Eurasia

Russian president seeks to portray the U.S. as a waning power during an annual event at which he answers questions from ordinary citizens Russian President Vladimir Putin challenged U.S. leadership in world affairs on Wednesday, arguing that an era of U.S. hegemony has come to an end as he touted …

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Turkey is still blackmailing the U.S. (and NATO allies) that it may opt for a Russian fighter jet, the Su-57, for instance, in case it feels threatened by the lack of a new generation fighter aircraft. This is bluffing. Turkish Air Force generals know too well that switching from NATO-standard …

Fragilisée par ses récents résultats électoraux décevants, Marine Le Pen essuie des critiques sur sa stratégie politique. Elle anime ce week-end le congrès de son mouvement à Perpignan, où elle devrait être réélue confortablement. Mais a-t-elle bien pris conscience de la « maladie du Rassemblement National », principal obstacle devant …

En France, l’obligation de neutralité religieuse ne concerne que les présidents et présidentes de bureaux de vote. Partant, à l’assemblée nationale, Marlène Schiappa a estimé que la démocratie française se porterait mieux s’il y avait davantage d’assesseures voilées dans les bureaux de vote, comme dans celui du RN Jordan Bardella …

Après avoir séparé les Français marseillais en communautés dans son discours du 1er avril 2017 (“Je vois les Arméniens, les Comoriens, les Italiens, les Algériens, les Marocains, les Tunisiens, je vois les Maliens, les Sénégalais…”), après avoir dragué le vote communautaire musulman en s’affichant avec l’humoriste controversé Yassine Belattar, voilà …

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on Saturday inaugurated a new strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea near the border with Libya, aimed at securing shipping lines along the country’s northern and western fronts, the president’s office said. The base, named “July 3” for the date in 2013 in which el-Sisi …

Britain and Russia have once again clashed over an incident last week in the Black Sea as a British warship passed by Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, which Russia seized in 2014. President Vladimir Putin reiterated during his annual call-in show on June 30 that one of Russia’s warships fired warning shots …

Jordan’s King Abdullah and Queen Rania began a three-week visit to the United States on Thursday in a bid to shore up support for the kingdom’s struggling economy. Among Abdullah’s meetings with congressional leaders and senior officials is a sit-down with President Joe Biden. The meeting, which will reportedly take …

The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan Sunday told the host nation the United States had “no plans to close” the diplomatic mission as stepped up Taliban attacks fuel nationwide security concerns while U.S.-led foreign troops near a complete withdrawal from the country. The U.S. assurance comes in response to reports suggesting …