Bei ihrem Aufstieg haben die Nationalpopulisten Polens Verfassung überrollt. Im Kampf gegen die EU beschwören sie nun ihre Unversehrtheit. Wer gerne US-Krimis schaut, kennt die Maxime der filmischen Drogenhändler: „Don’t get high on your own supply.“ Was so viel bedeutet, dass man als karriereorientierter Krimineller die Finger von dem Stoff …

Im Streit um Polens Justizreform hat der Europäische Gerichtshof eine Millionenstrafe gegen das Land verhängt. Dieses Vorgehen ist der voraussichtlich einzige wirksame Weg, den die EU im Rechtstreit mit seinem Mitglied de facto in der Hand hat, kommentiert Bettina Klein. Für Polen gehe es ans Eingemachte. Die heute verhängten Strafzahlungen …

Le 1er octobre, lors de la cérémonie d’investiture de Mamadi Doumbouya, la présence de cette Française aux côtés du putschiste a été remarquée. « Jeune Afrique » a enquêté sur cet officier de gendarmerie devenue première dame. Le téléphone sonne désespérément dans le vide. Il n’y a plus personne pour …

The Sudanese army carried out a military coup that will undermine the fragile democratic transition process in the country and deepen its economic crisis. The Sudanese army has overthrown its civilian partners in power through a military coup that is bound to undermine the fragile democratic transition process in the …

Turkey’s ties with Ukraine have complicated relations with Russia. Ukraine has used a Turkish drone for the first time in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists, according to Turkish media. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted a video yesterday showing an aerial view of an unspecified target …

The Islamic State continues to operate in Iraq despite losing its territory there years ago. The Islamic State conducted a deadly attack in Iraq late last night. The shooting occurred in the Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, in the village of Al-Rashad. Twelve civilians were killed and at least 15 …

The Iraqi government is seeking to prevent both further attacks by the terrorist group and outbreaks of sectarian violence. A group of Islamic State militants carried out an attack in the village of al-Rashad in Diyala province early on Oct. 26, killing 15 people and wounding 30. Prior to the …

Recent geopolitical changes in the region are reducing Israel’s ability to act against the Iranian presence in Syria. An unnamed Israeli security source told public broadcaster Kan on Oct. 25 that the air force will soon have to decide whether to act against the Syrian air defense system, in order …

On December 15, 1991, U.S. Secretary of State James Baker arrived in Moscow amid political chaos to meet with Russian leader Boris Yeltsin, who was at the time busy wresting power from his nemesis, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Yeltsin had recently made a shocking announcement that he and the leaders …

Some 10,000 displaced Syrians living in a squalid camp miles away from the American garrison of al-Tanf had hoped the Biden administration would resolve their plight. The Biden administration touted this summer’s United Nations Security Council deal to avert humanitarian disaster in northwest Syria as proof that Washington and Moscow …