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The ongoing migrant crisis at the Belarusian border could devolve into an “armed” escalation, Polish government spokesman Piotr Muller told reporters on Monday. “We expect that there may be an escalation of this type of action on the Polish border in the near future, which will be of an armed …

In a documentary recently aired on French TV, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has confirmed exactly that. You may, of course, disagree with this assessment, or even resent it. But, equally obviously, to ignore it would be stupid. Governments sometimes bluff, it’s true. Yet it would be a reckless …

Israel has been waging a covert war against Iranian shipping for months now, conducting more than a dozen attacks on Iranian vessels over the course of the past few years. The attacks appear to be targeted against vessels delivering oil to Syria in violation of US and international sanctions. During …

“Out of respect for the spirit of Eid, I appeal for an immediate de-escalation and cessation of hostilities in Gaza and Israel,” the secretary-general said in a tweet on Thursday night, referring to the final night of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, when Muslims break their month-long fast. Guterres’ impassioned appeal came …

“Our recent actions were proportionate and appropriate to Russia’s harmful activities. Today’s announcement by the Russian government was escalatory and regrettable,” a State Department spokesman said in a statement on Friday evening. “It is not in our interest to get into an escalatory cycle, but we reserve the right to …

Biden told reporters at the White House on Thursday afternoon that he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of the impending sanctions during their recent phone call, calling it a “proportionate” US response to what Russia allegedly did. We concluded that they had interfered in the election and the SolarWinds was …

The Biden administration, which has publicly stated its intention to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and back away from its predeccesor’s war-mongering approach, has been panned for seemingly following in Donald Trump’s footsteps on Thursday with an airstrike on Syria. The Pentagon said that the attack was launched …

Flag-raising ceremonies, like hundreds of other similar events that take place at the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, are generally treated as routine and innocuous. Raise the country’s flag, have a diplomat say a few words, call it a day… Rarely do they garner any significant attention, from …

Tensions have been flying high along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eatern Ladakh at the Chinese-Indian Himalayan border since May, and have repeatedly led to clashes between Indian and Chinese troops stationed in the sparsely populated mountainous area. The plan – agreed by India’s External Affairs Minister S …

In the collection of overseas professionals for the “containment” of Russia and China soon may be a new strategy that “influential voices” in the White house are developing a to preserve US global leadership. This writes the American edition of Foreign Policy. The publication this scenario is called the “strategy …