Eurasia Press & News

Since 2007, the regional peacekeeping mission has assisted Somalia in its battle to stabilise its territory against Al-Shabaab militants. On Tuesday, the Somali government rejected an African Union (AU) proposal for a joint stabilization mission with the United Nations (UN) to spearhead peacekeeping operations in the country. It said that …

European Union officials have warned that the bloc “is at risk of collapse” unless it challenges a ruling by Poland’s top court over the supremacy of EU law, which is seen as a central pillar of European integration. Vera Jourova, the EU commissioner from the Czech Republic, said Monday: “If …

On October 8, 2021, at least 47 persons, including 46 Hazara Shia worshipers, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive device among worshippers in the Sayyidabad Mosque in the Khanabad Bandar area of Kunduz city, the provincial capital of Kunduz. Another 140 persons were injured in the attack. …

Gulf states are in a pickle. They fear that the emerging parameters of a reconfigured US commitment to security in the Middle East threaten to upend a more-than-a-century-old pillar of regional security and leave them with no good alternatives. The shaky pillar is the Gulf monarchies’ reliance on a powerful …

The dreaded topic of Brexit is back in the news this week with the EU expected to publish on Wednesday its basis for fresh negotiations on Northern Ireland’s disputed special trade status. UK Brexit minister David Frost is expected to pre-empt this EU move by making a landmark speech tomorrow …

Η κατάσταση με τις διεθνείς αποκαλύψεις για συστηματικές, παράνομες και βίαιες επαναπροωθήσεις προσφύγων στο Αιγαίο έχει φτάσει σε τέτοιο σημείο, που η Επίτροπος Μετανάστευσης της Κομισιόν, Ίλβα Γιοχάνσον, καταγγέλλει δημόσια την Ελλάδα ότι αρνείται να διερευνήσει τα στοιχεία της μεγάλης έρευνας δέκα ευρωπαϊκών δημοσιογραφικών οργανισμών, Μιλάμε προφανώς για την ίδια …

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Turkey was determined to eliminate threats originating in northern Syria, adding an attack by Kurdish YPG militants that killed two Turkish police was “the final straw.” “We have no patience left regarding some regions in Syria which have the quality of being the …

Kosovo police on Sunday announced the arrest of five persons suspected of planning terrorist attacks, all of whom are reportedly well known to the authorities. Kosovo’s Special Prosecution on Sunday said police had arrested five persons suspected of planning terrorist actions against country’s constitutional order and security. Explosive devices, fire …

On October 8, a terrible blast struck the worshippers attending Friday noon prayers at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Khan Abad district of Bandar, the capital of Kunduz, one of Afghanistan’s largest cities in its northern belt. This is a mosque frequented by Shia Muslims, who were referred to …

Language is politics and politics is power. This is why the misuse of language is particularly disturbing, especially when the innocent and vulnerable pay the price. The wars in Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and other Middle Eastern, Asian and African countries in recent years have resulted in one of the greatest …