(Cairo) Preparations are being made in Egypt for the reinstitution of the senate, almost nine years after it was cancelled out in the aftermath of the 2011 uprising that ended the Hosni Mubarak autocracy. The House of Deputies (parliament) is...
The grand old party of India, the Indian National Congress, which actively participated in the freedom struggle and liberated India from the British, is in a major crisis after the resignation of Rahul Gandhi as the president of the Indian...
The South China Sea has been a hotbed for aggression in recent years. The issue stems from China’s claim to the waters which border neighboring states such as Vietnam, the Philippines, and Taiwan. While these nations view the nearby waters,...
Istanbul re-elections in Turkey have resulted in the loss of the government party AKP’s candidate, the former Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. The winner, Ekrem İmamoğlu, had the campaign slogan “Herşey Çok Güzel Olacak”, meaning “Everything Will Be Very Beautiful.” After...
July 20, 1974: A large-scale Turkish military invasion in the northern part of Cyprus changes the picture of the island for once and for all. Only a small area has been initially occupied by the Turkish forces; a few weeks...
When Ursula von der Leyen was nominated for the role of European Commission president, she was pitched as a compromise candidate. Someone the various factions could get behind to end their unseemly squabbling. French leader Emmanuel Macron, a champion of...
Amendments approved recently by the Egyptian parliament to Egypt’s Civil Society Law have polarized civil society activists amid calls for granting the civil society more freedoms. The amendments, approved by the parliament on July 14, institute fines in case of...
(United Nations) The demolition of Palestinian homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem broke international law, and may amount to a war crime, Palestinian officials and human rights groups have said this week. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian...
(Cairo) Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisia’s president who died on July 25 at a military hospital in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, left his country’s political stage at a time most observers describe as “critical.” Essebsi was 92, one of the world’s...
The “Special Relationship,” between the US and UK, just might be dragging itself into a new era. The Donald (Trump) is already on the podium and Boris (Johnson) has just joined him. Iran, and the rest of us, hold our...