July 15, 2021: Turkey is trying to barter its way out of its various disputes with NATO in general and the United States in particular. In return for halting efforts to buy or use Russian military …
Lebanon to get $860mln from IMF soon: Baabda
President Michel Aoun also said that Lebanon would implement an economic recovery plan “after the formation of a new government …
Hariri Quits as Lebanon PM-Designate After Cabinet Rejected
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down Thursday after the president rejected his latest cabinet proposal, plunging the country deeper into a political crisis that’s compounded its …
ANALYSIS-Jordan’s king reasserts rule after crisis but economic strains linger
King Abdullah has moved swiftly to shore up his grip on Jordan in the three months since an alleged plot surfaced to replace him with his half-brother, leaving his rule secure for now but still …
Israel’s Candiru sold spyware to governments
Microsoft and Google vulnerabilities exploited by cyber warfare group’s clients to target journalists and dissidents, says report …
ANALYSIS-Jordan’s king reasserts rule after crisis but economic strains linger
King Abdullah has moved swiftly to shore up his grip on Jordan in the three months since an alleged plot surfaced to replace him with his half-brother, leaving his rule secure for now but still …
More American Jews critical of Israel
A survey of US Jewish voters taken after the Israel-Gaza conflict finds that a sizable minority believe some of the harshest criticisms of Israel, including that it is committing genocide and …
Azerbaijan discloses revenues from property privatization transferred to state budget in 1H2021
Some 32.3 million manat ($19 million) from the privatization of state property was transferred to the Azerbaijani state budget during the first six months of 2021, Trend reports referring to the …
ANALYSIS-Jordan’s king reasserts rule after crisis but economic strains linger
King Abdullah has moved swiftly to shore up his grip on Jordan in the three months since an alleged plot surfaced to replace him with his half-brother, leaving his rule secure for now but still …
China’s share of global bitcoin mining plunges while Kazakhstan climbs to third place
Cambridge University research shows China accounted for less than half of the power used to mine bitcoin in April, down sharply from 75.5% in September 2019.