The death toll from a shooting near a Shiite mosque in Oman’s capital has climbed to nine, police said Tuesday, adding that the three attackers were also killed. Earlier, Omani police issued a statement that said Monday’s shooting had resulted in the death of at least six individuals. It had …
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Germany’s Closest Partner Slips Further Away – Analysis
About a year ago, Germany’s first-ever National Security Strategy (NSS) was published after 18 months in the making. The lengthy paper is not really a strategy. Rather, it is a collection of all the things Berlin would like to do in an ideal world, describing Germany’s self-image as well as …
Read More »Biden says he is a Zionist who has done ‘more for the Palestinian community than anybody’
In a new interview, US President Biden proclaimed that he is a ‘Zionist’ but claimed to have ‘done more for the Palestinian community than anybody’ United States President Joe Biden has asserted that he is a Zionist and has done “more for the Palestinian community than anybody” in a recent …
Read More »Iran Update, July 16, 2024
Iranian President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian is articulating a foreign policy that is a continuation of the policies of his hardline predecessor even as Pezeshkian attempts to present himself to the West as a “reformist.” Pezeshkian penned an op-ed entitled “My Message to the World” in English-language, Foreign Ministry-affiliated outlet the Tehran …
Read More »Parliament’s Patriots slam MEPs prevention of far-right vice presidencies
On Tuesday (16 July), the members of the European Parliament elected the institution’s vice-presidents, isolating the far-right political families from vice-president positions to secure the current state of the cordon sanitaire. Tuesday evening, newly elected members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted for the 14 vice presidents of President Roberta …
Read More »ZELENSKY’S DISAPPOINTMENT AND THE WEST’S DISCONTENT. WHAT MODI BROUGHT TO RUSSIA
Arriving in Moscow on July 8, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Russia India’s “all-weather friend” and praised Vladimir Putin’s leadership in strengthening bilateral ties over the past two decades. The prime minister also said that for a long time, the world had witnessed a “power-driven global order.” “But what …
Read More »37 PKK targets destroyed in northern Iraq
Turkish security forces on June 3 destroyed more than 30 targets used by the PKK terror group in an air operation in northern Iraq, according to National Defense Ministry. An air operation was carried out against terrorist targets housing senior-level terrorists in the Metina, Gara, Hakurk, Qandil, and Asos regions …
Read More »Why Iran’s New President Won’t Change His Country
Masoud Pezeshkian Will Not Cross the Supreme Leader On July 5, the parliamentarian Masoud Pezeshkian prevailed in Iran’s snap presidential election. It was a surprising win. Pezeshkian is a relative moderate who pledged to engage with the West, end Internet filtering, and cease the morality police’s harassment of women—a program …
Read More »For the Rest of the World, the U.S. President Has Always Been Above the Law
Americans Will Now Know What a Lack of Accountability Means The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on former President Donald Trump’s claims of criminal immunity has provoked grave warnings about a new expansion of presidential power. On July 1, the Court ruled 6–3 along partisan lines that presidents are immune from …
Read More »Between the EU and Moscow: How Russia Exploits Divisions in Bosnia
Entrenched divisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina have hampered EU and U.S. efforts to build functional institutions and integrate the country into Western clubs. Dysfunctionality in turn provides fertile ground for meddling by Russia, which appears to have won the battle for the hearts and minds of Bosnian Serbs. Bosnia and …
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