Eurasia

The EU’s awkward squad of Hungary and Poland stand alone in their opposition to the rule-of-law mechanism that could, under certain circumstances, deny them EU funds. Poland and Hungary held firm in their decision to block the 1.8-trillion-euro budget and recovery fund at the European Union leaders’ videoconference on Thursday. …

After being protected by Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could soon face US sanctions and political pushback from Joe Biden’s administration that would sour Ankara-Washington relations. President Donald Trump shielded his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the consequences of buying proscribed Russian weapons, evading US sanctions on …

As Bulgaria’s blockade on North Macedonia’s EU accession talks threatens to undo all the progress the two neighbours have made, three former North Macedonia foreign ministers offer their own ideas on ways out of the imbroglio.

The Chinese tech giant is battling tooth and nail to stop a bill banning it from developing 5G in the country from getting through parliament. Between 10 and 12 August this year, the Romanian government websites hosting the draft law that establishes the conditions for eligibility to implement 5G technology …

In a pioneering scheme, victims of alleged wartime crimes are being offered the opportunity to play a role in the upcoming trials in The Hague of former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas including ex-President Hashim Thaci. “The voices of the victims are indispensable to justice.”

Most of the money Serbia spends on Serbs in the rest of the former Yugoslavia goes to those in Bosnia and Montenegro, where Serbian influence is greatest.

As U.S. President Donald Trump’s time in office comes to a close, his outgoing administration intends to put further pressure on Iran by introducing new punitive sanctions against the U.S. adversary.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday congratulated Joe Biden on his win in the US presidential election in what analysts call a well-timed, goodwill message, after China had adopted a cautious approach toward the highly disputed election results. This is believed to mark the likely return of a new major …

Washington – Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action against Mohamed al-Kani (al-Kani) and the Kaniyat militia, which is responsible for the murder of civilians recently discovered in numerous mass graves in Tarhouna, as well as torture, forced disappearances, and displacement of …

Ethiopia’s prime minister has rejected calls for dialogue to end an internal conflict that has already killed hundreds and displaced more than 40,000 people in the key U.S. ally in East Africa — a stance that has alarmed diplomats from Addis Ababa to Washington about the potential for escalating conflict.