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...
And so, the predestined Boris Johnson will take on the task of hauling Great Britain out of the EU. He himself declared this as soon as his appointment had been finalized, solemnly declaring that he will do so by the...
Boris Johnson is the new leader of the Conservative Party and, in turn, succeeds Theresa May as leader of the United Kingdom. The vote means two things: the path of the UK’s centre-right towards a sort of British-style sovereignism and...
The ex-cricketer turned Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, came into power last August, when the country was in the midst of an economic crisis. Now, he is about to meet President Trump, in a bid to continue to improve...
The United Kingdom is currently the only power directly involved in the oil tanker crisis, from the Persian Gulf to Gibraltar. A British ship has been seized by the Iranian Pasdaran, and now sits in the port of Bandar Abbas....