Eurasia

Moscow and Tehran’s partnership has been growing since 2015 and only increased since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday at 10 p.m. in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an emergency meeting with Iran’s envoy to Russia, Kazem Jalali. The other attendees included some of the most influential figures in …

The alarm bells of terrorism in the country, particularly in K-P and Balochistan, are getting louder. Mere statistics — 245 terrorist attacks in the first quarter of 2024 — are not the real portrayal of the undercurrents of the terrorism. They have to be understood in totality, by analysing the …

Bulgaria’s June 9 election may bring about a return of the old GERB-MRF alliance that was rocked by street protests in 2020, kicking off years of political turmoil.The conservative GERB party of former Prime Minister Boyko Borissov is the favourite to win Bulgaria’s June 9 parliamentary election, the country’s sixth …

For many of his supporters, Peter Magyar promises a ‘reformed Fidesz’ and is seen as a younger, fitter version of the current prime minister without the stench of corruption. Viktor Orban’s simple cottage is just around the corner. Pancho Arena, an “organic-style” soccer stadium that can accommodate twice the population …

It is not yet clear whether Hungary is just an unwilling ally or rather a Trojan horse that is already preparing to switch sides. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Europe’s enfant terrible, is a master of making unexpected and surprising statements. His latest came during his weekly Friday radio interview, …

The liberal-democratic government of Donald Tusk is continuing the hardline approach of its predecessor over migration on the border with Belarus, with an announcement expected on Monday about billions more to be spent on border security. Ahead of an announcement on Monday by Prime Minister Donald Tusk that his government …

Elsewhere in the region, ECHR rules against Poland in surveillance case; Slovakia’s most popular politics show taken off the air; and as EU election polls narrow, Fidesz resorts to disinformation about EU conscription. An informal two-day meeting of 32 NATO foreign ministers kicked off on Thursday in Prague, with the …

The death of Iran’s President Ibrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian might produce modest shifts of emphasis in Iran’s national security strategy.The regime is likely to favor hardline candidates in the June 28 special presidential election to replace him, and permission for reformist candidates to run would signal an …

U.S. forces persistently conduct military exercises alongside the SDF at the military bases established in eastern Syria, Athr Press says. U.S. forces, alongside the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), recently conducted live ammunition military exercises at the Vanguard camp (mouaskar al-Tala’ii) , situated east of Hassakeh. Preceding this, they underwent training …

Protests against the government in southern Syria have continued for a second week, marked by demonstrators waving the flag of the Druze minority, burning banners featuring President Bashar Assad, and even raiding offices belonging to his ruling party. Concurrently, clashes erupted between Arab tribesmen and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters across multiple …