Prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr tweeted on Monday that he has decided to withdraw fully from politics. “I’ve decided not to meddle in political affairs. I therefore announce now my definitive retirement,” he said in his tweet. The announcement comes a month after his followers started a sit at …

Technological Advancements Are Helping Kyiv Succeed At the outset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, most experts expected that Kyiv would fall quickly. Ukrainian forces were fighting against a military that was bigger and better armed. Russia’s troops had more combat experience and funding. The question was not if Moscow’s forces …

The Kremlin Will Eventually Tire of Its Reliance on China As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine drags on and realigns global geopolitics, the United States needs to review and revise its long-term strategy toward Russia. The primary focus of this strategy, not unlike the original Cold War–era strategy …

Face aux difficultés d’approvisionnement, plusieurs pays du continent souhaitent (re)donner vie aux raffineries pour alléger la facture des subventions et éviter les pénuries. Pays producteur depuis le milieu des années 1990 après la découverte d’importants gisements d’hydrocarbures, la Guinée équatoriale vient d’annoncer son intention de mettre en place les installations …

Découvertes en cascade de pétrole, renégociation des contrats gaziers et nouveau positionnement stratégique… Alger s’appuie sur ses ressources pour jouer un rôle-clé dans la nouvelle donne énergétique. Dans la région de Sbâa, à 6 km du centre de traitement de Hassi Illatou, dans la wilaya d’Adrar, c’est une nouvelle découverte …

Prospection, logistique, transformation locale… Le patron du géant minier dévoile la stratégie de son entreprise, désireuse d’exploiter davantage le cuivre, notamment en Zambie et en RDC. Après la fusion entre Randgold et Barrick en 2019, qui a donné naissance au géant minier Barrick Gold, le nouveau groupe envisageait d’abord de …

How Distortions About the Past Feed Delusions About the Future Vladimir Putin is determined to shape the future to look like his version of the past. Russia’s president invaded Ukraine not because he felt threatened by NATO expansion or by Western “provocations.” He ordered his “special military operation” because he …

An armada of warplanes deployed to the Indo-Pacific by the United Kingdom, France and Germany signals the Europeans’ commitment to reinforce the region in a crisis, even during the challenge posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to security experts. The NATO members sent 13 Typhoon and Rafale fighters, seven …

Ukraine launched a long-awaited counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied Kherson region Monday, breaking through Russia’s front line in the southeastern Ukraine oblast, its military said in a statement Monday. “Ukraine has a brilliant chance to reclaim its territories,” the Ukraine military’s Operational Command South said in a statement Monday. National Security …

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