Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has blasted US President Biden over Ukraine’s stalling counteroffensive in an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal. While Ukraine has received tens of billions of dollars worth of weapons from the US, a scale of aid not seen since the post-World War II Marshal Plan, the notoriously hawkish Bolton said Biden...

The burning of the Quran is part of a broader campaign against Islamic values and Muslim practices for decades. The burnings of the Quran have continuously occurred with encouragement and support from politicians over several years, not emerging out of nowhere.

Senior officials from 42 countries attended a summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to discuss peace frameworks for the Russia-Ukraine war from the 5-6 August. Notable countries in attendance included Ukraine, the US and Russia's fellow members of the BRICS trade bloc - Brazil, India, China and South Africa. While the summit did not result in any formal memorandums or dates for future discussions, Western and Ukrainian officials described the talks…

 Metin Gürak was appointed as the Chief of General Staff at the 3-hour High Military Council meeting chaired by President Erdoğan, where the new command of the Turkish Armed Forces was determined. (CNN Türk 03.08.2023)