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Ballots for the U.S. midterm elections are counted with a machine at the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

U.S. Senate Up for Grabs as Republicans Move Toward House Majority

Republicans edged closer on Thursday to securing a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives while control of the Senate hinged on a few tight races, two days after Democrats staved off an…

10 November 2022
Voters fill out ballots at a polling station during the 2022 U.S. midterm election in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 8, 2022. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Control of Congress - and Biden's Power - On The Ballot in U.S. Midterms

Americans on Tuesday cast the final ballots in U.S. midterm elections that will determine whether Democrats lose control of Congress, and with it the ability to push forward on President Joe Biden's…

08 November 2022
A man arranges produce at Best World Supermarket in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger

No-Boom, No-Bust Economy Dogs Democrats in U.S. Midterm Elections

Household cash is near record levels in the United States, and consumers are using it to pack restaurants and airplanes and buy new cars. Jobs are there for the taking. Net worth is 30% higher than…

07 November 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One upon departure from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., to campaign in New Mexico and California, November 3, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Biden Promotes Student Loan Forgiveness As Midterms Close In

U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to the western United States on Thursday as part of his final major campaign swing ahead of midterm elections that the White House seeks to turn into a referendum on…

03 November 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after receiving an updated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, onstage in an auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S. October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Bleak Sign Ahead for Democrats in Decisive Midterms

It is two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections that are taking place on Tuesday, 8 November 2022, in which all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate will…

Suzan Quitaz 28 October 2022
U.S. President Joe Biden and Jill Biden host former U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama for the unveiling of their official White House portraits in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., September, 7, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Democrats Turn to Obama for Midterm Miracle, or at Least to Stem the Bleeding

Less than two weeks before the U.S. midterm elections, with Democrats on verge of losing their razor-thin majority in Congress, the party is asking former President Barack Obama to perform some late…

27 October 2022

Women and Diversity Win Big in Historic Midterms

Much has been made of the historic firsts the election brought for Congress, with Muslims, Native Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans and African-Americans winning key races along with more than 100…

Jaweed Kaleem 09 November 2018
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
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Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
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Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
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Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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