Eurasia Press & News

There’s a variety of concerns that keep Indo-Pacom on its toes — many centered around the activities of China, which quite often don’t match up with the words that come out of Beijing, its commander said. “We certainly view with concern many of the actions that we’ve seen from Beijing,” …

India has deployed warships to the South China Sea in what New Delhi proclaims to be a bid to expand security ties with “friendly countries” and in an apparent move to join and play a bigger role in a US-led scheme to counter China near Chinese territorial waters. Four Indian …

Since 2015, Lake Chad has been a refuge for Boko Haram, a group which seeks to impose an Islamic state in Nigeria. On Wednesday, the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram killed over 24 Chadian soldiers in the surroundings of Lake Chad in Central Africa. The soldiers were attacked while resting …

On July 27, 2021, an Al-Qaeda supporter calling himself Haydarah Al-Qandahari posted an article on Telegram titled “A Call to the Lions of Monotheism in the Syrian Arena”. In this article, written in Arabic, Al-Qandahari urges Al-Qaeda-aligned mujahideen in Syria to form small, independent groups consisting of three to five …

Soll man gegen radikale religiöse Strömungen auftreten? Ja, unbedingt. Doch mit schwammigen und pauschalen Vorwürfen wird man dabei scheitern. Die Operation Luxor, ein Lieblingsprojekt von Innenminister Karl Nehammer, entwickelt sich für ihn gerade zum politischen Bumerang. Das Oberlandesgericht Graz hat Beschwerden von neun Beschuldigten zu den Hausdurchsuchungen stattgegeben. Sie waren …

In early June, jihadist militants in Burkina Faso raided homes and the local market in Solhan, a village close to the border with Niger. By sunrise, they had killed at least 160 civilians in what local officials said was the country’s worst terrorist attack in years. Though particularly shocking for …

Before sitting down to write this week’s column, I opened a large and tattered, white, padded envelope that had arrived from Hong Kong late last week to find the final issue of the city’s once famously feisty newspaper, the Apple Daily, which was forced by local authorities to shut down …

Après une chute mondiale du prix des produits agricoles en 2020 – conséquence de la pandémie de Covid-19 – les cours repartent à la hausse depuis plusieurs mois. État des lieux en infographies. Initiée depuis la fin 2020, la tendance haussière des cours des matières premières agricoles se poursuit. Les …

Military says ‘incident complete’ after reports of armed men commandeering ship near UAE; details surrounding episode remain unclear The British navy says the hijackers who boarded a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have left the targeted ship, without elaborating. The notice …

Sirens sound in Kiryat Shmona as 2 missiles hit outside city, sparking fire; 4 people treated for anxiety; Israel said to assess that armed Palestinian groups are behind attack Three rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon Wednesday shortly after noon, causing warning sirens to sound in the Kiryat …