Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi ruled out using force to stop Ethiopia’s second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Sudanese media reported on Friday. “The first filling of the dam was a stab in the back,” she conveyed in press remarks, noting that it caused a “massive …
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Islamic Jihad: Next Jerusalem battle will be ‘regional war’
The next battle over Jerusalem will be a “regional war”, a senior member of the Islamic Jihad Movement’s political bureau warned yesterday.
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The 27 EU leaders need to unanimously agree on restarting talks with Russia for a meeting to take place. EU leaders on Friday failed to agree on the way forward on relations with Russia, with most of them rejecting a proposal by France and Germany to hold a summit with …
Read More »Is Washington Right to Leave Afghanistan?
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on the impact of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of experts for their take. As with previous surveys, we approached dozens of authorities with specialized expertise …
Read More »Iran president-elect takes hard line, refuses to meet Biden
Iran’s president-elect staked out a hard-line position Monday in his first remarks since his landslide election victory, rejecting the possibility of meeting with President Joe Biden or negotiating Tehran’s ballistic missile program and support of regional militias. The comments by Ebrahim Raisi offered a blunt preview of how Iran might …
Read More »West Bank on Fire with Anti-Abbas Protests
Hundreds of Palestinians on Saturday held their third day of violent protests in the West Bank against the Palestinian Authority, following last week’s death of Nizar Banat, a well-known critic of PA President Mahmoud Abbas. Banat reportedly died in custody after being violently arrested and beaten by Abbas’ security forces …
Read More »EU SETS UP JOINT CYBER UNIT TO TACKLE STEEP RISE IN CYBER-ATTACKS
Analysts have broadly welcomed the formation of a new cyber unit to coordinate responses among member states to cyber-incidents, though warn its effectiveness could be compromised by distrust toward EU bodies. The European Commission on Wednesday laid out plans to build a new Joint Cyber Unit to coordinate responses among …
Read More »EU Leaders Rebuff German-French Push for Putin Summit
EU leaders said Friday the bloc had rejected a push by Germany and France to relaunch meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin after fierce resistance from member states worried about Moscow’s aggressions. Berlin and Paris blindsided EU counterparts by putting forward a last-minute proposal for the bloc to resume meetings …
Read More »Putin did not commit to renew Syria cross-border aid access -U.S. official
U.S. President Joe Biden did not secure a commitment from his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Wednesday to renew a U.N. cross-border aid operation into Syria, a senior administration official said ahead of an expected showdown over the issue at the United Nations Security Council next month. Washington and several …
Read More »Предупредительные выстрелы в Черном море: что будет дальше
Россия постоянно напоминает Западу о недопустимости провокаций — но никогда еще жизнь так быстро не подтверждала наши слова. Утром в среду на Московской конференции по международной безопасности глава Генштаба Валерий Герасимов заявил, что “действия кораблей США и их союзников у российских границ носят явно провокационный характер”, и привел несколько прошлогодних …
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