For most policy-makers and pundits, the Middle East has long been a tinderbox. American presidents in the past feared a US-Soviet confrontation in…
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For most policy-makers and pundits, the Middle East has long been a tinderbox. American presidents in the past feared a US-Soviet confrontation in…
Russian honour guards march during the military parade at Red Square in Moscow on November 7, 2018. (Getty)
A voter observes the counting proceedings at a polling station in Antananarivo, on November 7, 2018 at the end of the first round of the presidential elections. - Madagascar went to the polls on November 7, 2018 to elect a new president, with a packed field of candidates led by three former heads of state pitching their ideas for ending a political crisis and boosting the economy. (Getty)
A young child holds posters of Cameroonian President Paul Biya on a wall in Yaoundé on November 6, 2018. - Cameroon's 85-year-old President Paul Biya vowed November 6, 2018. (Getty)
A priestess lies on the floor and spits water on two eggs during the purification ceremony of the place of the Abissa, at the occasion of the Abissa annual festival, a ceremony of reconciliation and forgiveness of the N'Zima Kotoko people, in Grand-Bassam, on November 7, 2018. (Getty)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a midterm election night party hosted by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee November 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Getty)
Illustration by Ali al-Mandalawi Trabelsi was born in the Tunisian Djerba Island, which is situated in the…
Chinese PresidentXi Jinpingwill go to the G-20 Summit inBuenos Airesat the end of November with one thing on his mind: defusing the trade war withthe…
As the head of the country’s biggest political party for eighteen years, and its chancellor for twelve,Angela Merkelhas done more to shape…
Earlier this month,Geir Pedersen, Norway’s ambassador toChinaand a former permanent representative to theUnited Nations, was appointed special envoy…
Former Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor: Democratic-led Congress Unlikely to Make Drastic Changes in Policy…
The Republican Party might have lost the US House of Representatives in midterm elections to Democrats, but the US Senate – the legislative arm that…
On Monday 5 November, the United States completed its full snapback oil and financial sanctions on Iran, the heaviest economic pressure ever applied…
A cycling fan passes on October 30, 2018 near the Yako village, near Ouahigouya, northen Burikna Faso, after taking part in the 5th stage of the Burkina Faso's cycling tour. (Getty)
A woman walks past military trucks lined up along the main boulevard on October 29, 2018 in Kinshasa. - The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) have given 150 military trucks, 5 helicopters and 11 airplanes to the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) for logistical help during elections, which are scheduled to take place on December 23, 2018. (Getty)
Some of the thousands of Central American migrants rest after arriving into the small town of Santiago Niltepec on October 29, 2018 in Santiago Niltepec, Mexico. Following a break on Sunday, the migrants, many of them fleeing violence in their home countries, resumed their march towards the United States border. (Getty)
A university student shouts slogans, while taking part in a demonstration in demand of budget increase for the Colombian tertiary education in Medellin, Colombia, on October 31, 2018. (Getty)
A dog and its owner in costume are seen during the 28th Annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade at the East River Park Amphitheatre in New York on October 27, 2018. (Getty)
Vets check a baby siamang, or black-furred gibbon, rescued from a villager, at the local nature conservation agency's office in Banda Aceh, Aceh province on November 1, 2018. (Getty)