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by Miceál O’Hurley WASHINGTON, D.C. — Point 1 of the U.S. Peace Plan begins with Ukraine’s sovereignty being confirmed. This is a good thing, isn’t it? Actually, no. Only Russia questions Ukraine’s...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley CHIȘINĂU — Upon her meteoric rise to lead Moldova in her 2000 landslide election victory to become President, Maia Sandu, has deftly guided Moldova on a path of reform,...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley KYIV – The decision of President Vladimir Zelenskii to terminate the Ukrainian citizenship of Metropolitan Onufry of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) came as a surprise to nobody...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley CHIȘINĂU — Moldova has reaffirmed its determination to integrate further into the European Union by narrowly passing a referendum in yesterday’s voting. With more than 99% of the votes...
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by Miceál O’Hurley ANTAYLA DIPLOMACY FORUM — After less than a week of an uncertain ceasefire between the US, Israel...
Read moreby Miceál O'Hurley UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — COP28 President His Excellency Dr. Sultan Al Jaber stunned the COP24 gathering...
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by Miceál O’Hurley SOFIA ― Two more ships were struck today by drones and missiles off the Bulgarian coast bringing...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley THE HAGUE ― The confrontation between Washington and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is more than a...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley RIYADH ― Trump’s musing that the US may enter the fray in the Saudi-Houthi conflict appears, at...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Friday’s White House announcement of an unexpected oil deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley ANTAYLA DIPLOMACY FORUM — After less than a week of an uncertain ceasefire between the US, Israel...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley TEHRAN — Indications point to the increasing likelihood the US-Iran negotiations scheduled for this Thursday will not...
Read moreby Miceál O'Hurley TEHRAN — With little hope for any outcome but an agreement to continue dialogue without the use...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley DUBLIN — Last week’s attack by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) upon His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley TEHRAN — After almost 3-weeks of mass protests demanding regime change in Iran the protests have been...
Read moreby Miceál O’Hurley COPENHAGEN — Donald Trump’s obsession with the US acquiring Greenland for what he calls “America’s security interests”...
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