The Council appointed Magdalena Grono as EUSR for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia. Ms Grono succeeds Toivo Klaar whose tenure of over 6 years comes to an end on 31 August. She will take up her duties on 1 September 2024 for an initial period of 12 months. As new EUSR,…
Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Army General Dmitry Bulgakov who was in charge of troop logistics support has been apprehended on corruption charges and taken into Moscow’s Lefortovo pretrial detention facility, the press office of the Federal Security Service (FSB) told TASS on Friday. “The Federal Security Service jointly with the Interior Ministry and…
Vice President Kamala Harris met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (July 25) in her ceremonial office at the White House, Reuters reports. The meeting will be closely watched for signs of how Harris, who was the first top U.S. official to call for a ceasefire, could shift American policy toward Israel if…
The question of who will govern Gaza has plagued efforts to end Israel’s nine-month war to destroy Hamas. Some U.S., Israeli and Arab officials are pushing to empower a former Palestinian security chief who himself once tried to crush the militant group, was later exiled from the West Bank and now lives in Abu Dhabi. …
