On March 19th, Kazakhstan’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, resigned after having spent almost 30 years as the country’s leader. Under the Soviet rule, he first served as the chairman of the…

1 - Abdelaziz Bouteflika was born on March 2, 1937. Some biographers say Bouteflika was born in Tlemcen, western Algeria, and others give his place of birth as Oujda, just over the…

It was long believed that politicians who utilized their cults of personality were authoritarian autocrats, such as Hugo Chavez of Venezuela or Mao Zedong of China. However, in recent years we have…

British Prime MinisterTheresa May had hoped that the third time would do the trick. After failing twice to get her withdrawal agreement with the EU throughParliament, she was gearing up for a fresh…

Less than two months ahead of elections to theEuropean Parliament, the body’s largest party is in disarray. The European People’s Party (EPP), a center-right, pro-EU alliance of more than 40 national…

Baku- On March 19, Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev said he had taken the decision to resign as president while affirming that he would remain head of the Security Council and of the ruling…

On the morning ofSunday, March 10, thousands of people gathered in the center ofMoscowto protest proposed new legislation cracking down on Internet freedom. They waved placards saying “Save the…

Although the first Democratic primary debate is still two months away and the Iowa caucus nearly a year off, the main outlines of the Democratic party’s field are slowly coming into view. These…

Kurdistan was erased from the world's maps after World War I when the victorious powers drew up the borders of the modern Middle East, denying the Kurds a nation-state despite being the region’s…

According to Iranian regime officials selling organs has become an everyday occurrence. However, there’s more to this story than meets the eye and documentary filmmaker Nima Sarvestani can attest to…