Foreign Policy Commitment News Today

ten people are now confirmed to have died, after a huge explosion at a petrol station in county donegal in ireland. a search operation is continuing as some people are still thought to be missing, eight people were also taken to hospital. police say the cause remains under investigation — but are describing what happened as "a tragic accident". the explosion happened at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page report...

Obviously the annexation of crimea was put in�*s foreign policy commitment in the eyes of the domestic russian audience. it was an integral sign that crimea was forever part of russia. it also reasserted russia as a power of russia in the black sea. it is also a strategic setback. they have more than 20,000 forces that are stuck in the south, they lost our success to bridges, rely on ferries, they desperately need ammunition, food and supplies from crimea. and the only alternative routes are r...