Consumer price growth will reach an annual pace of 3.9% in October, a pick-up from the 3.1% registered in September UK inflation is forecast to hit its highest rate in a decade in October as supply chain disruptions, rising energy … Read More
Synopsis The world needs to give Israel a “strong” lesson Erdogan told Putin, as the UN Security Council prepared to address surging Israeli-Palestinian violence. Erdogan, a vocal advocate of the Palestinian cause, has stepped up diplomacy, speaking to a range … Read More
On Tuesday, Israeli police finally decided to close the Temple Mount in Jerusalem after a Muslim terrorist threw a firebomb at a station of the Border Police near the Al-Aqsa Mosque. One police officer was seriously wounded by the firebomb while Muslim … Read More
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has initiated a crack-down on foreign-funded religious groups in his country.(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced on Friday that the government is planning to shutter seven mosques and expel dozens of imams from the country. At … Read More
Turkish dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Muslim leaders want to create an Islamic army to ‘protect’ the Palestinian Arabs after 62 of them died last Monday during attempts to invade Israel from Gaza. Hamas and Islamic Jihad later admitted 53 of … Read More
Russian and US-allied forces avoided conflict during Friday’s airstrikes on alleged Syrian chemical weapon sites. But Moscow sees the US’s ongoing involvement in Syria as nothing more than spoiler. Still, analysts say, Russia needs the US to help diplomatically. Mikhail … Read More
The European Commission in Brussels will soon give some pointedly negative updates to Turkey’s progress in joining the European Union in its country report. In a draft version of the upcoming report, the EU Commission noted that “Turkey has made big … Read More
Sean Gallup/Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday of being “a terrorist” after the Israeli prime minister rejected Ankara’s “moral lessons” over deadly clashes in Gaza. “Hey Netanyahu! You are an occupier. And it is … Read More
How many more sinister steps can Erdogan take before the EU and the U.S. recognize that he is a threat to Western strategic interests? Less than a month ago, the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak ran an interesting article in advance … Read More
© Getty Images The sorry position of the United States in the Middle East today ought to be sending President Trump a powerful message. The region bristles with American air and naval bases and major deployments in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the … Read More