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

EU Romance Rekindled

[caption id="attachment_55238863" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Egemen Bağış poses in his Ankara office on February 18 2013. Source: ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images[/caption…

Hugh Pope

My Father the Revolutionary

[caption id="attachment_55238823" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Mehdi Karroubi at a press conference in Tehran on June 9, 2009 (AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]A few days after the downfall of Hosni…

Farahmand Alipoor

Ring the Changes

[caption id="attachment_55238822" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kholoud Succariyeh (R) and Nidal Darwish, who got married in defiance of Lebanon’s ban on civil unions, pose for a picture next to…

Diana Rhayem

Déjà Vu in Cairo

[caption id="attachment_55238795" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Egyptian Salafists shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the implementation of the Shari'a (Islamic law) in Cairo’s Tahrir…

Mehdi Khalaji

Iranian Argo, Coming Soon

[caption id="attachment_55238763" align="alignnone" width="620"] Affleck's Iran hostage drama “Argo” won the coveted Best Picture Oscar late Sunday. Source: ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images[…

Mohammad Abdi

An Enduring Stalemate

[caption id="attachment_55238750" align="aligncenter" width="620"] World powers and Iran's representatives sit at a table during talks on Iran's nuclear programme in the Kazakh city of Almaty on…

Alex Edwards

Washington’s Amnesia

[caption id="attachment_55238664" align="alignnone" width="620"] A young Syrian protester holds a sign calling for a no-fly zone during a demonstration in support of the Free Syrian Army near the…

Caryle Murphy

A Kurdish Mold for the Tuareg

[caption id="attachment_55238607" align="alignnone" width="620"] Malian Tuareg soldiers patrol in the streets of Gao on February 3. Source: 2013SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images[/caption]Recently, the…

Miguel Nunes Silva

Strings Attached

[caption id="attachment_55238430" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Palestinians hold placards bearing anti- US and USAID slogans during a protest against US policies in the West Bank city of Ramallah…

Stephen Glain

Accountability in Syria

[caption id="attachment_55238461" align="alignnone" width="620"] UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks on September 17, 2012 before a session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. …

James Denselow