Turkey: Caucasian priorities within and beyond the UN
By Markedenov Sergei At the end of September politicians, experts and journalists have been discussing
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Death toll mounts as clashes continue between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Any move to all-out war could drag in major regional powers Russia and Turkey. Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia, which provides vital support to the enclave and is its lifeline to the outside world, while Ankara backs its own ethnic Turkic kin in Azerbaijan.
12 factors driving Indian Americans towards Trump: Survey
“It is mostly about the Trump-Modi factor,” the survey said, adding that Indian Americans increasingly believe that the teamwork of Trump and Modi over the next four years will successfully checkmate China at the world stage
Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent only capable of small-scale regional attacks: US official
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent was set up by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in 2014 to expand the terror group’s influence in the region.
China must be held accountable for unleashing plague of ‘China virus’ onto the world: Trump
Trump also slammed China for dumping millions and millions of tonnes of plastic and trash into the oceans every year, overfishing other countries’ waters, destroying vast swaths of coral reef, and emitting more toxic mercury into the atmosphere than any country anywhere in the world.
U.S. and UAE Eye December Goal to Agree on F-35 Deal, Sources Say
Sources familiar with the negotiations say a working idea was for Israeli air defenses to be able to detect the UAE F-35s with technology that effectively defeats the stealth capabilities of the jets
Iran’s Rouhani says U.S. faces defeat in bid to reimpose U.N. sanctions
Iran has dismissed the U.S. sanctions move as “void and illegal” and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Saturday he cannot take any action on the U.S. declaration because “there would appear to be uncertainty” on the issue.
United States sends top-level diplomat to Taiwan, angering China
The trip sparked an immediate rebuke from China, which baulks at any recognition of Taiwan and has mounted a decades-long policy of marginalising the democratic island.
As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning
Despite signs of shifting Arab support, Saeb Erekat, Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said the underlying Palestinian strategy for achieving a state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza would not change.
Bahrain becomes second Gulf county to normalize relations with Israel
Last year Bahrain had hosted the Trump administration’s Peace to Prosperity economic conference for the Middle East, which had Israeli participants in attendance.