US international behavior in response to COVID19 is consistent with the foreign policy patterns of Trump’s “America First” nationalism: disdain for, and retreat from, global institutions and agreements, creating a vacuum, and more fraying of international institutions, writes Valdai Club expert Robe

aggravation of the Arab-Israeli conflict. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, as

It will, naturally, come from the dams.... Normally, the authority carries over 10MAF water to Rabi season.... It is already down to 9. 1MAF, and will certainly go down further.” “ The only silver lining is a wet spell likely to enter the country on Sept 9, which, if substantial enough, could help drop the demand and save some water....

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Two brothers fill canisters with water from a stagnant pool about 3 kilometers from their home in Kamar Kalagh village, Afghanistan, on Nov.... In Iraq and Syria, Islamic State extremists have" exploited water shortages and taken control of water infrastructure to impose its will on communities" he said, while in Somalia charcoal production has been a source of income for the al-Shabab extremist group.... He said these costs are expected to reach up to$ 300 billion a year by 2030....

The importance of the Old City in Jerusalem as a sacred place for the three great religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism, goes far beyond the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Any exacerbation of the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation over the Jerusalem problem in general and the Temple Mount in par

, 41, pleaded guilty to four of six counts of second-degree aggravated child abuse in a St.... George News

Evan Medeiros, an Asia expert who was the top China officer on the Obama administration’s National Security Council staff, says China is in an internal struggle “ to reconcile the competing dimensions of its rising power status.... Putin embraces “ the idea that the West is always trying to keep Russia down." Again, the combination of strength and insecurity is potentially dangerous. These worrisome trends aren’t unrelated to an official Washington that is flailing and in deep division.... Pre

LISBON( Reuters)-Russia's invasion of Ukraine could create" new vulnerabilities" in Europe to illegal drugs by triggering shifts in smuggling routes and potentially exposing more people to narcotics, the Lisbon-based EU drugs agency warned on Tuesday. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction( EMCDDA) said in its annual report that many people who have suffered" severe psychological stress" during the conflict may be more vulnerable to substance misuse problems in the future. D