Exclusive: Jim Sillars, who was Alex Salmond’s number two, says party members will insist another referendum is ‘first line’ of 2016 Holyrood manifesto By Ben Riley-Smith The Telegraph The SNP will propose another independence referendum in its Scottish election manifesto, the former deputy leader has said amid fears …

The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it. By Graeme Wood The Atlantic Where …

By Gilad Shiloach The Vocativ ISIS is urging its fighters in Syria to move to the front-lines of its battle in Iraq, where the extremist organization has been losing intense battles against Iraqi security forces, according to documents obtained by Syrian groups fighting the terrorists. “The crusader, the …

Russia and China will for the first time hold joint naval drills in the Mediterranean Sea next month, according to a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense. Chinese National Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said that Moscow and Beijing will for the first time hold joint naval …

By Finian Cunningham The claims that Merkel’s government knew about German state intelligence spying on behalf of the Americans against the country’s own industrial interests raise disturbing questions about the integrity of German government leaders. The apparent betrayal of German national interests by Chancellor Angela Merkel is not only evident over the …

Daily Signal interviewed Elin Suleymanov, the Azerbaijani ambassador to the U.S. Most of the world has a stake in a potential U.S.-led nuclear deal with Iran. But some places are uniquely positioned to evaluate it. Take Azerbaijan, a small country that borders Iran and Russia and is friends with …

Azer News “Armenia is trying to maintain the status quo by carrying out various armed provocations on the contact line”. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Herbert Salber. Herbert Salber said they are closely following the …

News.Az interviews Agata Loskot-Strachota, Energy Policy research fellow at Poland’s Centre for Eastern Studies. Development of gas supply routes, designed to solve the problem of Russia’s monopoly, is one of the main things that the EU is concerned. What projects do you consider the most viable? EU has …

By Aygun Badalova  Trend After the removal of the West’s sanctions from Iran, in particular the oil embargo, the country will become a full-fledged player in the market and will join the competition in supplying oil, Vladimir Sotnikov, the senior fellow at the International Security Center of the …