Eurasia

At a time when power dynamics in the Middle East region are in flux due to the shifting circumstances of the Islamic State, the drawdown of U.S. troops in the region, and the intensification of Iranian-backed attacks on U.S. and Saudi Arabian targets in the region, an historical look at …

Hamas “will remain committed to its charter until the goals of our people are achieved, including the liberation [of all Palestine].” — Hazem Qassem, Hamas spokesperson, palinfo.com, April 22, 2022. The Biden administration’s representatives who are talking about “the need for all parties to work for calm, especially in Jerusalem,” …

Türkiye’de Batı dünyasında olduğu gibi kurumsal bir yabancı düşmanlığı olduğuna inanmıyorum. Her toplumda göçmenler ile yerliler arasında zaman zaman gerilimler olabilir. Göçmenlerden rahatsızlık duyanların sayısı da artış gösterebilir. Ancak şükürler olsun ülkemizde bu tür duygu ve düşüncelerin üzerine inşa edilmiş siyasi partiler, sivil toplum örgütleri falan söz konusu değil. Yeni …

Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα και ο πόλεμος συνεχίζεται. Ανάμεσα σε δύο κράτη «χριστιανικά» και «ορθόδοξα». Μεγάλη Εβδομάδα των παθών λοιπόν, αλλά η Ανάσταση αργεί πολύ. Ο πόλεμος συνεχίζεται, ο πόλεμος αλέθει στις μυλόπετρές του ανθρώπους και σκορπίζει δυστυχία παντού. Και απειλεί την ίδια τη ζωή του πλανήτη. «Καινούργιες τρέλες των ανθρώπων ή …

A Palestinian man, 20, was killed during clashes early Tuesday morning with Israeli troops in a refugee camp near Jericho in the West Bank. Ahmed Ibrahim Owaidat was hit in the head with live fire and died several hours later in a hospital in Ramallah, according to the ministry, Israeli …

Two explosions in a radio facility close to the Ukrainian border knocked a pair of powerful broadcast antennas out of service in Moldova’s separatist region of Trans-Dniester, local police said Tuesday. Trans-Dniester, a strip of land with about 470,000 people, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a …

For months, Istanbul restaurant Tarihi Balikca tried to absorb the surging cost of the sunflower oil its cooks use to fry fish, squid and mussels. But in early April, with oil prices nearly four times higher than they were in 2019, the restaurant finally raised its prices. Now, even some …

The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country’s borders. For the second day in a row, explosions rocked the separatist …

As the DRC becomes the newest member of the East African Community, the regional organization confronts multiple challenges in its effort to tackle insecurity in eastern Congo. The East African Community (EAC) wasted no time in wading into the complex and murky security issues bedeviling its newest member, the Democratic …

As it closely follows the changing battlefield in Ukraine, Israel will soon need to take a definitive stance on the Russian invasion. As the war and its scenes of devastation drag on in Ukraine, ​Israel has become a magnet for foreign security officials from dozens of countries. “This has become …