Facts about Monkeypox
Monkeypox is a contagious viral disease that can be especially serious for children, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems. Increased access to vaccines is critical to prevent its spread.
Month: August 2022
The “Great Reset”: A Blueprint for Destroying Freedom, Innovation, and Prosperity
Notice that no nation has managed merely to print money and tax its citizens on the path to prosperity. Real wealth cannot simply be conjured from thin air. There must be recognized value in what a nation and its citizens possess.
The World Putin Wants
How Distortions About the Past Feed Delusions About the Future
Vladimir Putin is determined to shape the future to look like his version of the past. Russia’s president invaded Ukraine not because he felt threatened by NATO expansion or by Western “provocations.” He ordered his “special military operation” because he believes that it is Russia’s divine right to rule Ukraine, to wipe out the country’s national identity, and to integrate its people into a Greater Russia.
The Western Balkans need a problem-solver, not a facilitator
Another round of discussions between Serbia and Kosovo ended inconclusively Thursday in Brussels, even as tensions between the two countries continue to spiral. The stakes are high: Violence almost erupted two weeks ago in the north of Kosovo, with local Serbs raising barricades and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić warning that open conflict was imminent.
Washington wins as Turkey and Israel restore normal ties
Last week, Turkey and Israel announced that they would normalize their diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors and consuls for the first time since 2018. The announcement follows a series of recent high-level visits, including Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s March trip to Turkey, Israeli Foreign Minister and acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s visit in June to Turkey, and Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu’s May trip to Israel.
What the world has learned from Russia’s war in Ukraine
When it was first launched in the wee hours of February 24, the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was supposed to last just a few days and end with the quick capture of Kyiv.
Fast-forward six months: Those plans collapsed in spectacular fashion as Ukraine beat back Russian troops through a combination of sheer determination and plentiful Western arms. But despite Ukraine’s success, the conflict is far from over. On the contrary, it appears to be settling into a long, attritional battle that will test Ukrainian and Western resolve.
Police, civilian killed in suspected ISIS series attacks in Kirkuk
Kurdish officials constantly warn against increasing threats of ISIS resurgence due to a lack of cooperation between the country’s formal forces.
At least three Iraqi policemen have been killed along with a civilian in a series of alleged ISIS attacks in Kirkuk since Monday night, according to a security source.
Islamic State threatens Kurdish workers in northeast Syria
The Islamic State is threatening to kill employees in the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor if they continue to report to their jobs.
Islamic State (IS) cells in the countryside of Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria threatened employees and workers of institutions linked to the Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria and warned them against carrying out work for the administration.
RDC: des miliciens maï-maï attaquent la base de la Monusco à Butembo
Théâtre fin juillet de violentes manifestations contre les casques bleus de la Monusco, la ville de Butembo, dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo, a été attaquée ce mardi 23 août par des miliciens issus des Maï-Maï.
Les hommes armés s’en sont pris à un site de la force onusienne, dont le personnel a été redéployé à l’extérieur de la ville. L’armée congolaise a riposté, tuant deux assaillants et en capturant quatre autres, lors des échanges des tirs survenus dans un quartier populaire de Butembo.
Somalie : le président promet une « guerre totale » contre les islamistes chabab
L’attaque sanglante du week-end dernier d’un hôtel à Mogadiscio est la plus meurtrière dans la capitale depuis l’élection mi-mai de Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud.
Le président somalien Hassan Cheikh Mohamoud a promis mardi 23 août « une guerre totale » pour éliminer les islamistes radicaux chabab, dans sa première déclaration à la nation depuis la sanglante attaque d’un hôtel à Mogadiscio ayant fait au moins 21 morts et 117 blessés.