A UK Customs Line Learns to Read Maps
London bans goods from Israeli settlements. Egypt and seven capitals applaud. The small print of a customs form is doing what a decade of speeches could not.
Sherif Al-Mahdi · 7h ago
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Israeli Analysis: Egypt May Join Mecca Agreement Between Ankara, Riyadh, and Islamabad
Maariv points to a Turkish-Egyptian commercial target of $15 billion as part of a broader regional convergence.
Yusuf Al-Saadi · 25d ago
Lyukmanov to Cairo: what the consensus is misreading about a routine ambassador
The appointment reads as diplomatic housekeeping. It is not. Read backwards from the second decree, and Moscow has told Cairo something specific.
Sherif Al-Mahdi · 27d ago
Kyrgyzstan and China Agree on Draft Agreement to Manage Shared Border Checkpoints
The document is planned to be signed during Xi Jinping's state visit to Kyrgyzstan on the sidelines of the SCO summit.
Anna Kuznetsova · 29d ago
Kyrgyzstan and China Southern Power Grid Sign Energy Cooperation Memorandum
Kyrgyzstan's Ministry of Energy and the Chinese company have agreed to establish a joint working group for investment projects in the energy sector.
Anna Kuznetsova · 30d ago
SpaceX и Northrop Grumman прошли первые испытания компонентов Golden Dome
Генерал Космических сил США Майкл Гютлайн сообщил об успешном завершении ключевых тестов — следующий этап выйдет в космос.
Anna Kuznetsova · 31d ago
Kyrgyz film 'Kurmanjan Datka. Queen of the Mountains' screened in Argentina for the first time
The Eurasian Creative Guild presented Sadyk Sher-Niyaz's film in Buenos Aires — the first step of an ambitious cultural project spanning Latin American countries.
Anna Kuznetsova · 31d ago
Mecca, one signature: what a defense pact says about the map being drawn
Ankara, Riyadh and Islamabad sign in the holy city. The wires call it historic. The interesting question is who was not in the room.
Sherif Al-Mahdi · 35d ago
The $27.9bn cushion, the $10bn courtship, and a rejected map
Cairo's foreign-asset pile did not appear by accident — the weeks behind it explain why Egypt can host, and what it now owes.
Sherif Al-Mahdi · 39d ago
Egypt's logistics bet meets a suspended strike: the consensus misses the ports
The reading in the ministries is that de-escalation buys time. It buys something more specific than that — and Cairo is already spending it.
Sherif Al-Mahdi · 40d ago
Washington Blinks, Tehran Waits: The Choreography of a Cancelled Strike
A US president calls off a 'massive attack' and books talks for Monday. The interesting question is who pulled the leash, and how hard.
Natasha Volkov · 40d ago
Five Absurdities That Didn't Even Have the Decency to Be Subtle
Iran talks, Turkish remittances, Moscow restaurants, and the eternal question of what exactly a 'deal' means in this part of the world.
Viktor Shpak · 41d ago
The Strait, the restaurant, the pause: three fronts of one bargain
A hit on a Qatari LNG cargo, a Moscow bombing, and Trump's conditional restraint on Iran are not three stories. They are one negotiation.
Sherif Al-Mahdi · 41d ago
The Strait Speaks: What a Struck Qatari Tanker Tells Us That the Rostrum Won't
A projectile in the Hormuz, a cancelled American strike, and eight dead in Gaza. Three data points, one budget line.
Natasha Volkov · 41d ago
Kremlin rules out Europe as mediator in Ukraine talks, citing its role as party to conflict
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said European countries cannot mediate between Russia and Kyiv because they are themselves a party to the conflict.
Pierre Dubois · 106d ago
Russia and Kazakhstan sign nuclear power plant construction deal
The two countries have formalised an agreement to build a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan, Ukrinform reported.
Pierre Dubois · 106d ago
EU foreign policy chief Kallas: ceasefire remains precondition for Ukraine peace talks
Kaja Kallas says any peace agreement must include Ukraine's right to choose its own alliances.
Pierre Dubois · 106d ago
EU's Kallas rejects idea of single negotiator for talks with Russia
Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas says the bloc must first define its core interests — including lasting peace and Russian accountability — before any Russia talks.
Pierre Dubois · 107d ago
Poland courts Canada as Warsaw hedges against uncertainty over US security role
Poland's defence minister visited Ottawa to underscore Canada's growing role in European security amid Warsaw's doubts over long-term US reliability.
Pierre Dubois · 107d ago
US ambassador hits out at Dutch veto on DigiD ownership sale
Washington's envoy in The Hague has publicly criticised the Dutch government's decision to block the sale of DigiD, the Netherlands' core digital identity system.
Pierre Dubois · 107d ago
Russia notifies Armenia it may terminate preferential gas deal
Moscow has informed Yerevan of a possible end to a 2013 agreement covering duty-free gas, petroleum products, and rough diamonds.
Pierre Dubois · 108d ago
Albania ready to accept EU membership probation on veto rules, Rama says
Prime Minister Edi Rama declared Albania 'fanatical' about joining the EU and said Tirana will accept probationary conditions tied to the veto mechanism.
Pierre Dubois · 108d ago
Putin heads to Kazakhstan for EAEU summit amid Armenia's EU bid tensions
The Kremlin leader will visit Astana on Wednesday to sign bilateral deals and address Yerevan's EU aspirations — moves seen as pressure on a former ally ahead of Armenia's June 7 e
Pierre Dubois · 108d ago
Putin to press Armenia over EU ambitions at Kazakhstan summit, Kremlin says
Kremlin adviser Yury Ushakov says Putin will raise the incompatibility of EU and Eurasian Economic Union membership with Armenian leadership.
Pierre Dubois · 108d ago
Russia and Kazakhstan to sign nuclear power deal during Putin's state visit
The Kremlin confirmed a nuclear energy agreement will be concluded as Putin makes a second state visit to Astana.
Pierre Dubois · 108d ago
Zelensky meets Tsikhanouskaya in Kyiv on exiled Belarusian leader's first official visit
The Ukrainian president received exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Kyiv, in what the Kyiv Independent reported as her first official visit to the Ukrainian capital.
Pierre Dubois · 109d ago
Russia lodges formal protest over detention of Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion in Czech Republic
Moscow summoned the Czech chargé d'affaires and called drug charges against the Orthodox Church hierarch 'completely unfounded and absurd'.
Pierre Dubois · 109d ago
Tikhanovskaya Makes First Official Visit to Kyiv
The exiled Belarusian opposition leader arrived in Ukraine for her first official visit.
Anna Kuznetsova · 110d ago
Global markets begin week on optimism driven by U.S.-Iran convergence
Statements about an approaching agreement between Washington and Tehran lift investor sentiment worldwide
Yusuf Al-Saadi · 110d ago
Trump tells Iran negotiators not to rush a nuclear deal
The US president says talks are 'constructive' but urges both sides to take their time and get any agreement right.
Pierre Dubois · 110d ago