Eurasia Press & News

MBS is playing hardball with the United States, and the White House is just letting him win. Why? Last night, the New York Times broke the news that President Biden plans to travel this Summer to Saudi Arabia, effectively signaling the administration’s intent to end its paltry efforts to correct …

The Lebanese government invited on Monday a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border to return to Beirut as soon as possible to work out an agreement amid rising tensions along the border. The invitation for Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser for energy security at …

Ra’am’s Ghanaim and Rinawie Zoabi of Meretz vote against measure renewing application of Israeli law to settlers, joining opposition MKs who are shooting down all gov’t legislation Two coalition MKs voted on Monday night against a critical piece of legislation to renew the application of Israeli criminal and some civil …

The White House pushed back against criticism that President Joe Biden could meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a yet unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia, saying that it is “very important to engage Saudi Arabia and that such a visit is in the national interest. “The president …

Sidelining the Palestinians Is a Recipe for Violence, Not Peace On September 15, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump stood on the White House balcony with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to unveil one of his administration’s signature foreign …

How Governments Will Transform Energy Markets In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the world appears to be at an inflection point. Business leaders have declared the acceleration of deglobalization and sounded the alarm about a new period of stagflation. Academics have decried the return of conquest and hailed …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to visit Turkey June 8 as Ankara looks for a Russian or US nod to press ahead with a new military intervention against Kurdish-held areas in northern Syria. Though Lavrov’s talks in Ankara are expected to focus on the Ukraine war and its …

Navies from 26 nations will participate in the massive Rim of the Pacific maritime exercise that kicks off later this month in Hawaii, the Navy said. The more than two dozen nations, 38 surface ships and four submarines mark a return in full to the biyearly drills that were significantly …

Россия и Турция достигли предварительного соглашения о поставках украинского зерна на мировые рынки. Об этом сообщает Bloomberg со ссылкой на свои источники. Однако против деталей сделки пока возражает Киев. Украина, в частности, требует дополнительных гарантий безопасности своих территориальных вод. Между тем глава российского МИД Сергей Лавров не исключил достижения договоренностей, …

ette explosion-là nous a paru moins lointaine. Un journaliste de BFM TV, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff , est mort en Ukraine , touché par un éclat d’obus alors qu’il se trouvait dans un convoi humanitaire. Il s’agit du deuxième après Pierre Zakrzewski, caméraman pour Fox News, tué près de Kiev. « J’ai …