New phase. The Kurdistan Workersā Party, or PKK, declared over the weekend a ceasefire with Turkey, days after its jailed leader called on the group to lay down its arms. In a statement, the group said it agreed with Abdullah Ocalanās comments last week and would comply with his appeal. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to revive the Keystone XL Pipeline, reversing the Biden administrationās efforts to cancel it. The...
Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, 2023, was not Israelās first intelligence failure. In the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, Israel was surprised by Egypt and Syria's...
Germanyās next government will inherit a country more polarized than at any time in recent history. Every German federal election since World War II...
Mediation. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reportedly told his Iranian counterpart during a trip to Tehran that Moscow was willing to act as a...
Though still in its early stages, forged U.S.-Russia diplomacy has compelled several nations on Russiaās periphery to rethink some of their strategic positions. Poland,...
Britain's defense spending. Britain plans to increase its defense spending to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product by 2025, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced....
The negotiations over a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine war bring to light an uncomfortable truth: In geopolitics, ethics tend to be coincidental, not...
Putin's proposal. Moscow is open to working with Washington on projects involving rare earth metals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a press conference...
Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump announced during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his plan to take over the...
Center holds. Germanyās center-right Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) finished first in federal elections on Sunday, securing 28.5 percent of the vote, according...