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A protester makes a gesture during a protest on June 12, 2019 in Hong Kong China. (Getty)
Politics

Hong Kong’s Muzzled Generation Cries Out

As cars idled bumper to bumper on one of Hong Kong’s busiest highways, a gaggle of young people clad in black darted into traffic. Cars swerved…

Suzanne Sataline 05 July , 2019
Left to Right: Abiy, Lourenço, Ramaphosa, Tshisekedi, and Buhari. (Reuters)
Politics

Africa’s Democratic Moment?

In the 60-plus years since the countries of sub-Saharan Africa started becoming independent, democracy there has advanced unevenly. During the…

Judd Devermont and Jon Temin 05 July , 2019
President Omar Hassan el-Bashir speaks as Sudanese warriors participate in a rally for him February 28, 1992 in Ed Daein, Sudan. (Getty)
Politics

Bashir’s Coup 30 Years On

On June 30, 1989, a military junta led by Colonel Omar Al-Bashir removed the democratically elected Sudanese government headed by Prime Minister…

Ali El Shamy 05 July , 2019
A picture obtained by AFP from Iranian News Agency ISNA on June 13, 2019 shows fire and smoke billowing from Norwegian owned Front Altair tanker attacked in the waters of the Gulf of Oman. (Getty)
Politics

The U.S. and Iran Are Marching Toward War

With each passing day,the United StatesandIrandraw each other deeper into conflict. So far, they have stopped short of war. But the likelihood of…

Afshon Ostovar 05 July , 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order imposing new sanctions on Iran in the Oval Office at the White House on June 24, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty)
Politics

U.S. and Israel Prepare for Intensified Conflict with Iran

As elevated tensions between the U.S. and Iran enter their second consecutive month, American policymakers have been joined by their Israeli…

Joseph Braude 05 July , 2019
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (R) delivers a statement, flanked by European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne) on April 2, 2015. (Getty)
Politics

Does Iran Want a Confrontation?

Iran has announced on Monday that it has surpassed the limit of low-enriched uranium it could stockpile under the 2015 nuclear agreement. Although it…

Hanin Ghaddar 05 July , 2019

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An older sister holds the hand of her younger one as they participate in the Procession of the Feast of God (Precession de la Fete Dieu) to mark the celebration of Corpus Christi, in Port-au-Prince, on June 20, 2019. (Getty)

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A jeweller counts stacks of Sudanese twenty pound bills at a shop in the capital Khartoum's gold market in its downtown district on June 20, 2019. (Getty)

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Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales tours the set of the 25th James Bond Film at Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, west of London, on June 20, 2019. (Gettu_

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Devotees covered in mud and dried banana leaves take part in the Taong Putik ("mud people") Festival on June 24, 2019 in the village of Bibiclat in Aliaga town, Nueva Ecija province, (Getty)

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Martin Shucory is seen engulfed in confetti as Maryam Rajav, the President-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, speaks via video feed at a rally outside of the U.S. State Department in support of regime change in Iran on June 21, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty)

English prime minister William Ewart Gladstone (1809 - 1898) delivering his last speech in the House of Commons, London. (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

How Should a Liberal Be?

Bagehot: The Life andTimesof the Greatest Victorian.James Grant. Norton, 2019. 368pp. InJames Grant, it sometimes seems, the nineteenth…

Sebastian Mallaby 30 June , 2019
Ahmed Aboul Gheit
Politics

Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Early Life and Education Ahmed Aboul Gheit was born on June 12, 1942 in Masr El Gedida, Cairo, Egypt. In 1962, he graduated…

Moncef al-Mazghany 28 June , 2019
People visit the Huawei stand during day one of the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on June 11, 2019 in Shanghai, China. 2019 CES Asia is held on June 11-13 in Shanghai. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Why Blacklisting Huawei Could Backfire

Last spring, when theU.S. Department of Commerceadded the Chinese telecommunications companyZTEto a trade backlist, effectively severingZTEfrom its…

Lorand Laskai 28 June , 2019
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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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