The economic news from Europe over the past month has been bleak. Throughout the eurozone, gross domestic product is either stagnant or in decline. Business surveys from September show that Germany’s economy – the engine of the European Union – has entered recession as it struggles with high energy costs and weak industrial output. Reports […]
Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan. The president of Iraq's Kurdish region, Nechirvan Barzani, arrived in Ankara on Wednesday. He met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
In the crosshairs again. The Israel Defense Forces resumed airstrikes on Beirut after a six-day hiatus. The IDF said it struck a Hezbollah underground...
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted in Moscow the leaders of the other countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States. According to his...
Widening rift. Canada expelled six Indian diplomats, including India’s high commissioner to Ottawa, after identifying them as persons of interest in the murder in...
The rise of Hezbollah began in the early 1980s. Following the success of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini sought to export the...
Surrounded. China’s military conducted one-day joint force exercises known as Joint Sword-2024B to the north, south and east of Taiwan. Officially, the drills were...
Thaw in relations. During a meeting with Australia's prime minister on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Laos, Chinese...
The Israeli Security Cabinet convened on Oct. 10 to decide how it will retaliate against Iran’s recent missile barrage. There’s reason to believe it's...
Downgrade. The German government’s latest economic forecast projects a 0.2 percent contraction in gross domestic product this year, a downgrade from its April forecast...
