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Hezbollah has responded to recent Israeli threats by saying it will wage war without ‘limits’ if it continues to escalate military assaults on Lebanon. Hezbollah on Saturday threatened to wage war with “no limit, rules and restraint” in response to any escalation of military activity by Israel on the Lebanese …

Hamas’s assault of October 7 can be likened to an earthquake that strikes an old building. The cracks were already beginning to show, but they are now visible in its very foundations. More than 120 years since its inception, could the Zionist project in Palestine – the idea of imposing …

Israel is relentless in its bombings. Today is the turn of Al Shati Camp in the center of Gaza. It is part of the continued Israeli massacres that took away 41 lives combined with the devastating military actions in Al Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. BREAKING: The Israeli occupation army …

In today’s summary:Fierce battles in the north of the Kharkov region – the Russian Aerospace Forces began to use three-ton FAB-3000 glidersVolchansk is increasingly reminiscent of Stalingrad – both in the nature of the fighting there and in the degree of destruction in the cityRussian troops “opened” new directions, including …

While in Russia, the writer Boris Akunin is included in the register of terrorists and extremists, criminal cases are initiated and are put on the wanted list, he continues to write books. The tenth volume of the series “The History of the Russian State” (covering time from 1917 to 1953) …

On June 2, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili signed into law the controversial bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” as the parliament overrode Salome Zourabichvili’s presidential veto (see EDM, May 13, 22). The Russian-style “foreign agents” bill was originally withdrawn in 2023 under intense public pressure but was …

In our modern world, most states are democracies or at least call themselves “democratic.” The adoption of democracy is hailed as one of humanity’s greatest achievements. Once upon a time, humanity broke out of the shackles of monarchies and has never looked back since. Nowadays, all citizens in democratic countries …

The petrodollar system, the bedrock of global finance since the 1970s, faces an uncertain future. The recent expiration of the U.S.-Saudi petrodollar pact in June 2024 marks a turning point, prompting a reassessment of the dollar’s role in oil trade and the broader geopolitical landscape. This article delves beyond the …

(CORDIS) — The 2024 European elections – the world’s largest multi-country vote – saw the rise of nationalist and Eurosceptic parties. Going back a few years, there was Brexit and the debt crisis. How have these and other major events negatively impacted European identity? A report by the University of …

The United States ended conscription, the military draft, in 1973. The all volunteer military came about because of mass protest over the Vietnam war. Richard Nixon believed, and not without reason, that opposition to the war would wane, and his re-election chances would improve, if young men didn’t fear being …