Kamran Bokhari & Faysal Itani, The Navigator
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is principally about geography and the anxieties it fuels. Any peace deal that does not address these concerns from the outset is doomed, as is any deal that sees support from Arab regimes as an adequate substitute for Palestinian buy-in.
Safi Bahcall, War on the Rocks
In 1922, two engineers at the U.S. Navy’s research lab just outside Washington, D.C. set up a radio transmitter and receiver on opposite sides of the Potomac. They were testing new ways for ships to communicate at sea. When a ship sailing down the Potomac disrupted their signal, they quickly realized their system could be used to detect enemy ships through fog or darkness. They submitted a proposal to develop the idea. The Navy...
Jennifer Cafarella, Foreign Affairs
A Currency Crisis Has Created an Opportunity to Shape the War’s End
Josef Joffe, The American Interest
In Germany and the rest of Europe, centrist parties are losing ground.
A drive to get more people from black and minority ethnic communities involved in civic and political leadership is under way in Liverpool. Operation Black Vote in partnership with Liverpool City Council has launched a unique Civic Leadership Programme to nurture Liverpool’s future leaders. It is designed to encourage people from black and minority ethnicity communities to get more involved in civic and political leadership. Participants will have the opportunity to observe areas of public life including... Читать дальше...
Amanda Sloat, Brookings
The annual gathering of the Munich Security Conference provides a useful barometer for the health of the transatlantic relationship. Two years ago, Europeans were reeling from the first year of the Trump administration. Last year, they were resigned to that reality and determined to press ahead. This past weekend, everyone was searching for a savior to address critical...
Khaled al-Khateb, Al Monitor
ALEPPO, Syria — The Russian-backed Syrian regime forces and their loyal militias regained full control of the strategic M5 highway, connecting Aleppo to Hama, Homs and Damascus. The Syrian government forces have been also rapidly advancing...
Exposure to soybean dust is being investigated as the possible cause of at least 14 deaths and hundreds of illnesses in the port city of Karachi.
Carlotta Gall, NYT
The Syrian government, backed by Russian forces, has accelerated its monthslong offensive to seize control of Idlib, the last province held by the opposition. Facing heavy bombardment of towns and villages, about 900,000 people, mostly women and children, have fled their homes since December, joining the largest exodus of Syria’s civil war since it began nine years ago.
Walter Mayr, Der Spiegel
The sun in the south, the mountains in the north and stunningly beautiful cities in between: Life in Italy, one might think, is just short of paradise. But residents of the country are deeply unhappy. Why?
M. Chulov & D. Sabbagh, Guardian
Loss of revered Quds Force commander and his aides has derailed country’s momentum in region.
Christopher Caldwell, Commentary
‘Fatalism and Fellatio” is the title the Süddeutsche Zeitung gave last fall to a scathing essay about Michel Houellebecq’s seventh novel, Serotonin. The reviewer assailed Houellebecq’s prose, despairing that even certain female critics should be thrilled by the musings of this “depressive sexist.” It was a familiar assessment. The 62-year-old Houellebecq (pronounced Wellabeck) is an eccentric. He makes passes at female journalists sent to interview him. He... Читать дальше...
International companies like Citigroup and Allen and Overy are investing millions in Northern Ireland. This is due to the city of Belfast hitting the top of a list of cities that are most friendly to small and medium-sized businesses. But one of the reasons why the city is booming right is its historic pub scene. […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday paid tribute to Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal here at Rabindra Sadan.She blamed the BJP and the Centre for Tapas Pal's deteriorating health, which resulted in his death."The Central government's pressure has claimed so many lives. Three people died due to this pressure by the agencies -- Sultan Ahmed, former TMC MP, TMC MP Prasun Banerjee's wife, and now Tapas Pal," she said.She further said: "This wasn't the time and age for Tapas Pal to die. Читать дальше...
MANILA, Philippines – San Miguel Alab Pilipinas surely could have used the services of star returnee Justin Brownlee at the ASEAN Basketball League in Malaysia as the Kuala Lumpur Dragons soared to a 92-80 blowout at the MABA Stadium on Wednesday, February 19.
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Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani called for high turnout in the elections due to be held later this week and said the country cannot remain powerful without a strong parliament.
A boutique hotel is a small hotel which typically has between 10 and 100 rooms in unique settings with upscale accommodations and individualized unique selling points. Tabriz, Iran February 19, 2020. IRNA/Maryam Yousefi.
The 49-year-old is accused of knocking a man down with his car in East Kilbride before driving over his head and body.
Popular online news aggregator Reddit experienced a major outage Wednesday with thousands of users reporting issues around the world.
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A 20-foot container containing 9,500 one litre bottles of contraband vodka was intercepted by customs at the Freeport. The container, which was supposed to be carrying sacks of gypsum powder, left Odessa and was destined for El Khoms in Libya with a stop in Malta. The tax due on the bottles amounts to €62,000. The department is investigating and collaborating with international customs offices on the case. [attach id=838241 size="large" align="left" type="image"]Photo: Customs Department[/attach]
PRINCE HARRY "will be begging" to be allowed back into the Royal Family as a fully-working member within years of announcing his departure from the monarchy with wife Meghan Markle, analyst Daniel Wild claimed.