Syria, by no means, has been a stranger to illicit activity. For years—long before the advent of Syria’s civil war—its borders have played host to…

Last week, Israel carried out a series of air strikes across Lebanon, targeting over ten branches of al-Qard al-Hasan—a financial institution…

A fence separates two cities—both called Nogales—on opposite sides of the border that separates the United States and Mexico. But the disparity in…

While under the influence of the cheap but addictive drug Astrox, a 12-year-old boy who was with his father and doctor took a piece of glass and cut…

UN rights chief Volker Turk has described the horror unfolding in the north of Gaza as the “darkest moment” of Israel's war on Gaza, warning Friday…

The Nobel Prize for Literature is rich with remarkable anecdotes. One of the most notable is the story of Russian writer Boris Pasternak, who in 1958…

Lebanon’s first cabinet was formed on 26 May 1926, headed by a prominent Christian statesman named Auguste Adib Pasha. Back then, the premiership was…

Russian President Vladimir Putin caught the headlines this week as he hosted the leaders of 36 other nations at this year’s BRICS summit, held in…

Every day, the combatants set aside their weapons and assumed their positions in the trenches for a siesta. This being Yemen, that siesta affords the…

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the main preoccupation of world leaders has been to prevent the conflict from escalating into a…