Meloni to Enforce Decree Against Illegal Migration; Belgium Faces Chaos From Asylum Seekers
The Cutro decree drastically raises the punishment for human trafficking and removes many legal incentives enticing migrants. ...
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North Korea Conducts “Simulated Tactical Nuclear Attack”
The country maintains it was a drill staged in response to a U.S.-South Korean military drill that Pyongyang regards as a dry-run for a possible invasion. ...
U.K. Wants Japan, South Korea to Join AUKUS to Counter China
In a report published August 30, Britain’s House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee suggested that Japan and South Korea be incorporated into the trilateral security pact among Australia, the...
EU Ready for 10 New Members; Serbia Considers Joining BRICS
On August 31, after a gathering of EU foreign ministers in Toledo, Spain, European Commission Vice-President Josep Borrell declared that the European Union has to prepare for a future...
U.S. Approves First-ever Defense Aid for Taiwan Under Sovereign State Program
SINGAPORE — The United States has authorized financial aid for the first-ever transfer of U.S. military equipment to Taiwan under a program usually meant for sovereign nations, based on a...
Zelensky Aide Rejects Peace Talks With Russia, Slams Pope for Touting “Russian Propaganda”
On August 30, Mykhailo Mykhailovych Podolyak, top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, ruled out the possibility of peace talks with Russia as “out of the question” unless the...
Gabon Military Takes Power in Eighth Coup in West and Central Africa Since 2020
On August 30, officers of the Gabonese Armed Forces declared that they had seized power in a military coup, placing Gabonese President Ali Bongo under house arrest, along with...
Top Japanese General: Japan Needs U.S. Nukes to Defend Itself
SINGAPORE — On August 29, General Yoshihide Yoshida, the chief of the Joint Staff for Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, contended in an interview to Nikkei Asia that his country should...
EU Summit to Discuss Ukrainian Membership, Zelensky Aide Claims West Lets Kyiv Attack Crimea
On August 28, European Council President Charles Michel declared that the European Union (EU) plans to start talks regarding the membership of Ukraine and some other countries as early...
Japan Deploys Warplanes to Track Chinese Fighters Near Taiwan, China Tests New Coilgun
On August 25, Japan dispatched warplanes to monitor Chinese bombers and drones off Okinawa and Taiwan, according to Kyodo News reports quoting the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD), amid...
Niger’s Military Expels French Ambassador, France Defies the Move
On August 25, Niger’s new military leadership proclaimed France’s ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, as persona non grata and gave the diplomat 48 hours to depart Niger, based on international...
Iran Boosts Ties With China and Russia
On August 24, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that China is prepared to increase cooperation with Iran on BRICS (the economic bloc currently made up of Brazil, Russia, India,...
BRICS Expansion Expected to Challenge U.S. Dollar
The five BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — have officially invited six other countries, such as geopolitical competitors Iran and Saudi Arabia, to join...
Eurosceptic Slovak Party Wants Referendum on NATO
Recently, Milan Uhrík, the leader of the eurosceptic party Republika, announced that his party wants to hold a referendum on leaving NATO in the next four years, according to...
Türkiye Remarks on Possible Military Intervention in Niger
SINGAPORE — Türkiye is deciding how it can contribute to restoring democratic order in Niger, where a military junta seized power in July this year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip...