King Charles, Trump toast ties despite Iran differences

Trump has slammed Starmer for not aiding the US in its war on Iran, but a visit by the British monarch looks to have helped smooth over recent tensions

Con Coughlin

Reviving the Maghreb Union

[caption id="attachment_55242109" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan Interior Minister Ashour Shuail arrives at the Moroccan Ministry of Interior before the Arab Maghreb Union meeting in Rabat on…

Younes Hassar

Time and Tide Wait for No Man

[caption id="attachment_55242028" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice boarding and…

James Spencer

Qaradawi’s Blunder

[caption id="attachment_55242060" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi joins the crowds on Tahrir square in Cairo on February 18, 2011. MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] …

Tam Hussein

A Complex Problem

[caption id="attachment_55242006" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian Revolutionary Guards march during a parade commemorating the 31st anniversary of Iran–Iraq War on September 22, 2011, in…

Arash Aramesh

The History Boys

[caption id="attachment_55241987" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman (C), the spiritual leader of Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya, surrounded by followers, leaves the Abu Bakr Mosque in…

Alex Walsh

What Next for Syria’s Rebels?

[caption id="attachment_55241850" align="aligncenter" width="594"] A image grab taken from a video uploaded on Youtube by Al-Qusayr Media Centre on May 24, 2013 shows smoke rising from the site of an…

Stephen Starr

Selective Democracy

[caption id="attachment_55241944" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan protesters hold placards and banners during a demonstration in support of the 'political isolation law' in Libya's landmark…

Tasbeeh Herwees

The People v. Saleh?

[caption id="attachment_55237005" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Yemen's former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, in February 2012 when he formally handed over power to his deputy. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS…

Catherine Shakdam

Getting to Geneva

[caption id="attachment_55235323" align="aligncenter" width="620"] US president Barack Obama delivers a speech on Mideast and North Africa policy in the Ben Franklin Room at the State Department on…

Andrew Bowen