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At least two people have died and dozens are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, advocacy groups said Sunday. A total of 32 survivors were rescued out of the more than 100 people who were believed to have been aboard the small boat when it capsized. “Tragic Easter shipwreck. 32 … Read more
Kethevane Gorjestani is pleased to welcome Ian Lesser, Author and Senior Director for Foreign and Security Policy at the German Marshall Fund (GMF). According to Mr. Lesser, the current crisis in the Middle East has sparked a systemic shock to the global order. What we are witnessing is the convergence of energy insecurity, strategic distrust, … Read more
Jim Townsend, Former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy, is our guest. Source link
At least 70 people were missing after a migrant boat, which left the Libyan coat, capsized in the Mediterranean, an Italian NGO said Sunday. Two people died and 32 were rescued from the vessels, said the NGO. Source link
Olivia Bizot is live from Beirut. Source link
Israeli airstrikes on Beirut and southern Lebanon on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including a family of six, and wounded dozens more. The attacks also forced the closure of Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, as Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah intensifies. Source link
The United States financial system has crossed a threshold that threatens to alter the rules of the global economic game. This is something that macroeconomist Lyn Alden defines as an era of “fiscal dominance.” In this scenario, the magnitude of public deficits eclipses the traditional tools of the Federal Reserve (FED), making interest rate policies … Read more
The leaders of Serbia and Hungary announced on Sunday that explosives had been found in Serbia near a pipeline carrying Russian gas to Hungary. “Our units received a blast of destructive power,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in a post on Instagram. “Two large packages of explosives with detonators” were found in Kanjiža, in the … Read more
Hendro Munsterman, Vatican-correspondent for Nederlands Dagblad, has more. Source link
Some 20 French boats set sail from Marseille on Saturday to join up with an international flotilla making a renewed effort to break an Israeli blockade and deliver aid to Gaza. Source link