Deployment of US troops in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe could lead to increased tensions, Chairman of the State Duma for Defense Andrey Kartapolov said. The New York Times announced on January 23, citing sources in the American administration, … Read More
European Union aims to show united front in face of what it sees as Russian aggression NATO announced Monday that it will send fighter jets and ships to eastern Europe as tension with the alliance and Russia hit a fever … Read More
–A shadowy battle between Israel and Iran has intensified since the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018. –They have mostly avoided open clashes, but their ongoing campaigns have been punctuated by high-profile attacks and assassinations. After the … Read More
SEOUL, Jan 24 (Reuters) – North Korea’s flurry of new missile tests, including what it calls “hypersonic” weapons, has underscored the importance of the country’s missile engineers and scientists, a group that is high profile within his government but opaque … Read More
The Red Cross has been responding to the Tonga tsunami, which has badly affected all 36 of its Pacific islands after the volcanic eruption on Saturday, 15 January 2022. After repeated flare-ups, the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano finally erupted … Read More
Mayor Jacky Levy told Army Radio that he was told in 2005 that if a massive earthquake strikes the Syrian-African fault line, Beit She’an would be particularly damaged. Some 10,000 people in the northern town of Beit She’an will be … Read More
The numbers of migrants who were intercepted by Libya’s coast guard while attempting to cross the Mediterranean almost tripled in 2021 compared to the year before, according to the UN. “As of December 14, 2021, the Libyan coast guard had … Read More
EU ministers have asked for more action to strengthen the bloc’s external borders as well as for rules to return migrants to their homelands or where they started their journeys. Interior ministers from EU countries including Greece, Poland, Italy and … Read More
“Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could hide in the attic like Anne Frank did,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, addressing an anti-vaccine rally. Addressing an anti-vaccination rally in Washington, DC, American environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sunday compared … Read More
Germany’s national and regional leaders have agreed to bar unvaccinated people from much of public life in a bid to fend off a fourth wave of COVID-19. Outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel described the far-reaching measures as an act of “national … Read More