Turkish forces nearly ready for a Syria ground operation
Turkey’s army needs just a few days to be ready for a ground incursion into northern Syria and such a decision may come at a cabinet meeting on Monday, ...
Russia won’t stop strikes until it runs out of missiles – Zelenskiy
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians to expect another brutal week of cold and darkness ahead, predicting more Russian attacks on infrastructure which would not stop until Moscow runs out of ...
China tightens security after rare protests against COVID curbs
Police on Monday patrolled the scenes of weekend protests in Shanghai and Beijing after crowds there and in other cities across China demonstrated against stringent COVID-19 measures disrupting lives three ...
Erdogan says Turkish, Egyptian ministers to meet in process of building ties
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in comments broadcast that a process of building relations with Egypt will start with ministers of the two countries meeting and that the talks would ...
UK government moves to defuse parliamentary row over onshore wind
Britain’s government sought on Monday to defuse a simmering row over a push by some Conservative lawmakers to make it easier to build onshore wind farms by saying Prime ...
Vast Ukrainian nuclear plant remains under Russian control – Russia-installed authorities
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine remains under Russian control, authorities installed by Moscow in the nearby city of Enerhodar said on Monday, after a Ukrainian official suggested ...
Pentagon considering to supply Ukraine with rockets that can hit behind Russian lines
The Pentagon is considering a Boeing proposal to supply Ukraine with cheap, small precision bombs fitted onto abundantly available rockets, allowing Kyiv to strike far behind Russian lines as the ...
Wall Street gives thanks, eyes year-end whoosh
By Jamie McGeever
As Wall Street reopens after the Thanksgiving holiday, investors are looking for one final push to ensure 2022 ends up being merely grim rather than the bloodbath most ...
Ukraine warns of more Russian attacks as fighting rages in Donetsk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia would surely launch new missile attacks on his country and warned defence forces and citizens to prepare to withstand another week of strain on ...
Deutsche Bank warns of peril in borrowing from US banks
Germany’s Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) has a stark warning to European companies borrowing from US lenders: They will drop you when times get tough.
The caution, spelled out in ...
Egypt not out of the woods after IMF rescue deal
Egypt’s finances remain in a precarious state despite two major currency devaluations this year and a brand new $3 billion International Monetary Fund rescue package, economists say.
With debt interest ...
Clashes in Shanghai as COVID protests flare across China (Updated)
Hundreds of demonstrators and police clashed in Shanghai on Sunday night as protests over China’s stringent COVID restrictions flared for a third day and spread to several cities in ...
Landslide kills at least three on Italy’s island of Ischia (Updated)
At least three people, including a young girl, were killed on the southern Italian holiday island of Ischia after a landslide caused by torrential rain devastated a small town, the ...
Hyper-nationalism and the problem with Turkey
By Dimitri Gonis
Hyper-nationalism is predicated on the notion of ‘specialness’. At its core lies an intrinsic hostility towards anything and anyone that challenges the narrative of racial purity and ...
Ukraine nuclear boss says he sees signs Russia may leave occupied plant
The head of Ukraine’s state-run nuclear energy firm said on Sunday there were signs that Russian forces might be preparing to leave the vast Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which ...
When in Rome do as the Romans do
Equality means that when in Qatar we do as the Qataris do
This World Cup 2022 is full of surprises not the least of them the choice of Qatar as the ...
Canada launches new Indo-Pacific strategy, focus on ‘disruptive’ China
Canada launched a new Indo-Pacific strategy on Sunday, vowing more resources to deal with a “disruptive” China while working with the world’s second-biggest economy on climate change and trade ...
Niece of Iran’s Supreme Leader urges world to cut ties with Tehran over unrest
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s niece, a well known rights activist, has called on foreign governments to cut all ties with Tehran over its violent crackdown on popular ...
Israel’s Ben-Gvir, in leaked audio, cautious on far-right agenda in government
A far-rightist on track to take a key post in Israel’s incoming government has warned supporters not to try to move too quickly with his agenda, cautioning in a ...
Pope urges Israelis, Palestinians, to seek dialogue after surge in violence
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Israeli and Palestinian authorities to make greater efforts to seek dialogue following recent deadly bomb attacks in Jerusalem and clashes in the occupied West Bank.
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In Washington, Macron to seek relief for Europe Inc amid China competition
French President Emmanuel Macron will be hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden next week in a rare state visit aimed at highlighting Franco-American friendship rather than the bitter economic ...
Noose is tightening around Turkish Cypriots
Fears that worse is yet to come in north in protest over Erdogan’s policies
By Esra Aygin
Northern Cyprus is slipping out of the hands of the Turks, warned ...
Russia to bar foreigners from using its surrogate mothers – lawmaker
Russia will soon adopt a law barring foreigners from using Russian surrogate mothers, Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of parliament said on Sunday, the nation’s Mother’...