Category: USA
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Senator Robert Menendez Faces a New Federal Investigation
The inquiry comes five years after the Justice Department dropped its corruption case against Mr. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat. Five years after standing trial on corruption charges, Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey is again being scrutinized by federal authorities, an adviser said Wednesday. “Senator Menendez is aware of an investigation,” said Michael Soliman, […]
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Assad has won 4th term, what’s next?
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was re-elected for the 4th term in office with 95.1% of the votes. According to Assad’s government, the election results proved Syria is functioning normally. This will extend his rule over a country despite harsh criticism from the United States, Germany, Italy, France and Turkey as well as Assad’s opponents in […]
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U.S. military officials are interested in further presence in Afghanistan due to luring contracts
Despite the recent Trump’s call to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, Pentagon and CIA are interested in further presence in the Islamic Republic. One of the pillars to hold U.S. military in the region is the financial benefits from luring government contracts aimed at financial support of Afghanistan. For almost over 2 decades Washington has […]
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USAID increases its presence in Central Asia amid the COVID-19 pandemic to foster its influence
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is increasing investments and support of the economy and social sphere in Uzbekistan through various economic, trade, healthcare and social projects. Only for the year of 2019 USAID invested over $10 million in Uzbekistan’s private sector for establishment of new orchards, installation of water saving technologies marketing, and branding to meet […]
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Trump’s Afghanistan Strategy Unveils US Stronger Ties with Tajikistan
The United States continue expanding their presence in the Central Asia as part of the program «The Great Central Asia». As President Trump announced his new policy on Afghanistan earlier this week, the US Administration have started looking towards Tajikistan, the key region on the Central Asia which has a longer border with Afghanistan. Boosted […]