Eurasia

Why there will be no peace in Ukraine soon

Peace in Ukraine, but how? Netanyahu says of their conflict – “If the Palestinians lay down their arms, there will be peace. If Israel disarms, there will be no Israel.” It is the same with Russia – if it lays down its arms, there will be peace, if Ukraine lays …

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UN report: Sayf al-’Adl widely seen as new al-Qaida leader

U.N. experts say the predominant view among member nations is that the leadership of al-Qaida has passed to Sayf al-’Adl, who was responsible for Osama bin Laden’s security and trained some of the hijackers involved in the 9/11 attack on the U.S. The panel of experts said in a report …

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Progresīvie and Gen Z: A leftward shift for Latvia?

Last December, three Latvian political parties came together to form a new government. The coalition negotiations had dragged on for more than two months. During the elections in October, incumbent Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš’s center-right New Unity party came out on top with 19 percent of the vote. Analysts argued …

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Bracing for impact As Russia continues to pummel Ukraine’s power grid, Kyiv plans to move substations to underground bunkers

In October 2022, Russia, hoping to regain the upper hand after Kyiv’s successful counteroffensive in Kharkiv, began systematically shelling energy infrastructure targets throughout Ukraine. The attacks have left millions without power, sometimes for days at a time, and almost five months later, they show no sign of letting up. In …

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How did the extreme right-wing gathering at Sretenje differ from other protests?

Several hundred extreme right-wing people who gathered in front of the Presidency building, joined on Wednesday evening by members of right-wing parties and citizens who oppose the signing of the Franco-German plan, raised the president and the heads of all security services, as well as the police, to their feet. …

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2023 Ukraine: Is the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war in sight?

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. A year after the start of the war, the mystery surrounding its course is more intense than ever In the first six months of the war, Russia had the initiative, and the key questions were when, where, and what kind …

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Putin’s Russians forcibly take Ukrainian children to camps

The report says the Russian government is operating a network of camps where it has held thousands of Ukrainian children since the start of the war The Russian government is operating an expansive network of dozens of camps where it has held thousands of Ukrainian children since the start of …

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China spy balloon was a discrete program — part of a larger set of programs

The U.S. tracked a China spy balloon from launch on Hainan Island along an unusual path The large Chinese surveillance device that flew across Alaska and the continental United States may have been diverted on an errant path caused by atypical weather conditions By the time a Chinese spy balloon …

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Nikki Haley Is Officially Running for President Against Trump

The former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador knows a thing or two about small business–after all, her parents were once small-business owners Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday that she is joining the presidential race, marking her official run against her old boss, former President Donald …

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Tačijev branilac: Holbruk, Olbrajtova i Dol svedočili bi u Tačijevu odbranu da su živi

Branilac bivšeg komandanta OVK Hašima Tačija (Hashim Thaci), optuženog za ratne zločine na Kosovu i u Albaniji, izrazio je žaljenje što američki zvaničnici Ričard Holbruk (Richard Holbrooke) i Madlen Olbrajt (Madeleine Albright) nisu živi da svedoče u Tačijevu odbranu. Holbruk i Olbrajt „svedočili bi veoma pozitivno u korist mog klijenta“, …

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