Discord. Ties between Turkey and Israel are deteriorating. On Wednesday, Turkey’s energy minister said talks on energy-related projects with Israel would be conditioned on a cease-fire in Gaza. According to Turkey’s trade minister, trade between the two countries in October decreased by 50 percent compared with the same period in 2022. And Turkey’s parliament this […]
Reboot. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese held talks in Beijing on Monday in another sign of easing tensions between...
No more inspections. Russia will not resume inspections under the New START arms control treaty with the U.S. unless Washington stops supplying Ukraine with...
Turkic unity. The Organization of Turkic States is holding a leaders' summit in Kazakhstan. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev called on Turkic states to unite...
Economic update. Inflation in Germany fell to 3 percent in October, its lowest level since August 2021, according to the German statistics agency. Core...
Nuclear power. Russia on Wednesday conducted nuclear strike drills overseen by President Vladimir Putin. They involved the test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile...
Escalation. Hundreds of people died after an explosion on Tuesday at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while Israel's military...