The combined age of America’s two presidential candidates is 159. That is a lot of years. To show how many years that is, 159 years ago, America’s…

Since Israel’s onslaught on Gaza began in October 2023, a growing number of US government employees have resigned over the Biden administration’s…

The announcement that US-made F-16 fighter jets are to be delivered to Ukraine will provide a significant boost to the country’s air defences at a…

Saudi Arabia’s giant state-owned oil and gas company Aramco has announced the discovery of two unconventional oil fields, a reservoir of Arabian…

In 1921, at the age of 39 and 12 years before he became US President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) contracted polio. His symptoms included fevers,…

Washington, DC: The concept of humanitarian military intervention is one of NATO’s founding tenets. The policy compass has often pointed to human…

On 2 July 2024, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte calmly handed over power to his successor, the former intelligence chief Dick Schoof; he then left…

Syria’s civil war that raged for years since 2011 led millions to flee the fighting. While many sought out Europe via Turkey, neighbouring Lebanon—a…

It’s a summer of politics and football in Europe. The UEFA European Football Championship 2024 (Euros 2024) is concluding after a month of thrills,…

As the Gaza war grimly continues, it becomes increasingly clear that the conflict has shaken global geopolitics. For the US, the war has been costly…