Turkey Accuses West of Hypocrisy on Ukraine and Gaza
On January 3, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan declared that the West has lost any right to speak about principles and morality by taking one stance on Ukraine and...
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Israel Mulls Plan to Resettle Palestinians in Africa
Officials from Israel are conducting clandestine discussions with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African nations over plans for the possible resettlement of thousands of Palestinian migrants...
Red Sea Chaos Sends Shipping Rates to New Highs
Container freight rates are skyrocketing as assaults by Yemen-based Houthi rebels on cargo ships in the Red Sea have compelled shipping giants to deploy vessels around southern Africa’s Cape...
France to Boost Ukraine’s Domestic Arms Industry in Lieu of Sending Materiel
Paris plans to boost Kyiv’s own military industry instead of continuing to send equipment to the country, the French envoy to Ukraine, Gael Veyssiere, declared on January 2. France...
Zelensky Pledges to Isolate Crimea in 2024
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has predicted that his country’s armed forces will “isolate” Crimea in 2024. The region, which joined Russia in 2014 after a brutal nationalist coup in...
Iran Deploys Navy to Red Sea
On January 1, Iran’s Alborz destroyer crossed the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and entered the Red Sea, as per reports by the country’s state-run IRNA and Tasnim news agencies. The deployment...
Australia Takes the Lead in Move to Cashless Society
In the last financial year ending June 30, Australia recorded its first decrease in the amount of cash in circulation since 1966, when the country began using dollars instead...
Times: U.K. Arms Stockpile Reduced to “Nothing”
The U.K.’s arms stockpiles have been almost completely emptied by almost two years of deliveries to Ukraine, as per reports by British news outlet The Times. The British newspaper...
Israel Says Gaza War Will Not End in 2024, Declines Hostage Deal With Hamas
Israel will continue to wage war in Gaza throughout 2024, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari declared in a statement on December 31. Characterizing a strategic...
Burundi’s President Calls for Public Execution of Homosexuals
During a press conference on December 29, Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye urged for homosexual couples to be publicly stoned, even suggesting the country’s population could help mete out the...
Israeli Minister Suggests Depopulation of Gaza
Most Palestinian Arabs living in Gaza should be encouraged to emigrate to other countries, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on December 31. Considerable measures are necessary to guarantee...
Argentina Pulls Out of BRICS While Iran, Russia Abandon U.S. Dollar
Argentina has formally declined an invitation to become a member of the BRICS group of nations, as per various news media outlets on Friday, December 29, quoting an official...
China Cautions Asian Nations About U.S. Military ExpansionÂ
On December 28, China’s Defense Ministry urged Asia-Pacific nations to be vigilant against U.S. military deployments in the region, quoting the Pentagon’s plan to rebuild a World War II-era...
Russia Urges Argentina to Remain Neutral on Ukraine
Moscow has cautioned against a proposal by Argentina’s military that the country’s new administration could donate two Russian helicopters to Kyiv as a symbol of goodwill to the United...
Netherlands Should Prepare for War With Russia: Army ChiefÂ
The Netherlands should urgently gear up to face an “increasingly assertive” Russia, the nation’s Land Forces commander, Lieutenant General Martin Wijnen, said on December 28. Hence, the country should...
Indian Envoy Visits Moscow, Circumventing Western Pressure
On December 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Kremlin, underscoring Russia’s efforts to overcome its isolation from the West by pivoting...
U.S. Launches Final Ukraine Aid Package
On December 27, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that his country will offer Ukraine an additional $250 million in military aid. The aid is part of “previously...
WHO Calls for Pandemic Accord in 2024
On December 26, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that the world has to properly prepare for future “pandemics” after concluding three years...
Russia Increases Oil Processing, Weapons Production; Claims Biden Is Destroying the Dollar
According to Bloomberg, in the week previous to Christmas, Russia achieved the highest daily crude-oil refining runs in more than eight months. ...
What 2024 Could Entail for China’s Ties With Key Regional, Global Players Â
2024 would be a year marked by three major elections, at least according to China.  At the start of the year, the Taiwanese elections in mid-January harbor the prospect...