The U.S. ambassador in Israel was on an official tour. He visited a fertilizer plant in Sodom, just off the Dead Sea coast. Tour done, it was time to return. For the journey back to Tel Aviv, the Israeli Air Force gave him a helicopter. They were flying over the Nezhev desert. That’s when the […]
However, as Iran retaliates, there are growing fears that the conflict may be about to become far wider and far more dangerous. So, what lies behind the present conflict? And could it finally spark a full-scale war between Israel and Iran? Usually, this is because they fear the devastating consequences of a full-scale confrontation. In […]
Take it from Benjamin Netanyahu. Iran made a big mistake and it will pay for it. We will keep to the rule we have determined. Whoever attacks us, we attack them. Netanyahu said that on Tuesday, within hours of the Iranian attack. But since then, he has been focusing on Lebanon. We haven’t seen direct […]
A new phase of the war is being declared by both Israel and Hezbollah. People on both sides are getting a taste of what that looks and feels like. Rockets and bombs rained down on both sides. Hundreds already died in Lebanon. Tens of thousands of civilians fled south of the country heading north. Hezbollah […]
the Russian economy will start to suffer badly by next summer, approximately, and it will get harder and harder for Russia to mobilize enough soldiers for the war.It also fuels that notion that Ukraine has to agree to a peace deal soon because there’s no way that they can outlast Russia. The war between Ukraine […]
President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles. The Russian leader presented changes to Russia’s nuclear doctrine at a meeting of the country’s Security Council. Putin said a nuclear power supporting an attack on Russia would now be considered a joint aggressor. Mariana, […]
this was actually 10 months before the invasion of Ukraine started. And this is what he said at that conference. I hope no one will cross Russia’s red line. But in each case we are the ones who will decide where the red line is. Organisers of any provocation threatening our security will regret it. […]
Is Turkey becoming the leader of the Islamic world? Having long separated itself from its religious roots under its current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has sought to re-establish its standing amongst the world’s Muslim majority states and shape broader opinion on critical issues. Most recently, Erdogan has called for an Islamic alliance against Israel. […]
the BRICS really emerging as the primary challenger: to Western dominance in international relations? In recent years, the group is increasingly seen as an alternative global power block, taking on the United States and its allies. Originally made up of Russia, India, China and Brazil, it’s now expanded to nine members, Power Blocks are a […]
the dominance of the two parties that have controlled Bangladeshi politics for decades, the new administration faces enormous challenges. The People’s Republic of Bangladesh is located in South Asia. India borders it on three sides and Myanmar lies to its southeast. It also has an Indian Ocean coastline. In total, the country is around 150,000 […]