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Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi delivers speech at the Imam Reza shrine in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, on June 22, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

What Raisi’s Presidency Means for the Region

In his first statement as Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi rejected the possibility of meeting with US president Joe Biden, or even negotiating Iran’s…

Hanin Ghaddar 25 June , 2021
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at the inauguration of the newly remodeled Meskel Square on June 13, 2021 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Getty)
Politics

Islamizing the Nile River Conflict

The Ethiopian government is purposefully involving religious rhetoric into justifying its technical dispute over the Nile River with Egypt and Sudan…

Dalia Ziada 25 June , 2021
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) attends a meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh (R) at the Marriott Hotel in Berlin, Germany, on June 24, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

Foreign Troops Exit, Elections Call for Libya

The Berlin 2 Conference held on June 23 discusses Libya’s political process and the Dec. 24 elections, with the participation of international actors…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 25 June , 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the conflict in the Middle East from Cross- Hall of the White House on May 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Getty)
Politics

Biden Can Keep the Two-State Solution Alive

President Joe Biden and his team came into office understandably hoping to deprioritize the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. They saw Washington-led…

Ilan Goldenberg 25 June , 2021
Israel's incoming Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked (behind) walks past (R to L) incoming Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, as Bennet gives an address before the new cabinet at the Knesset on June 13, 2021. (Getty)
Politics

New Israeli Govt. Faces Difficult Internal, External Challenges

The Flag March that took place in the Old City of Jerusalem, less than 48 hours after the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) approved the new Bennett…

Amal Shahada 25 June , 2021
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of a drug to treat Alzheimer's disease. But multimodal therapies could be the best way to treat it.(TNS)
Science & Technology

The key to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease May Not Be a Drug

My personal journey with Alzheimer’s began in 2005 when my wife, Valerie, received her diagnosis with this terrible disease, one that robs the…

Leroy Hood 23 June , 2021
Enrique Tarrio, center, leader of the Proud Boys, uses a megaphone while counter-protesting people gathered at the Torch of Friendship to commemorate the one year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2021 in Miami, Florida.(TNS)
Culture & Social Affairs

How ‘Freedom of Speech’ is Weaponized to Fight Anti-Racism

Anti-racism is now routinely framed as a threat to freedom of speech, but the tactic is not new. In 1965, William F. Buckley Jr. argued in a…

Gavan Titley 22 June , 2021
Original clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines were to win emergency use approval. Follow-up study has been less than systematic. (TNS)
Science & Technology

Blood Clots Aren't the Only Vaccine Side Effects Worth Studying

One can hardly blame people for being worried about the new COVID-19 vaccines when there are so many anecdotal reports of weird side effects —…

Faye Flam 21 June , 2021
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Culture & Social Affairs

“Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said”

This American book, and many of the major American comments about it, seem to still have not figured out the real Edward Said. The deeply rooted…

Mohammad Ali Salih 21 June , 2021
A person scans a QR code at a bitcoin ATM on June 16, 2021 in Chiltuipan, El Salvador. Playa El Zonte has been named as the Bitcoin capital, around 500 families promote the use of the cryptocurrency to help the economy of a place with poverty issues. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Bitcoin from Terrorism to El Salvador

World Bank has rejected El Salvador’s decision to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, noting that it would have dire economic consequences. It refused to…

Hala Ahmed Nasr 21 June , 2021
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, on 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
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The Palestinian flag in France: from student activism to social unrest 

23, Oct 2026

Once a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, it is now being used by different groups to advance their own grievances and agendas

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Ukranian Minister for Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba listens to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General during the alliance's 75th anniversary at the NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 4 April 2024. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
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