Profiles

Ali Larijani has a pragmatic temperament—but a worldview shaped by the system he now leads.

Iran's assassinated Supreme Leader fought till his last breath for what many saw as a failed cause

A clerical member of the Guardian Council, he was selected to serve on the Leadership Council along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei

The activist and civil-rights leader died on February 17th, aged 84

The six-time Grammy Award-winner ruffled MAGA feathers during his Super Bowl performance by singing entirely in Spanish, which, to some, was seen as an affront to 'American' identity

Her appointment as president of Meta signals a strategic turn away from product-centric leadership towards the management of power, capital, and geopolitics

As US monetary policy enters a new phase and amid White House pressure for the Fed to lower interest rates, a trusted Wall Street insider with government experience has been asked to step up

The White House deputy chief of staff for policy has backed violent ICE raids, cheered Maduro's seizure, and supported Trump's bid to 'take' Greenland

Trump made no secret of his desire for the US to 'own' Greenland and has threatened to take over the frigid Arctic island 'the easy way or the hard way', but its people do not want to become American

Responsibility for the enclave's reconstruction has been placed in the hands of an experienced civil engineer native to Gaza