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Bittersweet Christmas in Bethlehem as the city celebrates for the first time in two years

Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, marked a deeply symbolic and emotionally charged Christmas on Thursday, celebrating the holy season for the first time in two years amid a backdrop of conflict, loss and fragile hope. Residents and visitors gathered in Manger Square,…

25 December, 2025

AUSTRALIA·WORLD

Australian father stranded in Iraq issues urgent Christmas plea amid legal limbo

An Australian father, Dr. Robert Pether, who spent more than four years in an Iraqi prison under what he calls “bogus charges,” has issued a desperate Christmas plea, urging Australians to push the government to secure his safe return. Dr. Pether was…

24 December, 2025

WORLD

British man accused of drugging and raping wife over 13 years alongside five accomplices

A 49-year-old British man has been charged with systematically drugging and raping his former wife over more than a decade, alongside five other men, according to Wiltshire Police. The six men face over 60 charges for crimes committed between 2010 and 2023.…

24 December, 2025

WORLD

Libyan military chief killed in Falcon 50 jet crash in Ankara

A private Falcon 50 jet crashed near Ankara on Tuesday evening, killing all five people on board, including Libya’s Chief of the General Staff, General Mohamed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad. The aircraft had departed from Ankara Esenboğa Airport en route to Tripoli when…

24 December, 2025

GREECE·WORLD

Mitsotakis meets Abbas in Ramallah: Greece supports peace in Gaza

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday in Ramallah, ahead of his visit to Jerusalem and participation in the Greece–Cyprus–Israel trilateral summit. Support for the Palestinian Authority and humanitarian aid Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s support for…

23 December, 2025

CYPRUS·GREECE·WORLD

Trilateral Summit sends clear message to Ankara: “Do not even think of reviving empires”

A strong geopolitical message was sent from Jerusalem on Monday following the completion of the 10th Trilateral Summit between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a pointed warning to those “who believe they can revive empires,” in an…

23 December, 2025

WORLD

Israeli Foreign Minister urges Jews to move to Israel amid rising antisemitism in the West

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has urged Jews living in Western countries to relocate to Israel, warning that antisemitism is on the rise across Europe, North America and Australia. Speaking on Sunday during a public ceremony marking the final night of Hanukkah,…

22 December, 2025

WORLD

Robert Fico confronts Brussels, claiming EU has abandoned democracy

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has crossed a line Brussels hoped no European leader would openly cross — and he has done so publicly. In a sweeping and highly confrontational statement, Fico accused the European Union of suppressing free speech, manipulating democratic…

19 December, 2025

OPINION·WORLD

The King and the Soul

Plato’s chariot of the soul as the metaphysical blueprint of empire and sacred politics Alexander Dugin explains Plato’s image of the soul and its political meaning. Plato proceeds from the fundamental principle of a direct homology between the cosmos, the state, and…

19 December, 2025

WORLD

Washington concedes strategic defeat in Ukraine

Washington concedes strategic defeat in Ukraine as the era of grand declarations about “imminent victory” and the unwavering defence of democracy appears to be drawing to a close. The curtain has been pulled back — not by a Kremlin spokesman or an…

18 December, 2025

WORLD

Libya parliament speaker declares Turkey–Libya memorandum invalid, opens door to talks with Greece, Egypt and Turkey

Libya’s House of Representatives Speaker, Aqila Saleh, has publicly declared the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum “invalid,” marking the first such statement in six years and signalling a potential shift in Libya’s approach to maritime disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean. Speaking to the…

16 December, 2025

CYPRUS·WORLD

Cyprus–France Strategic Agreement signed in Paris, boosting defence, energy and Schengen cooperation

Cyprus and France have signed a comprehensive Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Paris, elevating their bilateral relationship to a more structured and operational level at a time of growing security challenges across Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. The agreement was signed on Monday…

16 December, 2025

WORLD

Leaked US strategy reveals Trump’s plan to break up the EU

A leaked US strategy reveals Trump’s plan to break up the EU, with a draft of a highly classified National Security Strategy (NSS) suggesting that the United States may be pushing for Austria, Italy, Hungary, and Poland to distance themselves from the…

12 December, 2025

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Bittersweet Christmas in Bethlehem as the city celebrates for the first time in two years

Australian father stranded in Iraq issues urgent Christmas plea amid legal limbo

British man accused of drugging and raping wife over 13 years alongside five accomplices

Libyan military chief killed in Falcon 50 jet crash in Ankara

Mitsotakis meets Abbas in Ramallah: Greece supports peace in Gaza

Trilateral Summit sends clear message to Ankara: “Do not even think of reviving empires”

Israeli Foreign Minister urges Jews to move to Israel amid rising antisemitism in the West

Robert Fico confronts Brussels, claiming EU has abandoned democracy

The King and the Soul

Washington concedes strategic defeat in Ukraine

Libya parliament speaker declares Turkey–Libya memorandum invalid, opens door to talks with Greece, Egypt and Turkey

Cyprus–France Strategic Agreement signed in Paris, boosting defence, energy and Schengen cooperation

Leaked US strategy reveals Trump’s plan to break up the EU

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