“This is extremely encouraging, given the size of Indonesia and its influence in Asia and beyond,” IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff said. Indonesia is the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country.

"I will ensure that outside pressures – political, legal, and others – stop with me and do not reach the gates of the IDF (Israel Defence Forces)," Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said at the appointment ceremony for the new IDF top general, Herzi Halevi.

The only democratic process for a constitution that could produce total legitimacy is to have a proper referendum in which every citizen should participate and have their voice heard.

The goal of both Russia and the West is likely to be a stalemate between calculated or limited escalation and all-out war.

Brazil's new leader is playing the ambiguity game, but knows he owes his political survival to Iran, Turkey’s Erdogan and Venezuela's Maduro.