Charity begins at home. Or so the old saying goes, because for Saudi Arabia, charity almost certainly begins abroad. Between 2007 and 2017, the Kingdom donated $32 billion in aid to a variety of international humanitarian and development projects, while...
In a further blow to Donald Trump’s efforts to rebuild America’s relationship with Russia and its President, Vladimir Putin, CNN has revealed that the US government extracted one of its highest-covert sources inside the Kremlin. This was confirmed by Trump...
The elections in Saxony and Brandenburg were the latest success stories of Germany’s far-right party, the AfD. And the question amongst politicians remains: how to deal with this phenomenon, that seemingly overcomes a long-standing law in German politics: there is...
In May 2019, Haaretz reported that the Israeli Finance Ministry published a controversial tender to build a new water desalination plant dubbed Soreq B. According to the publication, the new facility will be the biggest of its kind in the...
Following weeks of speculation and laborious efforts to prevent any extensive leaks to the press, President-elect Ursula von der Leyen announced the line-up of the next European Commission on Tuesday 9 September. Led for the first time ever by a...
National Security Adviser John Bolton resigned on Tuesday, upon President Trump’s request. Both men had numerous political disagreements between them, Trump stated. “I informed John Bolton last night that his White House services are no longer needed,” Donald Trump wrote...
On October 7, 2001, the United States began “Operation Enduring Freedom”, a military invasion into Afghanistan. This war in Afghanistan was prompted by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led by Al-Qaeda and its leader Osama Bin Laden, who...
Since formally establishing a diplomatic and economic relationship in the 1960s, Japan and South Korea, respectively the third and eleventh biggest economies of the world, have always had a tumultuous love-hate relationship. Both enjoyed cooperation in many areas such as...
June 24, 2012, was a day full of hope for the Muslim Brotherhood, which before was known as Egypt’s and the Arab world’s most powerful Islamist organization. On this day, a senior member of the organization was declared the winner...
In a positive development of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the two nations exchanged prisoners this past weekend. Moscow freed 35 Ukrainians including 24 sailors in exchange for an unknown number and unnamed Russians held by Ukraine. Although it...