Erdogan visits opposition party headquarters first time in 18 years
Istanbul, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the opposition CHP party headquarters on Tuesday, the first time in 18...Geostrategy Politics
Israel army says senior commander resigns over Oct 7 attack
Israel's army said Sunday that a senior commander had resigned over what he called his failure to prevent the October...Geostrategy
IS says its fighters attacked Kabul power lines
The Islamic State militant group's Afghan branch on Friday said it was behind an explosion that brought down electricity lines...The power cut on Thursday was a further blow to Taliban efforts to stabilize Afghanistan two months after they seized control
The explosion hit a high-voltage line supplying imported power to Kabul and some other provinces
Algeria rejects Western Sahara talks
Algeria on Friday ruled out returning to roundtable talks over Western Sahara, days after the UN appointed a new envoy...Morocco sees the entire Western Sahara as an integral part of its territory and has offered autonomy there while firmly ruling out independence
The International Crisis Group wrote this month that “Rabat considers Western Sahara a regional issue and the Polisario an Algerian proxy”
Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone strike in Syria: Pentagon
A senior Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a US drone strike in Syria, the Pentagon said on Friday. The strike...“The removal of this Al-Qaeda senior leader will disrupt the terrorist organization’s ability to further plot and carry out global attacks”
At the end of September the Pentagon killed Salim Abu-Ahmad, another senior Al-Qaeda commander in Syria
Tunisia most democratic among countries roiled by Arab Spring
Tunisia, where the government of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in 2011, scored 6.59 out of...Tunisia, where the government of former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was overthrown in 2011, scored 6.59 out of ten in the 2020 Democracy index
Libya is now tied with Yemen at the bottom of the list, with a democracy score of 1.95 out of 10
Two years after protests, Lebanon activists set sights on vote
The various opposition groups have yet to decide how they will take part in the upcoming polls.The various opposition groups have yet to decide how they will take part in the upcoming polls
Voters are busy battling to get by on deeply diminished incomes, amid endless power cuts and price hikes
UAE detains journalist after comments hacked and posted online
The United Arab Emirates said Friday it had detained a journalist after comments they made off the air ahead of...The incident occurred shortly before the state-run Abu Dhabi Sports channel's live broadcast of the UAE-Iraq World Cup qualifying match on October 12.
The charges faced by the journalist could carry a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine up to $136,131.
OECD nations to ban export credits for coal power
With the latest international climate conference just days away, the proposed ban will halt support to new coal power stations...For existing coal-fired power stations, the credits can only be used for pollution mitigation and carbon capture equipment that doesn't extend the service life of the facility.
Coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel and is responsible for a major chunk of carbon emissions.
US Iran envoy to hold nuclear talks with European powers
The agreement between Iran and world powers to find a long-term solution to the now two-decade-old crisis over its controversial...Trump's successor Joe Biden has said he is ready to re-enter the agreement so long as Iran meets key preconditions.
The nuclear deal promised Iran step-by-step sanctions relief in exchange for restrictions on its atomic work.
EU leaders laud Merkel at her last summit
European leaders heaped praise on German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday as she attended what is likely her last EU...Merkel has attended a staggering 107 EU summits that saw some of the biggest twists in recent European history
Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel called Merkel a "compromise machine" who "usually did find something to unite us"
Israeli PM in Russia for first talks with Putin
Naftali took office in June, taking over from Benjamin Netanyahu who was in power for 12 straight years and had...Russian state television showed images of Bennett's plane landing in Sochi, where the pair will meet
Last week, Bennett's office said the pair will discuss Iran's nuclear program.
