A Turkish brick in the BRICS bloc—is Turkey choosing between East and West?
Source24/09/2024By William Gourlay Recent reports suggest that Turkey is positioning itself to join BRICS, the political-economic bloc founded by Brazil, Russia, India and…
Category: Asia-Middle East
Hungarian firm tied to pager blasts in Lebanon unmasked
Source18/09/2024By Alexandra Lukash Security officials arrive at Gold Apollo’s Taiwan office as company’s president addresses reporters, denying responsibility for pager…
Russia sharing nuclear secrets with Iran fuels U.S.-U.K. worries
Source18/09/2024 The U.S. and U.K. are increasingly concerned that Russia is sharing secret information and technology with Iran that could…
Blinken says Israel agrees to a U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire and calls on Hamas to do same
Source 20/08/2024 By: AP via Scripps News The U.S. secretary of state spoke after holding a 2 1/2 hour meeting with…
Israeli military orders large-scale evacuation from Khan Younis
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticised the evacuation order on Monday, saying there is now no safe place for Palestinians to…
Palestinian Islamic Jihad fire rockets into Israel as tanks advance in Gaza
GAZA, July 2 — The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel yesterday as fighting…
EXPLAINER | What is China’s planned financial stability law and how will it work?
China is moving closer to unveiling its financial stability law, which includes setting up a fund to rescue troubled financial…
Will election-wary Iranians choose a Turkic as the next president?
Reformist Masoud Pezeshkian is riding high on the support of ethnic Turks and Sunnis. Hardline conservative Saeed Jalili stands in…
N. Korea says it test-fired new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying super-large warhead
SEOUL, July 2 (Yonhap) — North Korea has test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a super-large warhead,…