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Benjamin Netanyahu has published a video of his phone call with Donald Trump, hours after the US president publicly backed…
Middle East & North Africa
UN humanitarian office OCHA cites Gaza health authorities for 57 deaths between 29 September and 12 October and records 244…
Europe
Turkey’s foreign ministry says Hakan Fidan, with the justice and interior ministers, will be in Brussels from 19 to 21…
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China’s foreign ministry says Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Baku that opening channels into Gaza is the…
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UNCLOS sets how far a coastal state's waters, resources and seabed rights reach. Here is what the treaty says on…
Cyprus
The pro-government Turkish daily Türkiye Gazetesi returns to the NAVTEX dispute south of Kastellorizo, calling the Greek NAVTEX for the…
Greece
From February 2002 to November 2012, more than 3,000 Greek officers and NCOs served in Kabul, first as the Hellenic…
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Middle East & North Africa
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a new ten-point national security doctrine on October 18, describing a shift from defence…
Military & Defense
Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and more than 200 drones against Ukraine overnight into Monday, October 19, leaving at least…
Asia-Pacific
A second Chinese ship designed to launch and recover large underwater drones (UUVs) has appeared at the Guangzhou Shipyard International,…
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Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi told BBC Ukraine that Russia has struck the energy sector 2,147 times since the renewed government…
Economy & Energy
The US Treasury sanctioned Iraq’s International Development Bank for Investment and Finance, accusing it of giving Iran access to US…
Economy & Energy
The International Energy Agency’s Governing Board agreed to accelerate the release of about 100 million barrels still to be drawn…
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Balkans
The European Commission condemned arson and attacks on state institutions in Tirana and other Albanian cities, while stressing the right…
Balkans
In conclusions adopted in Brussels on 16 October, EU leaders say enlargement is a geostrategic investment, keep the process merit-based…
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Cyprus already fields Serbian howitzers, armoured vehicles and rocket launchers. Our proposal is for Greece to go a step further:…
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Dr Konstantinos Balomenos, a political scientist and international relations specialist, argues that Greece needs a graduated crisis-management system for a…
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The Houthi escalation is testing Saudi Arabia’s multi-alignment strategy, China ties and the new Mecca defence agreement with Turkey and…
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The 1936 Montreux Convention governs passage through the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. This explainer sets out the rules for merchant…
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The Strait of Hormuz carries about a fifth of the world’s oil and a large share of its LNG. Here…
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Greece
The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on 24 July 1923, set the Greek-Turkish frontier, divided the Aegean islands and protected minorities.…
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Analysis, 30 years on: what is known about the 8 October 1996 engagement off Chios in which a Turkish F-16D…
