In a tense exchange, Iran’s top diplomat has accused Paris of being intentionally confrontational while his French counterpart piled pressure on Iran over the detention of French nationals. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Wednesday that France was meddling in his country’s affairs and taking a confrontational approach toward the …

Washington says UAE-based Kratol Aviation helped Wagner operations ship personnel and weapons to Libya, the Central African Republic and Mali. The Biden administration slapped economic sanctions Thursday on a United Arab Emirates-based aviation company for its alleged role in transporting Russia’s Wagner mercenaries to conflict zones abroad. “The Wagner Group …

After more than half a century after the first edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF), namely in 2023, its 53rd edition unfolded and brought together again… …an important part of the personalities of the political, economic and financial, and media fields and others or, briefly said, the planet’s plutocracy …