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Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM – POLITICO

Belgium gets new government with Flemish separatist Bart De Wever as PM – POLITICO

Coalition talks between De Wever’s right-wing New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), the Francophone center-right Reformist Movement (MR), the Francophone centrist Les Engagés, the centrist Christian Democrat and Flemish Party and the center-left Flemish Vooruit party — dubbed the “Arizona” coalition after the colors of the American state’s flag — hit multiple bumps in the road. Belgium’s […]

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What’s happening in Myanmar? | Start Here | Explainer

What’s happening in Myanmar? | Start Here | Explainer

Myanmar’s military regime is under pressure, four years after it seized back power in a coup. Myanmar’s military regime has lost significant territory over the last year and a patchwork of anti-military groups now control different parts of the country. What’s happening? Who are the groups fighting against the military? And could the regime actually

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Can Trump fulfil his grandiose foreign policy promises? | Russia-Ukraine war

Can Trump fulfil his grandiose foreign policy promises? | Russia-Ukraine war

Political scientist John Mearsheimer argues that Trump can’t ethnically cleanse Gaza or resolve the Ukraine War. Despite the rhetoric, US President Donald Trump will not be able to ethnically cleanse Gaza nor resolve the Ukraine war, argues University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer. Mearsheimer tells host Steve Clemons that Arab governments fear “the risk

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Egypt Fears Syria’s Revolutionary Fervor Could Be Contagious

Egypt Fears Syria’s Revolutionary Fervor Could Be Contagious

Soon after Islamist rebels overthrew the authoritarian president of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, a hashtag gathered steam on Egyptian social media: “It’s your turn, dictator.” The message for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt was unmistakable. But he hardly needed the warning. Since the ouster of Syria’s longtime dictator on Dec. 8, Egyptian leaders have watched

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Israel attacks Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, violates ceasefire deal again

Israel attacks Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, violates ceasefire deal again

In the two months from November 27 to Monday, Israel killed at least 83 people in Lebanon Israel has launched a wave of attacks on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley in its latest breach of a fragile ceasefire agreement with the Hezbollah group. The Israeli army said on Friday it struck “multiple” Hezbollah targets in the area

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3 Are Arrested in Theft of Gold Helmet From Dutch Museum

3 Are Arrested in Theft of Gold Helmet From Dutch Museum

Three people have been arrested in connection with a brazen heist at a museum in the Netherlands over the weekend in which thieves stole ancient artifacts, including a prized golden helmet on loan from Romania, the authorities said on Wednesday. The three people were arrested in Heerhugowaard, a city about 30 miles north of Amsterdam

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What are the risks of violence in the eastern DRC spreading regionally? | TV Shows

What are the risks of violence in the eastern DRC spreading regionally? | TV Shows

M23 rebels have taken control of Goma, capital of North Kivu province in eastern DRC. Since re-emerging just more than three years ago, Rwanda-backed rebels have advanced steadily through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, seizing towns and villages, and forcing people from their homes. M23 is just one of hundreds of rebel groups in

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Ronaldo meets UFC fighter Magomedov before Saudi Arabia MMA event

Ronaldo meets UFC fighter Magomedov before Saudi Arabia MMA event

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo caught up with UFC fighter Shara Magomedov before Saturday’s huge fight night in Riyadh. Sharaputdin Magomedov, one of the headline UFC draws at the upcoming Fight Night 250 in Saudi Arabia this weekend, met football legend Cristiano Ronaldo at the Al-Nassr team’s training ground in Riyadh. Magomedov, from Russia, is a

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Plane collides with helicopter midair in Washington, DC

Plane collides with helicopter midair in Washington, DC

BREAKINGBREAKING, Ronald Reagan national airport halts all takeoffs and landings following midair collision. A regional jet and a military helicopter have collided midair in Washington, DC, the United States, forcing a halt to all takeoffs and landings at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport, authorities have said. A PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 jet collided with a

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