Geography doesn’t change. Turkey wields significant influence at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East... Intimidatory tactics targeting journalists are part of a broader post-coup drive to stifle public debate, manipulate the constitution, subjugate judges, purge the army and civil service – and strengthen de facto one-man rule ... .
Beijing on Sunday blasted the Pentagon's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over North America, accusing the United States of "clearly overreacting and seriously violating international practice" ...American officials first said on Thursday that they were tracking a large Chinese "surveillance balloon" in US skies ... .
Former Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf, has died at hospital after years of self-imposed exile in Dubai. He was 79. Local news outlets on Sunday quoted his family members as saying that the former leader succumbed to Amyloidosis after being hospitalized for months due to health complications ... He then declared himself the president of Pakistan.
photo: Creative Commons / Fibonacci Blue https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
Hunter Biden has friends in high places ... In other developments in the laptop story. Hunter Biden attorney Abbe Lowell tried to walk back his prior admission that the laptop did indeed belong to his client.
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s currency ended its nosedive after a meeting between the Iraqi Central Bank head and a top U.S. Treasury official ... Since the U.S ... The Iraqi dinar slipped to around 1,750 to the dollar at street exchanges in some parts of the country on Thursday, compared to the official rate of 1,460 dinars for $1 ... .
At least 23 people have died in hundreds of forest fires whipped up amid a blistering heat wave in south central Chile, a senior government official has said. "We want to mourn the passing of 23 persons," said Deputy Interior MinisterManuel Monsalve, adding that 979 people have been injured in the fires ... .
For the first time, China has revealed the specifications of its YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship missile, which was first observed last April during a test launch from a Type 055 cruiser. Alongside air-launched and land-based hypersonic missiles, the YJ-21 signals China’s nascent hypersonic weapons triad for conventional deterrence ...Photo ... Carter ... Image.
The Chinese president’s trip to Russia provides an opportunity for progress on de-escalating the war in Ukraine. But China cannot be expected to achieve this on its own ... .