Eurasia

A trial of senior figures of the terrorist group PKK accused of extortion, terrorist financing and terror propaganda began in Paris Tuesday. Nine among 11 suspects, who are Turkish citizens, appeared before the criminal court in the French capital. Investigators believe that France, alongside EU neighbors, offers a staging ground …

Over the last 15 years, social media networks experienced unprecedented growth as more people came online around the globe. These users became ripe for exploitation, as platforms fell behind on investing in moderation, protection, and other safeguards. Online manipulation is an outgrowth of traditional propaganda tactics like black public relations …

Je n’insulte pas le Honduras. J’ai vécu au Honduras en 1978, dans le « campo », où j’ai travaillé avec des campesinos à l’élaboration de projets agricoles qui ont permis d’augmenter la production de maïs et de haricots de 600%. Je leur ai simplement montré comment pratiquer l’agriculture en courbes …

Russia seeks to normalize relations between Ankara and Damascus amid four-way talks in Moscow. Talks between the assistant foreign ministers of Syria, Russia, Iran and Turkey kicked off in Moscow Tuesday in the presence of Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, as part of a Kremlin-led effort to reconcile Ankara and …

Violent clashes at the Temple Mount/Al-Aqsa compound led to heavy rocket fire overnight from the Gaza Strip toward Israeli localities. Israeli forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on early Wednesday, arresting at least 300 Palestinians at the height of Ramadan as cross-border fire resumed between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. …

The move is likely retaliation against ties between Kurdish militants and the Iraqi Kurdish Patriotic Union Party. The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday that Ankara sealed off its airspace to flights to and from northern Iraq’s Sulaimaniyah International Airport in an apparent retaliation against deepening ties between a major …

Iranian official dismisses talk of a “less for less” deal as “the outcome of some think tank brainstorming.” The latest signs indicate the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran doesn’t have much of a pulse. The Biden administration says the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is not on the agenda. …

“The visit of James Rubin, coordinator of the Center for Issues of Global Importance, to the Western Balkans should be seen in the context of the assessment of the American administration that a new impulse is needed to improve the implementation process of the agreement between Belgrade and Pristina, with …

The statement of the newly elected President of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, that the country will not withdraw the recognition of Kosovo – is taken for granted and not at all surprising – the interlocutors of Danas agree. Šaip Kamberi, a member of the Serbian Parliament and president of the Party …

« Nous, les Américains, sommes les ultimes innocents. Nous sommes toujours prêts à croire que, cette fois, le gouvernement nous dit la vérité ». (Sydney Schanberg, ancien journaliste du New York Times) Parlons de fake news, d’accord ? Il y a d’abord les « fake news » classiques, qui ne …