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- by Marwa AGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trump’s criticism of the EU’s heavy fine levied against X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, Anadolu reports. Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, Merz said he took note of President Trump’s harsh criticism of Europe, but argued that European law applies equally to all companies without exception. “Just as German and European companies in the US have to comply […]
- by Marwa AUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed “grave concern” Tuesday about the “continued arbitrary detention” of 59 UN personnel in Yemen, in addition to civil society and diplomatic mission staff, Anadolu reports. Guterres also condemned the Houthis’ referral of UN personnel to their special criminal court, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters. “The UN personnel have been held incommunicado, some for years, without any due process, in violation of international law,” said Dujarric. […]
- by Marwa AEurope is no longer a fully sovereign partner in the international order. Nor does it pose a real threat. Instead, it has become a suspended political entity, living off the memory of power rather than reality, and negotiating from a position of fear rather than parity. Since the tax agreement with the United States — which Emmanuel Macron described as ‘Europe’s dark day’ — it has been clear that the […]
- by Marwa ATürkiye provided naval training to cadets from the Libyan Naval Academy as part of ongoing cooperation between the two countries, the National Turkish Defense Ministry said Tuesday, Anadolu reports. In a post shared on US social media company X, the ministry said naval frigate TCG Orucreis, deployed with the Turkish Maritime Task Group, conducted port-based and at-sea training programs under the coordination of the Joint Training Center Command in the […]
- by MIA senior official from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday condemned Israel’s raid on the agency’s East Jerusalem compound, calling it a “blatant disregard” of Israel’s obligations as a UN member state, Anadolu reports. Speaking to Anadolu, UNRWA Senior Communications Manager Jonathan Fowler said Israeli police and municipal officials forced their way into the agency’s premises early Monday morning, cutting all communications. “They brought in trucks and forklifts, […]
- by MIIt has been over two years since Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s claim of Ethiopian “natural rights” to the Red Sea. Has Ethiopia eschewed what Tafi Mhaka, in a 14 November 2023 piece, dubbed as Ethiopian imperial ambitions? Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party would counter it never had such ambitions in the first place. They, instead, accuse Egypt, as done recently by Ethiopia’s ambassador to Somalia, Suleiman Dedefo, in an article […]
- by MIFor decades, Gaza has been viewed primarily through the language of hard power: siege, bombardment, occupation, and overwhelming military asymmetry. Yet in the aftermath of mass destruction, another form of power quietly takes centre stage. This is the power that operates through reconstruction, humanitarian aid, and post-war governance. In today’s Gaza, soft power no longer softens conflict. It hardens into an architecture that shapes dependency, legitimacy, and political fate long […]
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- by MIA former Israeli military commander said Tuesday that the majority of hostages were killed in army fire in the northern Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports. “Israeli fire killed most of the hostages (captives) in Jabalia due to intelligence gaps,” Nitzan Alon, a former Israeli negotiator, told the daily Yedioth Ahronoth. Alon said many of the hostages, who arrived in Gaza alive, died in Israeli strikes targeting buildings where they had been held. […]
- by MISyria and Saudi Arabia signed a number of agreements in the oil and gas sectors on Tuesday, according to local media, Anadolu reports. The state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company inked four deals with Saudi companies at the headquarters of the Energy Ministry in the capital Damascus, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The deals cover “technical support services and the development of oil and gas fields in Syria,” the […]