Tension unfolded at the Busan naval base over the South China Sea dispute between U.S. and Indian navies against the Chinese Navy. On June 22, three Indian Navy vessels, including the 6,200-ton stealth warship INS Sahyadri, arrived at the Busan naval base. The Sahyadri, a missile-guided frigate first commissioned in 2012, is one of the […]
BEIRUT: Syrian rebels aided by U.S.-led airstrikes launched an offensive against a Daesh (ISIS) stronghold near the Iraqi border Tuesday, hoping to sever one of the extremists’ main transit links between the two countries, a rebel spokesman said. The spokesman for the New Syrian Army group and a Syrian opposition activist said the operation will […]
Turkey pointed the finger at Islamic State on Wednesday for a triple suicide bombing and gun attack that killed 41 people at Istanbul’s main airport, and President Tayyip Erdogan called it a turning point in the global fight against terrorism. In the deadliest of a series of suicide bombings this year in Turkey, the attackers […]
Yesterday’s vote for Britain to leave the Union places the EU before a stark challenge, in the midst of trying times. The fundamental challenge to the European Union comes at a time at which multiple, interlinked crises have already shaken much of what the EU was at what now seems to be the peak of […]
Last week, the Russian State Duma of the sixth convocation held its last plenary session, breaking up ahead of the September 18 parliamentary election. The end of this legislature was fitting: its very last act was to adopt a draconian package introduced by United Russia lawmaker Irina Yarovaya that lowered the age of criminal responsibility […]
The British decision to leave the European Union is the most momentous event across the Atlantic since NATO bombed Belgrade. If I lived in the United Kingdom, I would have voted to Remain in the EU, but it’s not hard to see why the majority voted to Leave. I wouldn’t want the United States to […]
