Giving up the struggle? The jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party on Thursday called on the group to lay down its arms and dissolve itself. In a statement written from the Turkish prison where he’s been held for years, Abdullah Ocalan called for “democratic consensus,” referring to the decadeslong struggle involving Turkey’s Kurdish minority. On […]
Germany’s 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 Russia’s 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. Germany’s 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...
Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries recently announced it would release 210,000 tons of rice from its stockpile of 1.1 million tons to...
Beijing's backing. China welcomes the “recent consensus” reached between the U.S. and Russia on ending the war in Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Xi...
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