The high-profile gathering of central bankers will put the Federal Reserve chairman's fraught relations with the president in the spotlight. Markets, policymakers and politicians will be watching.
The Syrian government now faces another defining test: it can either allow tribal mobilisation to spiral into open conflict with the SDF or reassert its leadership through de-escalation
Despite mounting global and domestic outrage over his seemingly endless war on Gaza, Israel's prime minister sees little reason to back down, given the impunity he has enjoyed thus far
The grim arithmetic of Israel's daily killings of Palestinians hasn't moved so-called "civilised" countries to stop the carnage. Meanwhile, slavery and child labour are on the rise.
The honeymoon period—characterised by unified Arab, regional, and Western backing for Damascus—seems to have ended, giving way to a phase marked by competing foreign agendas in Syria
In an age when rare earths power not just economies but warfare, these precious minerals are not just coveted but existential to countries that want to safeguard their hegemony
The humanitarian situation is worsening by the day. While a political solution is ultimately needed to address the root causes of the crisis, people's hunger cannot wait.
Many want to disarm the Iran-backed militia, but the country's Shiite leaders keep blocking moves to do so. With US pressure and growing frustration within the country, is this a moment of reckoning?
When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response
There are few examples of successful US regime-change operations in history. And without permanent ground troop presence, these wins can easily be reversed.
Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.