Eurasia Press & News

On February 17, 2008, the Assembly of Kosovo adopted by acclamation the Declaration on the Independence of Kosovo. All 109 Albanian MPs voted for the declaration. As Danas wrote at the time, the Kosovo Parliament continued its work in an extraordinary session by adopting the state symbols – the coat …

The geopolitical evolutions in the Middle East marked by the so-called “Arab Spring”, the conflict in Yemen, the threat represented by the Iranian nuclear program and other global geopolitical developments determined United Arab Emirates (UAE) to take some important steps for modernizing and improving its intelligence services starting with the …

NATO Defence Ministers are meeting in Brussels this week (14-15 February 2023) to strengthen the Alliance’s deterrence and defence, and step up and sustain for Ukraine.

Despite leadership losses and diminished cash reserves, the extremist group ISIL, or Da’esh, continues to pose a threat to international peace and security, the UN counter-terrorism chief warned last week in New York. Under-Secretary-General Vladimir Voronkov briefed the Security Council where he presented the latest UN report on the terrorist …

The United States said Wednesday its assessment aligns with a United Nations report that the new head of the al-Qaeda terror group, Saif al-Adel, is based in Iran. “When it comes to his presence there, offering safe haven to al-Qaeda is just another example of Iran’s wide-ranging support for terrorism, …

Even Great Powers Aren’t Safe From Economic Warfare—If the U.S.-Led Order Sticks Together When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, China’s leaders attempted to balance two fundamentally irreconcilable interests. First, they aimed to bolster China’s entente with Russia to counterbalance American power and alleviate growing strategic pressure from the West. …

TAMPA, Fla. — Last night, during a partnered U.S. and Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) helicopter raid in northeastern Syria, an explosion on target resulted in four U.S. servicemembers and one working dog wounded. The targeted ISIS senior leader, Hamza al-Homsi, was killed. The U.S. servicemembers and working dog are receiving …

Peace in Ukraine, but how? Netanyahu says of their conflict – “If the Palestinians lay down their arms, there will be peace. If Israel disarms, there will be no Israel.” It is the same with Russia – if it lays down its arms, there will be peace, if Ukraine lays …

U.N. experts say the predominant view among member nations is that the leadership of al-Qaida has passed to Sayf al-’Adl, who was responsible for Osama bin Laden’s security and trained some of the hijackers involved in the 9/11 attack on the U.S. The panel of experts said in a report …

Last December, three Latvian political parties came together to form a new government. The coalition negotiations had dragged on for more than two months. During the elections in October, incumbent Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš’s center-right New Unity party came out on top with 19 percent of the vote. Analysts argued …