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EUROPE
The Pope’s Turkey Visit: Eastern Mediterranean as Christianity’s Foundation
Pope Leo XIV's first papal journey to Turkey from 27-30 November 2025 placed the eastern Mediterranean once again at the centre of Catholic imagination, inviting Europe to reconsider how geography shaped its tradition.
BUSINESS
Roman Roads Remapped: Europe Finds Old Connections in New Lines
New digital maps of Roman roads show how closely Europe, North Africa and the Middle East were once connected, challenging modern ideas of borders and distance.
EXCLUSIVE
Currency as Strategy: Syria’s Regional Pivot by Money
Syria shifts currency printing to UAE and Germany, signaling strategic realignment, trust-building, and post-war reconstruction goals.
Popular
Bosnia Off Air: Will Brussels Let the Last Broadcaster Die?
Bosnia’s public broadcaster BHRT nears collapse as funding is withheld, journalists work in tents, and regional media freedom fades
STC Take Hadhramaut: Fragmentation Leaves No WinnersÂ
Clashes in Hadramout expose Yemen’s deep fractures as tribes, the STC, and oil interests battle over autonomy, power, and survival.
Thailand-Cambodia Fighting Raises Questions for Winter Travellers
Airstrikes on the Thai-Cambodian border look alarming from afar, yet tourism ads still show turquoise bays. How should travellers read this contradiction?
National Security Strategy: The Era of Investment Power
Washington has stopped acting like a global policeman and started operating like a hedge fund, trading lectures for massive sovereign wealth deposits.
Moscow’s Calculus: Guns Fall Silent, Commerce Speaks
As Moscow sheds the weight of defunct military pacts, it ruthlessly prioritizes the economic engines that bind it to Europe.
