Turkey’s local elections — and whoever wins Istanbul — could dictate future

As the sunsets, a ferry boat glides across the waters of the Golden Horn with the Suleymaniye Mosque and the city of Istanbul, Turkey in the background.  Vw Pics | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once said that whoever wins Istanbul wins Turkey. If that’s the case, the stakes … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Kyiv asks NATO partners for air defense supplies after Russia hits energy system Ukraine asked Western allies for air defense supplies at an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on Thursday after a spate of Russian missile attacks on critical and energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s mission to NATO said. Russia last Friday conducted its largest air … Read more

Russia knew of terror attack plot, Ukraine’s military spy chief says

Law enforcement officers stand guard near the Crocus City Hall concert venue following a reported shooting incident, near Moscow, Russia. Maksim Blinov / Sputnik via AP Russia was aware that a terrorist attack was being planned weeks before the massacre at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow last Friday, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief has claimed. … Read more

China’s solar, EV surplus could be dumped on global markets

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Alex Wong | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned that China is treating the global … Read more

Russia claims West, Ukraine behind Moscow attack but has no evidence

Russian President Vladimir Putin at an expanded Prosecutor General’s Office meeting on March 26, 2024, in Moscow. Contributor | Getty Images News | Getty Images Russia has been firming up its narrative that Ukraine was behind a deadly terrorist attack in Moscow last week, a move that was widely expected by political experts who said … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Ukraine gets a morale boost after Euros qualification Oleksandr Zinchenko and Artem Dovbyk of Ukraine celebrate after winning the UEFA EURO 2024 play-offs final match with Iceland at the Tarczynski Arena on March 26, 2024, in Wroclaw, Poland. Mateusz Slodkowski | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Ukraine’s spirits were lifted Tuesday night after the … Read more

U.S. abstention on UN cease-fire vote triggers Netanyahu rage

US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield votes abstain during a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, at the UN headquarters in New York on March 25, 2024. Angela Weiss | … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

Putin says ‘Islamist radicals’ carried out terror attack, but insists on Ukraine link In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting on measures taken after a massacre in the Crocus City Hall that killed more than 130 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have … Read more

Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine

After deadly attack, what could Putin do next? In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin lights a candle during his visit to a church of the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 24, 2024, as Russia observes a national day of mourning after the Crocus City … Read more

Russia will use deadly attack to its advantage

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin lights a candle during his visit to a church of the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on March 24, 2024, as Russia observes a national day of mourning after a massacre in the Crocus City Hall that killed more than … Read more