Turkish opposition complains about tension at YAŞ
Turkey’s nationalist party leader has criticized the battle between the military and the government at the YAŞ meeting, while Turkey’s main opposition party leader says the crisis at the military summit is a sign of the government’s poor rule over the country
Iran remains defiant in secret nuclear documents
Two letters penned by top Iranian officials regarding the ongoing nuclear drama unfolding between Tehran and Western powers reveal that the Iranian government looks unlikely to compromise on key points. The letters cast renewed doubt over new nuclear talks and whether they can produce significant progress
Power play in East Asia
Two recent developments in East Asia ― one in Northeast Asia and the other in Southeast Asia ― have brought to the fore some of the latent tensions in the region.
Kyrgyz troops break up crowd, see coup attempt
Kyrgyz troops fired blank rounds into a crowd trying to reach a mass demonstration outside parliament on Thursday, averting what the Central Asian state's security chief said could be an attempt to oust the government.
Is the West losing the Afghan War?
Soldiers with the U.S. Army's 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division shield themselves from the dust as a Medivac helicopter takes off outside Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar July 30, 2010. One soldier lost his leg and another was hit by shrapnel after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blew up during a patrol near the base
Surge in Nuclear Power Projects Imperils Belarusian Program
According to Belarusian First Vice-Prime Minister, Uladzimir Syamashka, the end of July was scheduled to mark the finalization of an agreement between Belarus and Russia to build the nuclear power station at Astravets in the Hrodna region with construction of the station to start next July
US-China tensions over South China Sea
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s provocative stance at the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) security forum last month, where she voiced opposition to China’s claims in the South China Sea, has inflamed another global flashpoint.
EU Seeks Caspian Gas Accord to Cut Russian Dependence
The European Union is seeking an agreement on a natural-gas pipeline between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan as the 27-nation bloc aims to import Caspian fuel and reduce its dependence on Russia.
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