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Analysis: Dismal election turnout puts Tunisia president’s legitimacy under spotlight
TUNIS, Dec 18 (Reuters) – The ultra-low turnout of 8.8% in Tunisia’s parliamentary election on Saturday may prove a defining moment in the struggle between President Kais Saied and a fragmented but increasingly confident opposition that accuses him of a coup. Opposition politicians said Tunisia’s lowest ever turnout stripped away any facade of democratic legitimacy…
Breaking News | Germany | NewsGerman troops start first permanent foreign deployment since second world war
Heavy combat unit of 4,800 soldiers and 200 civilian staff inaugurated in Lithuania on Nato’s eastern flank The German chancellor has visited Lithuania to mark Berlin’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since the second world war, as he called on allies to dramatically expand their efforts to bolster European defences against a hostile Russia. As a crowd…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – August 14, 2026
Greetings from Tyler, The Strait of Hormuz is a long ways away. Some reports say we have control and the others, who knows? We’re involved in two wars, or slightly involved. We know why. The Gulf is essential for a good bit of the oil out of the Middle East. Zelensky, well that’s another story altogether. I don’t…
NATO finds gaping holes in Europe’s defences
BRUSSELS, July 24 (Reuters) – The war in Ukraine and the looming U.S. presidential election dominated a NATO summit in Washington this month but, away from the public stage, the alliance’s military planners have been focused on assessing the enormous cost of fixing Europe’s creaking defences. NATO leaders agreed plans last year for the biggest…
Breaking News | Israel | NewsGermany to intervene for Israel at ICJ; US, Canada say case is baseless
The United States, Canada, and Germany have expressed their support for Israel in the International Court of Justice’s genocide hearing against Israel. Germany will intervene on Israel’s behalf as a third party in the International Court of Justice’s genocide hearing against Israel, according to Steffen Hebestreit, the spokesman for Germany’s federal government. In a Friday…
Finland officially joins NATO; Russia calls it a threat
April 4 (UPI) — Finland officially became a member of NATO on Tuesday, enlarging the European military alliance to 31 countries while drawing threats from Russia. Finland’s 832-mile border with Russia brings the defensive military bloc to Russia’s front doorstep like never before. Finland and Sweden applied for admission into NATO after Moscow ordered the…


