On 2 March 1977, just nine days before his assassination, Lebanese politician and leader of the National Movement (NM) Kamal Jumblatt addressed a…

Two-thirds of the way into a trilogy covering the widespread rights abuses of Brazil’s darkest chapter, Henrique Schneider says he wants to highlight…

Every year, religiously-observant Jews commemorate Tisha b’Av, the date associated with the destruction of the Temple Mount 2,000 years ago by the…

Of all the 21st century’s wars, Sudan’s civil war is among the most vicious. More than 150,000 have been killed and 13 million displaced since April…

A few days after Iranian officials rejected the Lebanese government’s decision to disarm Hezbollah, Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme…

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The Arab Gulf is stepping into a pivotal role in global energy markets—not just as a swing oil supplier, but as a gas powerhouse. With production…

When James Gunn rebooted Superman, one of his key innovations was to situate the Man of Steel within a “tribe”—a fellowship of migrants and outsiders…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attachment to a vision of a ‘Greater Israel,’ as evidenced in a recent interview, should be a wake-up…