The initiative runs alongside an agreed budget and political discussions on power-sharing facilitated by an American envoy, but Washington is concerned about the presence of foreign fighters
“Omnishambles”—that wonderful British neologism first coined in theBBCpolitical satire The Thick of It—is the best way to describe the current British political situation. Pretty much all British…
OnTuesday, December 11, just before8 PM, a lone attacker, Cherif Chekatt, armed with a handgun and a knife, killed five people and injured a dozen others who were visiting the famous Christmas market…
The Iranian government over the past week has suffered new losses in the court of international public opinion, ranging from legal action arising from its crude exports to Latin America to…
Almost 2,000 journalists descended onHamburglast week to witness a spectacle not seen since 1971: an open competition for the leadership of Germany’s most successful political party. The 1,001…
A few days after Israel launched an open-ended operation “Northern Shield” to expose and thwart tunnels built by Hezbollah aimed at infiltrating Israel, The United Nations Security Council decided to…
In August, former Indian Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayeedied at the age of 93. India’s first prime minister from theBharatiya Janata Party(BJP), Vajpayee is often held up as an exemplar of…
TheEuropean Unionhas always struggled to accommodate the democratic politics of its members. The problem became serious in 1999, with the creation of a currency union without an accompanying…
No one who ever assumed the presidency was more prepared for the job than George H.W. Bush.He had been the head of our mission to China, ambassador to the United Nations, Director of the Central…
While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting
Closing the Strait of Hormuz has shown how the Gulf should shift from an oil-export model to a digital and distribution hub. Will this trigger the long-delayed free trade agreement with China?
Building on the ten-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump, time will tell if these talks are a one-off or the beginning of a different path for Lebanon.
Egyptian heritage researcher Haytham Abu Zayd sheds light on how the art form grew, excelled, and then declined over the years and ends by offering a path to revival