An economically fragile country caught up in Russia’s hybrid war, Moldova is keen to make rapid progress for a quicker membership to the European Union. With the opening of the first chapter of accession negotiations, the EU launched its €1.9…
Syria is expecting its first Western European head of state since new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa swept to power in 2024. A Syrian state news agency reported that France’s Emmanuel Macron will visit to discuss strengthening bilateral relations. It wouldn’t be…
Kyiv has been struck by Russian missiles for the second time in less than a week, with at least 14 people killed. While Russia says it hit military-industrial targets and energy sites, the morning strikes hit residential areas in the…
England has won a nerve-racking World Cup classic 3-2 against Mexico on July 6 to reach the quarterfinals, after Jude Bellingham scored two goals and Harry Kanes scored a penalty. Norway has also made history by reaching the round of…
Excess heat and wildfires are affecting the Tour de France cycle race. The third stage of the race on July 6 will go near an area where wildfires have broken out in France’s southwest. Local authorities and race organisers as…
Syria is expecting a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, the first by a Western European head of state since Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa took power in 2024. Macron would be accompanied by a delegation “including investors and representatives…
Russia struck Ukraine’s Kyiv region with ballistic missiles and drones on July 6, killing at least 11 people and wounding dozens on the eve of a NATO summit in Turkey. This comes as, within Russia, the war has come under…
Russia has launched another deadly barrage of strikes on Kyiv. According to Ukrainian authorities, at least fourteen people have been killed, just hours after President Volodomyr Zelensky warned another attack was imminent. Earlier on July 5 the city of Zaporizhzhia…
Omar M. Yaghi grew up in the Jordanian capital Ammann in a family of Palestinian refugees. He moved to the United States at the age of 15 and, working his way through academia via Community College, obtained a PhD in…
Firefighters are fighting wildfires across southern France and other parts of Europe, and authorities are warning that this year’s fire season has started a month earlier than usual after early heatwaves in May and June left vegetation particularly dry and…