A university student came up with the idea in 1956, which came to fruition four years later. At the time, Fred Kahn didn't know that his idea would change the face of presidential politics in America.
Nixon was the first sitting president to resign from office, while Biden is the first sitting president in two generations to pull out of a presidential race. Both men are part of American history
In the midst of the Watergate scandal back home, Nixon needed a distraction. After years of isolation, his trip to Damascus on 15 June 1974 paved the way for future visits by US presidents.
A generation before the Gold Coast became Ghana, local photographer J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije opened a small studio in the then-colonial capital Accra, where his family would become the de facto visual…
Gadi Eisenkot, who may form a government, hails from a Moroccan-Jewish family. Israel's 15 prime ministers have all had European or Russian heritage. Is it time for a change?
The former IRGC general was recently appointed as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. For the US, the danger is mistaking his prominence for a willingness to deliver concessions
From machines that develop human emotions to societies governed by artificial intelligence, Arab novelists explore the promises and perils of a radically transformed future