The American CIA director's visit looks to be a desperate attempt by the Trump administration to avert a doomsday scenario in which NATO is pulled into a larger war with Russia

The acclaimed novelist from Liechtenstein tells Al Majalla what drives him as a writer and why Scotland holds a special place in both his heart and literary works

Ukrainian attacks are putting pressure on Russian exports, while Moscow strikes at Odesa's grain-shipping capacity

'Plomb' is a dark, unsettling debut novel by the French writer that explains violence in language, body and consciousness

Brussels has finally agreed a raft of measures aimed at sectors that Beijing no longer considers to be its strategic industries

Where social media offers magic solutions, the real world delivers slammed doors

The abrupt crossing of some 60,000 Moroccan migrants into Spain has thrown the Schengen's future into question, even though most have already returned home

Weaving together oral testimony, family memoir, and fiction, the writer seeks to preserve truth in the face of propaganda and political upheaval

The French far-right leader was convicted of embezzlement, but her prison sentence was suspended, and she is allowed to run next year. Opponents are busy reconfiguring their strategies