Why some Germans want to repatriate their gold from the US

Where one's gold sits is not just a matter of security, prestige, or practicality; it is a matter of trust and confidence, both of which seem to be in short supply as a result of Donald Trump's polici

Toufic Chanbour

Banking On Beirut

[caption id="attachment_55243466" align="alignnone" width="620"] A Lebanese bank employee counts money at a bank in Beirut on July 21, 2009. JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images[/caption] Bankers are not…

Jenna Marangoni

Morocco and its Sun

[caption id="attachment_55243306" align="alignnone" width="620"] The sun sets behind the Moroccan flag during Throne Day Celebrations on July 30, 2006 in Rabat, Morocco. CHRIS JACKSON/Getty Images[…

Younes Hassar

Driving their own Destiny

[caption id="attachment_55243065" align="alignnone" width="620"] cars on the bridge, connecting the northern and the southern parts of Tunis, in La Goulette near Tunis. FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images[…

Mehrunisa Qayyum

As Venezuela, so Iran?

[caption id="attachment_55243022" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (C) waves alongside Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Elias Jaua (C-R) outside of the…

Andrés Cala

Borrowed Success

[caption id="attachment_55242833" align="alignnone" width="620"] Egyptian shopkeepers stand in a passageway in the souk of Khan Al-Khalili in Cairo, Egypt. (ED GILES/Getty Images)[/caption] The…

Stephen Glain

A Paltry Inheritance

[caption id="attachment_55242269" align="aligncenter" width="620"] People seen shopping outside Tehran's main bazaar on June 2, 2013 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)[/caption…

Ahmad Seyf

One Eye on the Exit

[caption id="attachment_55241856" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An Egyptian man hold a cross during a memorial march for Christians who were killed during clashes with Muslims in April, in Cairo,…

Stephen Glain

The Trouble with the B–B Axis

[caption id="attachment_55241324" align="aligncenter" width="620"] China's Jiang Jemin (L), CEO of CNPC, shakes hands with Dia Jaafar, the head of the Iraqi South Oil Company, as Iraq's oil minister…

Keily Miller

Problems in the Pipeline

[caption id="attachment_55241018" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranians work on a section of the Iran–Pakistan pipeline after the project was launched during a ceremony with presidents of Iran…

Alex Vatanka

Harvesting the Sun and Wind

[caption id="attachment_55240425" align="aligncenter" width="620"] UAE officials look from a balcony at the Shams 1 concentrated solar power plant on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, on March 17, 2013,…

Andrés Cala