Σε αμηχανία βρίσκεται ο Πρόεδρος Αναστασιάδης σε ό,τι αφορά τις τελευταίες εξελίξεις στο Κυπριακό, περιμένοντας τις κινήσεις του Ταγίπ Ερντογάν στις 20 Ιουλίου για τα Βαρώσια. Δυστυχώς, για τον τόπο και τον λαό μας, πληρώνουμε τις παλινδρομήσεις και την αδράνεια του Προέδρου Αναστασιάδη και τους ολέθριους χειρισμούς του τα τελευταία …
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Afghan Taliban and their local associates are active in Pakistan’s border regions, local sources told VOA, as Pakistan has acknowledged that bodies of militants killed in Afghanistan arrive in Pakistan, and wounded Taliban are treated in local hospitals. In a June 27 interview with Geo News, a local Pakistani channel, …
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Thousands of Cubans have taken to the streets this week to organize some of the largest protests seen in the country in decades. Videos circulating on social media show Cuban security forces violently beating protesters before detaining them and hauling them off to prison. Demonstrators rallied against declining living conditions, …
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Forty years after the founding of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the six monarchies that constitute the grouping are more divided than ever on key issues. The leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council differ over how to counter the threat from Iran—the same threat that prompted the GCC’s initial formation. U.S. …
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While Russia has not been considered a key military power in Africa since the Cold War, it is quickly becoming a preeminent military force in central Africa. Central African Republic (CAR) has become the country most dependent on Russian military support in its battle against anti-government rebels. The United Nations …
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Islamic Jihad Gaza politburo said Saturday that the region is not ready for another round and that the May war was a Palestinian success that both the PA and Israel are refusing to accept Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second largest terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, said on Saturday …
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Israeli ambassador to UN Gilad Erdan spoke on Aish Hatorah rooftop, overlooking Western Wall and Temple Mount, ahead of Tisha Be’av. Israel will continue to defend its rights to Jerusalem against the falsehoods spread by the terror group Hamas, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations and the United States Gilad …
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The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan has played a key role in the Kurdish struggle for decades but also has often been at odds with the other major Kurdish party, the Kurdistan Democracy Party. Iraq is facing numerous crises this year, from pro-Iranian militia attacks on US forces, continuing ISIS attacks …
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Washington and Tehran have been engaged in indirect negotiations in Vienna since April to return to the JCPOA, the nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers reached in 2015. Iran is trying to avoid responsibility for not returning to its nuclear deal with world powers, the US State Department said …
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After the Second Karabakh War, the tripartite ceasefire agreement on November 10, 2020, opens a possibility for Iran to become connected to the southern railway network in the South Caucasus. As a result of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, an important part of the South Caucasus Railway, which passed through the …
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