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Portugal Re-elects Costa, and Takes on the Rest of the World

After the usual weeks of negotiations, Portugal has a new government. It isn't very new, being pretty much the same as the previous one. But that in itself is a newsworthy development. Antonio Costa's Socialists lost the previous election, but due to the vagaries of parliamentary arithmetic ended up forming a minority...

Seth Ferris

De Facto Collapse of Case Against Free Joseon?

After the first suspects in the case involving an attack on the North Korean Embassy in Madrid were identified, the author hoped that this would set the wheels in motion. However, since spring 2019 there have not been any news reports about it, and the ones published have been disappointing. The only person, arrested in connection with the case in...

Konstantin Asmolov

Lebanon on Fire as Protests and Demonstrations Rage On

Saad Hariri announced that he was leaving his post as Prime Minister of Lebanon, and stated that he had come to a dead-end after two weeks of mass protests in Lebanon, during which its participants accused the government of corruption and creating conditions for a possible economic collapse. Saad Hariri served in this role since December 2016. Forceful demonstrations erupted all over the country on 17 October when the Lebanese government announced tax hikes on tobacco and internet calling applications...

Viktor Mikhin

Washington and Israel's Territorial Ambitions

Valery Kulikov

USAID “Pimping” Big Pharma in Africa

Phil Butler

Syria: OPCW Whistleblowers Confirm What We Already Knew

Tony Cartalucci

Confronting The Islamic Republic: Trump vs. Rhodes Round Table

Caleb Maupin

US with Blood on its Hands in Afghan Tragedy

Viktor Mikhin

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