Eurasia Press & News

Iranian media denied reports that several Iranian border checkpoints fell to the Taliban on Wednesday. Clashes between Iranian forces and Afghanistan’s Taliban fighters have ended, Iranian state news outlets reported on Wednesday, blaming a “border misunderstanding” for the incident. “The clashes ended and Iran is discussing the dispute over the …

Civilians in the Iraqi city of Mosul complain about the power of the militias who freed them from the clutches of the Islamic terror group IS, but turned to occupier later on. Cars form long queues in front of petrol stations in Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul — a city …

Russia likes to toy with Europe and show that it can defend its former near abroad. Why anyone from Moscow to Washington would want an actual conflict appears far-fetched. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned this week that Russia would respond if NATO-member countries crossed a “redline.” Meanwhile, US Secretary of …

The US is deeply concerned by evidence that Russia has made plans for significant aggressive moves against Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. The United States urged Russia on Wednesday to pull back its troops from the Ukrainian border, warning that a Russian invasion would provoke sanctions …

Recep Tayyip Erdogan interferes in Turkey’s monetary policy – with serious consequences for the country’s currency. The Turkish currency is still in free fall. On Wednesday, the lira slid three percent to a new record low. In turn, the dollar’s exchange rate rose to as high as 13.49 liras – …

The legislation states that it is US policy to prevent Iran and Iranian-aligned groups from acquiring UAVs that can be used in attacks against the US or allies. A bipartisan group of leading members from the House Foreign Affairs Committee introduced the Stop Iranian Drones Act (SIDA) on Tuesday. According …

Negotiations between world powers and Iran to restore the 2015 nuclear deal resumed in Vienna for the first time in over five months. Iran took further steps to advance its nuclear program, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Wednesday, as Iranian diplomats said they won’t rush on negotiations with …

Végtelenül szomorú hallgatni ezt a beszédet. Kövér László ugyanis éppen harminc évvel a titkosszolgálatokkal kapcsolatos egyezség megszületése után rúgta fel a rendszerváltó konszenzust. Amelynek kialakításában neki is része volt. Szerencsére vannak azért jelek, hogy amit látunk, legfeljebb diktatúraparódia, s a szolgálatok főszabály szerint korrekten teszik a dolgukat. Reméljük, jól látjuk. …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Russia against taking any “escalatory actions” toward Ukraine, saying Tuesday that “any renewed aggression would trigger serious consequences.” Speaking to reporters alongside Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics during a visit to Riga, Blinken said the United States is “very concerned” about Russian troop …

Belarus’s authoritarian leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, has said that his country would be willing to host Russian nuclear weapons if NATO moved similar U.S. equipment from Germany to Eastern Europe. In an interview on November 30, Lukashenka also for the first time recognized Moscow-occupied Crimea as part of Russia, adding that …