They say there’s a first time for everything, and for Pakistan that was Feb. 8, when the military establishment failed to get what it wanted out of parliamentary elections. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party of former populist Prime Minister Imran Khan, won the most seats (93 of 266) despite the electioneering campaign against it, while the […]
Growing partnership. Serbia plans to buy a 5-10 percent stake in either the Thessaloniki or Piraeus port in Greece to increase its export potential,...
Backtracking. Azerbaijan’s border service confirmed that it carried out a retaliatory operation on Tuesday that destroyed an Armenian military outpost on their shared border....
Russian President Vladimir Putin did something unprecedented last week: He held a two-hour press conference directed at the American public. It was not exactly...
Divided allies. Moscow will discuss the future of its peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh only with Azerbaijan, Russia's deputy foreign minister said. Azerbaijan recaptured control...
Calling on Washington. U.S. allies in the Middle East are calling on Washington for more support. The prime minister of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masrour Barzani,...
On Feb. 4, Turkey’s foreign minister said that Russian President Vladimir Putin would visit Turkey sometime in February to meet with President Recep Tayyip...
Counteroffer. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a plan proposed by Hamas to end the fighting in Gaza. The proposal, which came in response...
Azerbaijan’s decisive military victory over Armenia last September has likely permanently altered the balance of power in the region. But although Azerbaijan has eliminated...
Tightening the screws. China’s Chouzhou Commercial Bank is no longer conducting transactions with Russian and Belarusian clients, Russian business daily Vedomosti reported. Transactions using...
