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As fighting in Sudan rages, Russia’s primary goal is to ensure authoritarian rule

On April 24, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed “deep concern” about the activities of Wagner Group mercenaries in Sudan and asserted that the Russian private military company (PMC) “simply brings more death and destruction wherever it is involved.” Blinken’s dire warning followed revelations from Sudanese and American officials …

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Of Doubtful Morality?

Israeli assassinations in response to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre may have been about more than avenging the victims. One of the intriguing subplots of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is understanding exactly what happened during and after the Munich Olympic Games in 1972, when Palestinian gunmen belonging to the Black September …

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Belgium police arrest Iraqi suspected of al-Qaeda car bombing in Baghdad

Belgium police have arrested an Iraqi immigrant suspected of belonging to an al-Qaeda cell that carried out deadly car bombings in Baghdad in 2009-2010, prosecutors said Friday. The man, identified by the initials O.Y.T., born in 1979, was detained on Wednesday when police raided an address near the city of …

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