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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from his plane upon arrival at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on October 22, 2024. Nathan Howard / AFP

Blinken makes final attempt at Gaza truce on last regional visit

On the 11th visit to the region in a year since the Gaza war began, the outgoing US Secretary of State gives his last push for a ceasefire that Netanyahu was perhaps never really interested in

Con Coughlin 22, Oct 2024
Washington has finally woken up to the importance of developing this vital region, with Nigeria showing the greatest investment potential — in the trillions. Majalla

Blinken tours West Africa with eye on safeguarding maritime trade

Washington has finally woken up to the importance of developing this vital region, with Nigeria showing the greatest investment potential — in the trillions.

Mohamed Sharki 28, Jan 2024
A satellite image shows bomber in flight at northeast of Engels Air Base in Saratov, Russia, December 3, 2022. Satellite image 2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

Ukraine Appears to Show Ability to Strike Deep in Russia

A third Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike a day after Ukraine demonstrated an apparent new ability to penetrate hundreds of kilometres into Russia with attacks on two air bases. …

07, Dec 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the 77th United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. (David 'Dee' Delgado/Pool Photo via AP)

US Steps Up Diplomatic Efforts with China on Taiwan, Russia

The Biden administration on Friday ramped up its diplomatic efforts to press China to end provocative actions against Taiwan and warned it about any active support for Russia in its war against…

AP 24, Sep 2022
The Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet 145th Rescue Ship Squad's Prut class rescue tug EPRON sails in the Bosphorus, on its way to the Black Sea, in Istanbul, Turkey February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yoruk Isik

Turkey Attempts a Neutral Stance on Russia and Ukraine

The Turkish government considered the Russian military operation in Ukraine, which began on February 24, to be a "war." As a result, the transit of ships through the two straits was prohibited since…

Jiwan Soz 05, Mar 2022
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with his Israeli and Emirati counterparts, Washington D.C., October 2021

US Is Not Withdrawing from Middle East

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has made no secret of its desire to extricate the United States from the Middle East. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in an interview before taking…

Dalia Dassa Kaye 06, Dec 2021
US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken

Antony Blinken: America’s Top Diplomat has a Sharp Eye on the Middle East

Newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden has chosen his long-time aid, Anthony Blinken to serve as America's new top diplomat in his cabinet. He must still be approved by a majority of US senators…

Al Majalla - London 19, Jan 2021

Biden Cabinet Heralds Return of Centrist Wing of Democratic Party 

Although President-elect Joe Biden has yet to chart an explicit policy program or legislative agenda, as the saying goes in Washington, “personnel is policy.” Biden’s early cabinet picks signal a…

Joseph Braude 04, Dec 2020
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PKK guerrillas scan for firing positions as they conduct military exercises in the mountains of northern Iraq's Kurdish autonomous region, 18 November 2006. DAVID FURST / AFP
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What next after historic PKK decision to disband?

11 May 2025

Türkiye hailed the move to dissolve what it deems a terrorist group that claimed over 40,000 lives, but vows the fight would continue should the process collapse

Omer Onhon
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Trump's 'big' agenda in Saudi Arabia

11 May 2025

A high-powered delegation will accompany him on his first official foreign trip of his second term as US president, reflecting a diverse agenda, spanning trade, defence and geopolitics

Maher Chmaytelli
Kashmiri men react after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Srinagar May 10, 2025. REUTERS/Sharafat Ali
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A nerve-wracking ceasefire holds between India and Pakistan—for now

11 May 2025

Tensions will simmer even as they step back from full-blown war

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The Israel-Palestine 'conflict' through the lens of novelists

12 May 2025

Palestinian novelists continue to tell their stories, demanding the attention of a world that has often looked away. Meanwhile, Israeli writers grapple with existential questions and self-doubt.

Samir Qasimi
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What if the US-Iran talks fail?

05 May 2025

Trump's approach to Iran is high risk, high reward

Arash Azizi

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