Switzerland has been hosting discreet meetings between officials of Kosovo and Serbia in an effort to defuse tensions in the Balkan region. A stand-off has developed in northern Kosovo with its Serbian neighbours as an incident over car number plates has escalated. Members of the local Kosovar police force resigned …

Since the early 1990s, Armenia and Azerbaijan, two countries in the South Caucasus, have been in conflict. Sometimes this conflict has been “frozen,” while at others it has been “hot” — for example, during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 when 44 days of intense fighting left thousands dead on …

In an era characterised by the conspicuous rise of China and growing Russian aggression, a new post-West world order is taking shape within international politics. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) was established to pursue the ‘Asianisation’ of a post-Western and pre-plural world order. China and Russia, in an attempt to undermine US …

The recent war of words between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and the developments of the last several weeks, have demonstrated that both sides are far from inking a peace deal, which was promised by the end of 2022. Although both states vowed to intensify joint efforts on the final peace treaty …

President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the United States (US) was aimed at reaffirming their economic, defence, and political partnership. The visit came against the backdrop of a difficult time for the transatlantic partners with tension ranging from increasing economic vulnerabilities, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and soaring energy prices. While …

Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Chinese ambassador to Tehran late Saturday to protest a statement related to three disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, reports Anadolu Agency. Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said Chang Hua was summoned to express “strong dissatisfaction” with the joint statement of China and the Gulf …

On 14 February, 1945, while US President Franklin D Roosevelt was returning from the Yalta Conference where he met Britain’s Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin of the USSR, King Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was summoned to meet him privately. The meeting took place on …

The US and its Kurdish allies have continuously looted oil and other resources from Syria’s northeastern province On 14 December, Syria renewed its call for a complete withdrawal of all US forces from the country’s northeastern provinces. According to state-affiliated newspaper Al-Watan, the Syrian government also demanded compensation for all …

Damascus says Washington and its Kurdish proxy militias are responsible for plundering 80 percent of Syria’s daily oil output, and are also working to damage the nation’s vast wheat fields The US occupation army smuggled a new shipment of stolen Syrian oil from Hasakah governorate on 12 December, transferring a …

The work of Israeli spy networks reportedly allowed the Mossad to launch online defamation campaigns and threats against Palestinians working and studying in Turkiye Istanbul police and the National Intelligence Organization (MIT) on 14 December announced the arrest of 44 people suspected of leaking information about Palestinian expatriates in Turkiye …