several world powers have restarted the talks designed to restore the 2015 nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, officially the 7th round of these specific talks. The resumption …

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted Ankara will reinstate its ambassadors in Egypt and Israel. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled on Monday that Turkey will seek to better its relations with Israel and Egypt after doing so with the United Arab Emirates. Last week, Ankara and Abu Dhabi inked …

In its first press conference, the special committee responsible for investigating the drone attack on the house of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi released new details and its first public report. Iraqi national security adviser Qasim al-Araji appeared at a press conference on Nov. 29 to unveil the first report …

Avrupa Konseyi, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesi’ne yazılı olarak soracak: “Türkiye sizin Kavala ile ilgili kararınıza uydu mu, yoksa uymayıp Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi’ni ihlal mi etti?” Hafta sonunu “Osman Kavala davası” ile geçirdik. O davada Çarşı’nın Gezi Direnişi sırasında hınzır buluşlarla renk ve keyif kattıkları etkinlikler suç sayıldığı için yine …

Yeni haftaya başlarken ekonomide geçtiğimiz haftadan kalan iki gündemimiz var. Birincisi elbette ki içerideki gündem. Hükümetin tam olarak içeriğini bilmediğimiz Yeni Ekonomi Programını konuşmaya devam edeceğiz. Cuma gününe kadar dolayısıyla gözümüz kulağımız döviz kurlarında olacak. Cuma günü ise Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu ve ENAG Kasım ayı enflasyon verilerini kamuoyu ile paylaşacak. …

La hausse des prix repart de façon très nette aux Etats-Unis, mais aussi en Europe. Un phénomène qui, s’il s’inscrit dans la durée, pourrait provoquer une érosion du pouvoir d’achat, et risquerait de casser la croissance. Pendant des années, la plupart des économies avancées se sont lamentées sur la disparition …