Flames rise at the scene of a forest fire in Lebanon (AP) Wildfires around the Middle East triggered by a heatwave in the region have killed two people and forced thousands to leave their homes. The fires also detonated landmines along the Lebanon-Israel border, according to state media and officials. The areas hit by the…
Election Day is Nov. 3, 2020. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Arms Control: U.S. President Donald Trump: The Trump administration has withdrawn the U.S. from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and (almost) the 1992 Open Skies Treaty. It has loosened the Missile Technology Control Regime’s restrictions on selling armed drones to foreign governments amid concerns…
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On 23 September 2020, the European Commission presented its long-awaited draft of a new migration and asylum package to overcome the protracted blockade in this policy area. Central elements are the planned preliminary examinations of asylum applications at the external borders of the European Union (EU) and a new division of labour among the member…
Human rights activists demonstrate outside the European Parliament in Brussels calling on EU member states to take in more refugees from Greek camps. A non-EU member, Switzerland is getting similar pressure from its cities. Keystone / Olivier Hoslet As winter looms, various European cities want to take in refugees from the Moria migrant camp in…
PA cabinet leader urges EU to recognize an independent Palestinian state and play role in future political process. Palestinian Authority (PA) cabinet leader Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday urged the European Union to play an active role in the future political process related to the Palestinian cause. Shtayyeh made the call during an online meeting with…
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was monitoring the events and asked Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces to respect the ceasefire. Photo: Kremlin Pool/AP Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces yesterday accused each other of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing strains on a two-day-old humanitarian ceasefire intended to end heavy fighting over the…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will deploy up to 15,000 soldiers to reinforce civilian authorities increasingly stretched in their battle against rising numbers of coronavirus infections that have reached the highest level since April, the Defence Ministry said on Monday. The country has managed to suppress the pandemic more than many of its neighbours and keep…
Merkel’s Chief of Staff on the Coronavirus. Helge Braun, the head of Angela Merkel’s Chancellery, warns in an interview of a possible exponential rise in the number of coronavirus cases. He warns of the risk of long-term economic damage if Germany can’t keep the number of cases under control. Helge Braun is the head of…
By becoming the first region to introduce coordinated regulation over cryptocurrencies, the EU hopes to attract a market worth almost $350 billion spread across over 6,000 digital currencies. Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Facebook’s digital currency Libra, may herald the future of payment systems, or even how we will exchange value over the Internet in…