The negotiations in Abu Dhabi are expected to focus on security guarantees for the postwar period, with EU representatives excluded at Russia's insistence
Three years after October 7, Israeli confidence in their government has not recovered. This requires leadership willing to answer for the past and choose a direction beyond it
The leaders of Egypt, Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea met in Alamein on Sunday, which some interpret as a formation of a loose security alliance aimed at influencing the geopolitics of the Horn of Africa
Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America
Given his close ties to the UK and Israel, the Argentine president's recent table-thumping over the strategic islands is being read by some as a bid to win voter favour ahead of next year's polls
Ali al-Zaidi vowed to disarm the country's armed militias by 30 September, but could not. Iran critics worry that it will be much harder without US troops on the ground
A power vacuum left by the US toppling of Saddam's regime gave an opening for Iran to exploit. Today, its influence in Iraq extends to the political, security and economic spheres
Before facts had been established, Netanyahu rushed to portray himself as Mr. Security with Israeli elections just weeks away. But will Israelis be convinced?
Gadi Eisenkot, who may form a government, hails from a Moroccan-Jewish family. Israel's 15 prime ministers have all had European or Russian heritage. Is it time for a change?
The former IRGC general was recently appointed as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. For the US, the danger is mistaking his prominence for a willingness to deliver concessions
From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future