1. Iranian deal: The product of uneasy cooperation Both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (extreme right) and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (second from right) gesture towards Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (extreme left) during a press conference following the conclusion of nuclear reduction talks …
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Ukraine Ramps Up Nuclear Security Amid Imaginary Russian Threat
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council moved on Monday to ward off an imaginary Russian threat to the country’s nuclear facilities. Ukraine will ramp up the security of its “nuclear installations, nuclear materials, radioactive waste and other sources of ionizing radiation in the face of the changed security situation caused by the ‘Russian aggression,’” …
Read More »US Military Takes New Security Precatutions at Recruiting Centers
US Northern Command Admiral Bill Gortney issued a directive ordering military recruitment centers across the United States to take more security precautions, following the deadly attacks in Chattanooga last week, local media reported. On Thursday, Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, 24, shot and killed four marines at the US Naval Reserve …
Read More »US Seeks to Help Arab Partners to Expedite Missile Defense
Obama’s administration reportedly has sought to ease its Arab partners’ objections to the latest nuclear deal with Iran by expediting ballistic missile defense in the region US President Barack Obama’s administration has sought to ease its Arab partners’ objections to the latest nuclear deal with Iran by expediting ballistic missile defense in the …
Read More »CHINA UNLEASHES $483 BILLION TO STEM THE MARKET ROUT
China has created what amounts to a state-run margin trader with $483 billion of firepower, its latest effort to end a stock-market rout that threatens to drag down economic growth and erode political confidence. China Securities Finance Corp. can access as much as 3 trillion yuan of borrowed …
Read More »SAVE THE NEW UKRAINE
By Bernard-Henri Levy and George Soros A NEW Ukraine was born a year ago in the pro-European protests that helped to drive President Viktor F. Yanukovych from power. And today, the spirit that inspired hundreds of thousands to gather in the Maidan, Kiev’s Independence Square, is stronger than ever, even as …
Read More »Tunisia: Britain to Blame?
By Bill Humphrey After the recent callous murder of 30 British tourists in the holiday resort of Sousse in Tunisia and the earlier attack on the Bardo Museum in Tunis, some in the Tunisian security establishment are propelling a new narrative in friendly media (with assistance from willing …
Read More »Turkey and Iran: The Best of Frenemies
By Merve Tahiroglu and Behnam Ben Taleblu For centuries, the Ottomans and Persians led rival empires that fought for control of the Middle East. Today, the Republic of Turkey and the Islamic Republic of Iran are the successor states to that millennium-old rivalry. The two countries are at …
Read More »The Historical Roots of Greece’s Debt Crisis
By Elena Panaritis We woke up to the crisis in denial, came to terms with it, and became angry. Then we started bargaining for our future until we got so depressed we finally had to accept our “new” reality — a reality of recession, high debt and continuous …
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