Editorial Team of the online edition of Blitz

Busload of migrants dropped in front Kamala Harris’ residence

Several busloads of migrants were dropped off again in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ vice presidential residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve, leading the

FIFA’s Jack Warner funded election engineering in Trinidad

In addition to the bribery allegations, Jack Warner has been accused of failing to pay Trinidadian football players their bonus money; stealing funds for Haitian earthquake victims; allowing his son

A deeper understanding of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Ukraine and Russia are not only neighbors, but they belonged to the same political unit for most of their history. Writes Yakov M. Rabkin In February 2022, began the longest

Thai prosecutors indict Myanmar tycoon on drug charges

Allure Group (P&E) was used to “transform money gained from offenses related to drugs into commodities in the form of electricity that was exported to Myanmar,” the indictment reads. By

Banned Russian and Belarusian wood enter EU

Traders are evading European Union sanctions on Russian and Belarussian wood by declaring that it really comes from Central Asia. By Sarunas Cerniauskas, Olga Ratmirova, Kseniya Viaznikoutsava, Ales Yarashevich, and

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich had secret partnership with Kremlin

Lawyers for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich argue he should not be sanctioned because his ties to the Kremlin are weak, but new documents reveal he secretly had a years-long partnership

Family members of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

Badri Khamenei and her husband, cleric Sheikh Ali Tehrani, have been opponents of Ali Khamenei’s rule since the 1980s. Writes Ehsan Mehrabi Mojtaba Khamenei, the second son of Iran’s Supreme

Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive?

At magnitude 5.6, this earthquake was much smaller than many other earthquakes that have caused death and destruction in Indonesia over the past few decades. By Professor R. Cummins, Mudrik Rahmawan Daryono

European Parliament’s Qatar scandal shows urgent need for tighter regulations

To date, Qatar has not shown that it is hosting the World Cup to learn from the ideas of fans from liberal democracies or to moderate its highly conservative society. Writes

Iranian journalists face a war of attrition

Iranian authorities also appear intent on singling out labor reporters, in particular those with the state-run Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA), which has been dutifully covering major strikes around the country. Writes Yeganeh