November 15, 2020 Eurasia
North Macedonia is planning to put its loss-making, state-owned post office up for sale. But will anyone want to buy it?
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November 15, 2020 Balkans, Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey is touting its domestic defence industry, but its expansion remains dependent on Western know-how. Acall by Greece last month for its European Union partners to consider an arms embargo on Turkey in a standoff over maritime boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean has highlighted the growing collaboration between the Turkish …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient
It is generally believed that Islam is a backward religion, reinforcing the beliefs of medieval period, if not of the ancient period, it is conservative and even fundamentalist in its outlook, and it motivates its followers to be intolerant and violent. Islam, it is further believed, is incompatible with modern …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Quatre Français ordinaires écrivent à nos dirigeants Nous sommes des Français ordinaires. Nous n’avons pas habituellement l’occasion d’être publiés dans les journaux à grande diffusion. Nous espérons cette fois-ci que nous le serons. L’assassinat de l’enseignant d’histoire, M. Samuel Paty, nous oblige en effet à porter notre voix de simples …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Chinese fighter jets are apparently getting a mysterious new type of missile, a recent recruitment video of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force shows. The unidentified missile could be an advanced anti-radiation missile or a new long-range air-to-air missile, and either possibility could significantly increase the PLA’s capabilities in …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Russia plans to build a naval base in Sudan, according to a bilateral draft agreement between the two nations. The agreement would allow Russia to establish a naval logistics base in Sudan for the repair and supply of warships as well as provide rest to sailors, according to the document …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey took offense at a U.S. statement that said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would promote religious freedom during an upcoming visit to Istanbul and called Wednesday on Washington to focus on racism and hate crimes in the United States instead.
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia, Middle Orient, Turkey
Turkey is ready to discuss U.S. concerns about the technical compatibility of Russian S-400 defences and U.S.-made F-35 jets, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Thursday, repeating Ankara’s proposal for a joint working group with Washington on the issue.
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia
Russia’s peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnically Armenian breakaway region of Azerbaijan where thousands of civilians and soldiers have died in recent weeks of fighting, has released a map detailing the operation ahead, clarifying many of the territorial ambiguities of the truce between Yerevan and Baku announced on November 10. …
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November 15, 2020 Eurasia, Iran, Middle Orient
The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria issued a statement attacking Iran and its role in the Syrian conflict, and disavowed terrorist operations as well as extremism and takfir. The group said in its statement, issued on Tuesday and published on its official Facebook page, that it repudiates the Safavid dynasty and …
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