In Short

Incoherent language from the candidates on foreign affairs, but one thing shines through — neither's policy is America First

BaghdadIn recent years, calls for a withdrawal of US troops have become louder. As former enemies Iraq and Iran have grown closer, resentment over the US's foreign policy has grown in Baghdad. Washington currently has around 2 500 soldiers stationed in the country.

In relative terms Swedish backing exceeds American threefold

BrusselsThe European Commission’s competence in choosing suitable experts is being called into question.

The combat against men is over, replaced by a sanctions squeeze against children

BerlinThe Berlin Fire Department has confirmed a disastrous trend – in the first half of 2024 alone, more stab wounds were registered in the capital than in the whole of 2022. The number of unreported cases is probably much higher.

A writer from the left is unimpressed with the new Democrat-Republican merger

It is an unpleasant déjà vu experience with a South Korean company, which sold 340 million PCR tests to over 100 countries during the Corona pandemic, now preparing to introduce a PCR test to allegedly detect the new monkeypox mutation.

AnkaraNow it's official - and it's a bombshell: NATO member Turkey has officially submitted an application to join the BRICS bloc.

BrusselsThe latest EU buzzword is the "central asset register". All private assets of EU citizens will soon be recorded and controllable by Brussels.