As elevated tensions between the U.S. and Iran enter their second consecutive month, American policymakers have been joined by their Israeli counterparts in outlining preparations for an…

Iran has announced on Monday that it has surpassed the limit of low-enriched uranium it could stockpile under the 2015 nuclear agreement. Although it this is technically not a major escalation, its…

Early Life and Education Ahmed Aboul Gheit was born on June 12, 1942 in Masr El Gedida, Cairo, Egypt. In 1962, he graduated from Ain Shams University with a bachelor’s…

InJuly 2017, Austria’s then vice chancellor and leader of the right-wing populistFreedom Party(FPÖ),Heinz-Christian Strache, spent a vodka-and–Red Bull–fueled night on the Spanish island of Ibiza…

U.S.PresidentDonald Trump’sefforts to liberateVenezuelafrom Nicolás Maduro’s regime have stalled, despite some unusually favorable circumstances, including a spectacularly incompetent government…

President Trump surprised many in Washington and internationally when he abstained from responding militarily to Iranian attacks in international waters — but a more quiet American counterattack of…

The two remaining contenders to replace Theresa May as Conservative party leader and, by extension, British prime minister - Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt - must now prove that they can succeed where…

Christened Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, he is known to the British public simply as “Boris”. Recognised by his trademark blonde, ruffled hair and famous for his record of gaffes…

Spain’s acting prime minister,Pedro Sánchez, recently announced that his center-left Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) would seek to form a minority government in cooperation with the far-left…

Ten years ago today, shortly after Iran’s presidential election onJune 14, 2009, millions of people took to the streets ofTehranchanting, “Where is my vote?” The protests that came to be known as…