Fortunately, the British ship passed through and nobody was hurt. At least not yet. Britain’s post-Brexit global strategy, it seems, is both puzzling and worrying, driving potential conflicts not only in the Black Sea, but with its plans to needle China as well. The Russian and British governments’ different stances …
Read More »India & China begin to pull troops back from contested Himalayan lake, India’s defense minister confirms
Speaking before the country’s parliament on Thursday, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed the breakthrough reached with Beijing on the months-long standoff at the disputed border, officially known as the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The disengagement agreement was first announced by Beijing on Wednesday, with the country’s military saying that …
Read More »Georgia’s secretary of state announces recount ‘by hand’ amid highly contested US presidential election
“With the margin being so close, it will require a full, by hand recount in each county,” Raffensberger, a Republican, announced at a Wednesday press conference. He added that the recount will ensure that there is no question about who won the state’s 16 electoral college votes. Trump’s campaign requested …
Read More »Azerbaijan & Armenia carry on fighting over contested Nagorno-Karabakh, heavy weaponry deployed
Azerbaijan and Armenia, two historical rivals, kept on fighting throughout Sunday night and Monday morning despite mounting calls from international leaders to hold fire and disengage troops. There have been skirmishes “of different intensity” overnight on the Nagorno-Karabakh border, a spokesperson for the Armenian Defense Ministry reported earlier on Monday. …
Read More »Turkey issues maritime advisory over live-fire drills in contested Eastern Mediterranean until September 11
The live-fire drills will be held between August 29 and September 11, according to the advisory issued by the country’s navy late on Friday. The area marked for the exercise lies to the south of the town of Anamur, between the Turkish coast and Cyprus. The announcement follows other advisories …
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