Diplomats from the United States and Russia held day-long talks Monday in Geneva about Moscow’s massive troop buildup along its Ukraine border and Russian demands for Western security guarantees. A U.S. State Department spokesperson said the meeting, the first of several this week, began just before 9 a.m. local time …

A recent Washington Post/University of Maryland poll found that 34 percent of Americans think violent action against the government can be justifiable. This view is held by 40 percent of Republicans and 23 percent of Democrats. The result may seem surprising since leftists have been responsible for much of the …

Implementing sustainable farming practices and infrastructure development in Africa has been an ongoing challenge. Foreign resource extraction operations on the continent offer exchanges of raw materials for capital and critical infrastructure development. These infrastructure projects are crucial for cooperative economic development in Africa. However, the inattention to sustainability through the …

The migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers were camping out near the building in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Libyan security forces dispersed and arrested migrants outside of a community center in Tripoli, rights groups said today. The migrants had been conducting a sit-in outside of the United Nations-affiliated center when Libyan police …

The Biden administration eased restrictions on aid groups working with the Syrian government in November. The United Nations has extended authorization to deliver aid from Turkey into Syria’s opposition-held Idlib province for another six months. Bab al-Hawa is the last Syrian border crossing authorized for direct aid deliveries into parts …

Mohammed al-Halbusi is Iraq’s speaker of parliament for a second term despite opposition from Shiite parties aligned with Iran. The first session of Iraq’s new parliament was held on Jan. 9. In that session, new parliament members voted that Mohammed al-Halbusi will serve a second term as speaker of the …

Lényegében a NATO feloszlatásával, Közép-Európa, s benne Magyarország szuverenitásának csorbításával egyenértékű az Oroszország által decemberben előterjesztett két szerződéstervezet. Noha mind az Egyesült Államok, mind a NATO elutasította az orosz ultimátumot, a hétvégén Genfben tárgyalások kezdődnek, amelyen az Ukrajna megtámadásával fenyegető Moszkva jelentős engedményeket akar kicsikarni Washingtontól. Ebben a környezetben kerül …

Kazakistan’da LPG’ye yapılan astronomik zammı protesto olarak başlayan ve hızla büyüyen, yayılan, şiddetlenen, ayaklanmaya dönüşen nümayişler o zammın geri alınmasına, hatta hükümetin istifa etmesine, üstelik protestocuların “İhtiyar, git!” sloganında kastedilen Nursultan Nazarbayev’in Milli Güvenlik Konseyi Başkanlığından alınmasına rağmen devam ediyor. Demek ki, onca yer altı zenginliğine (petrol, doğalgaz, uranyum) rağmen …

Президент Казахстана Касым-Жомарт Токаев поручил новому правительству ограничить доступ олигархов к экономике. Кабинету министров, в частности, предстоит остановить необоснованный вывоз капитала. Выступая перед парламентом, глава республики впервые с начала протестов упомянул Нурсултана Назарбаева. При нем в Казахстане появились очень богатые люди, и теперь пришло время поделиться с рядовыми гражданами. Токаев …

Concerns grow that violence that has long crippled countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will spill over further south. Benin, a small coastal country in West Africa, has been relatively unscathed from a security crisis that has wreaked havoc in its northern neighbours across the Sahel region for …