An investigative report by the Vyorstka online newspaper says Russian President Vladimir Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine in early March 2021. According to the report, which is based on interviews with sources close to the Russian leadership, Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine after Ukrainian authorities confiscated …

While the international banking crisis appears to be temporarily eased, the United States’ commercial real estate market is showing signs of trouble. Recently, Brookfield Asset Management, one of the world’s largest investment managers, defaulted on a USD 161.4million commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) loan to a dozen office buildings mostly around …

The international coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq and Syria said Monday there has been a “reduction in attacks” by jihadists in both countries this year. The IS extremists in 2014 launched their self-proclaimed “caliphate” across swathes of both countries in a campaign marked by its brutality …