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Trump’s Middle East buildup and Iran talks: How close is war?

The stats and the strategy behind the biggest US military buildup in the region in decades suggest conflict could be inevitable ...

Romania’s stolen elections were only the start: Inside the EU’s war on democracy

How Brussels’ Digital Services Act has been used to pressure platforms and electoral control in member states ...

German state blacklists right-wing party for first time

Designating the Lower Saxony AfD chapter as a surveillance priority is politically motivated, the party has said ...

Russia, China and Iran hold joint naval drills

The maneuvers are meant to ensure maritime security and counter Western hegemony at sea, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev has said ...

US ramps up nuclear claims against China

Washington believes that Beijing carried out a covert test six years ago ...

EU urges Ukraine to ‘repair’ Russian oil pipeline

Moscow and Budapest have insisted that it is operational and Kiev is halting supplies for “political reasons” ...

Ukrainian nuclear power plant unsafe – source

The facility’s management is reportedly concealing critical technical issues which pose a potential threat ...

South Africa to import record vaccines amid foot-and-mouth outbreak

Pretoria expects to receive more than 5 million doses from three suppliers by the end of March, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen has said ...

Financial warfare is failing. Here’s why

If you financially cut off a country that produces something you need to survive, be ready to absorb the shocks – or suffer the...

Ukrainian disruption of Russian oil pipeline triggers emergency in EU state

Slovakia will dip into its strategic reserves to compensate for Kiev’s refusal to transit crude ...

India’s oil purchases ensure global energy stability – Russia

Moscow has no reason to believe New Delhi has revised its policy on buying Russian crude, Maria Zakharova has said  ...

Berlin Film Festival slammed over Gaza ‘silence’

Tilda Swinton and Javier Bardem lead more than 80 signatories accusing the Berlinale of “anti-Palestinian racism” and censoring artists ...

Poland preparing ‘reparations’ money grab suit against Russia – FT

Moscow’s spokeswoman has mocked the compensation claim, referencing a classic Russian opera   ...

Erdogan weighs in on Israel’s recognition of Somaliland

The Horn of Africa should not be turned into “an arena of struggle for foreign powers,” the Turkish president has said ...

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