Eurasia

La stratégique capitale du sud est le théâtre d’une nouvelle lutte de pouvoir entre les groupes armés du Gouvernement d’union nationale (GUN) et ceux de Khalifa Haftar. Le tout sur fond de recomposition des alliances tribales impliquant les forces kadhafistes. La situation reste extrêmement tendue à Sebha, capitale du Fezzan, …

L’Union européenne a annoncé, mercredi 15 décembre, suspendre sa mission de formation de l’armée nationale en raison « du contrôle exercé par les mercenaires de la société Wagner sur les Forces armées centrafricaines » (FACA). La décision été prise il y a deux semaines, en prélude aux sanctions ciblant l’organisation …

Le secrétaire d’Etat américain Antony Blinken a mis en garde le Mali mercredi contre des conséquences financières et une déstabilisation du pays, déjà en proie aux violences, si le gouvernement recrutait le groupe russe de mercenaires Wagner. La junte au pouvoir à Bamako menace de recourir aux services de cette …

Elections scheduled for Dec. 24 are now uncertain because of haggling among Libya’s political factions. Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, late leader Moammar Gadhafi’s second son and once heir, will run in Libya’s Dec. 24 presidential elections. The High National Election Commission (HNEC) objected to his application, but a court in the …

Ankara’s controversial economic policy coupled with external forces portend a continuing deprecation of the Turkish lira that will only worsen inflation and other economic parameters. Turkey’s Central Bank lowered its policy rate by 100 basis points to 14% Thursday, delivering a fourth cut in as many months in line with …

За пореден път в българската история, българите устояхме на опитите да бъде смачкан колективният ни стремеж към свобода, справедливост и национален просперитет. Устояхме на 12 години, простащина облечена във власт. Устояхме безправие и правен нихилизъм. Устояхме дирижиран разпад на държавността. Устояхме омаломощаване на държавните институции. Устояхме културен и духовен геноцид. …

Political veteran Sali Berisha will bid to take back control of the opposition Democrats on Saturday, but in doing so he risks splitting the party in two.Tirana’s 22,500-seat ‘Air Albania’ stadium will host a grudge match on Saturday, but there won’t be a football in sight. Instead, a 77-year-old former …

Imagine you go to pay for your morning coffee and your stored-value card returns an error message, or the wallet in the payments app on your phone isn’t opening because the company providing the payment service has gone bankrupt. Worse, what if you live in a rural area and the …

Forty years have passed this fall since my first travel to Lebanon and it happened ever since to return there many times and to spend more than four years in the beautiful Cedars country; I had during the time the opportunity of meeting relevant Lebanese personalities such as the late …

A top Russian diplomat has warned that Moscow will respond “militarily” and deploy tactical nuclear weapons, if NATO does not guarantee an end to its eastward expansion. His remarks raise the stakes even higher in the confrontation between Russia and Western powers just days after U.S. President Joe Biden and …