The UK outside the EU – equals Scotland and Northern Ireland outside the UK. Put simply, the United Kingdom will cease to be united, and only England (with Wales, pushing more and more for separation) will continue on. Edinburgh and Belfast (in British colloquial political nomenclature Holyrood and Stormont) will determine their own future. For Ireland, this means the unification ...

Bolsonaro`s victory Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party was announced the winner in Brazil`s presidential elections. On Sunday, October 28th, the second round of the elections took place, and left-wing Fernando Haddad of the Workers’ party lost the battle. According to initial results, Bolsonaro received 55.15% of votes, and Haddad received 44.85%. Bolsonaro’s inauguration will be held on January ...

Last week, I had many talks with various diplomats in Tehran, and, of course, one of the most discussed issues was the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi. Most were discussing the reasoning behind the murder, but everyone was especially interested in understanding why the Saudis did it in their own embassy, and why the murder was carried out in such ...

The Jamal Khashoggi case has already taken its place in history as an important link in the political geography of Islam after the Arab Spring. Public opinion is being bombarded by news reports regarding the murder. There is a ton of information and assumptions making rounds in the international press which cannot be verified nor proven false. In a case ...

Robert Mueller’s crusade against internet trolls and Russian meddlers just claimed its third victim – 28 year old internet scammer Richard Pinedo. He confessed to identity fraud and on October 10th was sentenced to 6 months in Federal prison. The courts found that Pinedo had been selling the bank account information of over 200 people, to cut corners on PayPal’s ...

The disappearance of Saudi journalist, US resident, and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Consulate General of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul and the news of his “mysterious” death have become the most discussed topic for the mainstream news outlets around the world. Mixed signals and leaked information about the butchery of Khashoggi at the Consulate General of his own ...

In a heated speech delivered in Krakow on October 6th, the ex-Polish PM turned European Council President, Donald Tusk, let loose an extremely telling admission: “Never before in my life has America been a problem for Europe. What has happened under the administration of my namesake, Donald Trump, is a new phenomenon – America is sailing away from Europe today and ...

The Khashoggi ordeal Saudi Arabia has finally recognized the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The authorities of Saudi Arabia denied their participation in Khashoggi’s disappearance for more than two weeks. He disappeared on October 2 after entering the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. “A discussion with other persons during his presence in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul led to a ...

Why Saudi Arabia will get away with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi Despite the absurdity of such allegations, there are people,  among them is US President Donald Trump, who believe the version presented by the Saudi authorities… likely not because they are actually that gullible, but because it is profitable to agree. The time and place The killing of Khashoggi ...

The US’ withdrawal from the JCPOA and declaration of a new set of sanctions has been hard to swallow for those planning Iran’s energy sector, as they had been relying on the deal as a means of revivifying Iran’s oil and gas production capacity. These new sanctions are set to be implemented against Iran’s oil and gas sector on November ...