From Sarajevo To Aleppo With Love And Empathy
When I look at photos of Aleppo now, I am carried back to that time — one when there were no safe places and it was hard not to feel…
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Dutch PM Confident Parliament Will Pass EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he is confident parliament will approve a compromise he secured from other European Union leaders on an EU-Ukraine pact. …
continue readingPakistani Province Holds Vigil On Attack Anniversary
Members of Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa assembly held a memorial on the second anniversary of a deadly militant attack on a school in Peshawar. They lit candles and said prayers on December…
continue readingPodcast: Rage Against The Machine
Can the populist antiestablishment tsunami that has engulfed the West also strike Russia? Listen to this week’s Power Vertical Podcast. …
continue readingAbkhaz Leader, Opposition Step Back From The Brink
The groups aligned in the Bloc of Opposition Forces in Georgia’s breakaway Republic of Abkhazia failed yet again on December 15 in their latest bid to force de facto President…
continue readingRussia’s Paramilitary Mercenaries Emerge From The Shadows
The leader of a shadowy Russian private mercenary corps has been spotted at a lavish Kremlin reception for holders of military honors, in the strongest indication yet of the key…
continue readingEU Condemns Russia’s ‘Foreign Agent’ Law After Court Upholds Designation For NGO Memorial
The European Union (EU) condemned Russia’s controversial “foreign agent” law after a Moscow court upheld the Justice Ministry’s decision to designate a prominent human rights organization as a foreign agent.…
continue readingWhat Does Trump Gain from Taiwan Call, What Can China do?
China has expressed “serious concerns” about President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to call into question the United States’ continued adherence to the “one China” policy. Since 1979, no United States president…
continue readingAzimov Loses Finance Ministry Post As Uzbek Cabinet Takes Shape
An influential official who had been seen as the late President Islam Karimov’s possible successor has lost his job as finance minister as the Central Asian country’s new government takes…
continue readingMacedonia Ruling Party Backers Protest Vote Challenge
Supporters of Macedonia’s ruling party held a rally at the state electoral commission, claiming the opposition was trying to steal their victory in this week’s election. They chanted patriotic slogans…
continue readingKyrgyz Baffled By New Bank Note
Kyrgyzstan is preparing to issue updated bank notes, and one of the bills has some citizens seeing red. They think there’s something very odd about the portrait of a renowned…
continue readingBelarus Detains Russian Blogger Wanted In Azerbaijan On Separatism Charges
Azerbaijani authorities say a Russian blogger who is wanted in Baku on separatism charges has been detained in Belarus. …
continue readingPhilippines Rejects Trump Associate’s Housing Project
Philippine environment officials have canceled a compliance certificate for a housing project by President-elect Donald Trump’s business associate, saying it would endanger a watershed that supplies drinking water to 12…
continue readingGovernment, Activists Mark Different Anniversaries In Kazakhstan
As Kazakhstan celebrates the 25th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union, some citizens are marking different anniversaries that are getting no attention from the government. …
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continue readingPakistan ‘Willing’ to Discuss Freedom for Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden
Pakistan says “it would be willing” to discuss with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration freedom for a jailed Pakistani doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden.…
continue readingJapan, Russia Summit Produces Economic Deals, No Peace Treaty
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended two days of talks without any significant breakthrough on the major issue that divides them, a territorial dispute that…
continue readingPhilippines Won’t Protest China’s Islands, Defense Systems
The Philippines would not protest China’s moves to militarize its man-made islands in the South China Sea, Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said Friday, amid Manila’s efforts to improve ties with…
continue readingFake News Roils Indonesian Politics
Last month, the leader of a hard-line Muslim group, the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), was hospitalized after being beaten up by the Indonesian military at his own headquarters. Actually, nothing…
continue readingPhilippine VP to Contest Duterte’s Deadly Anti-Drug Campaign
The stormy resignation of the Philippine vice president from her country’s Cabinet will allow her to mount more opposition to the deadly, internationally controversial anti-drug campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte,…
continue readingTrump Continues ‘Thank You’ Tour, Slams Obama Spokesman
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump delivered another installment in his “thank you” tour Thursday to states that helped him cinch the presidential election, and used the occasion to slam Barack Obama’s…
continue readingEvacuations Continue From Eastern Aleppo As Truce Holds
Evacuations of rebel fighters and civilians continued from the eastern Aleppo in Syria on December 16, under a cease-fire deal that would see the government retake the city, officials and…
continue readingAnti-Trump Electoral College Revolt Faces Steep Odds
It’s been over a month since Donald Trump pulled off an upset victory over Hillary Clinton, bringing an end to one of the most contentious presidential campaigns in U.S. history.…
continue readingSyrian Groups: Russia Involved In ‘War Crimes’ In Syria
Four Syrian organizations have accused Russia of committing or being complicit in war crimes in Syria, saying Russian air strikes in the Aleppo area had killed 1,207 civilians, including 380…
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