Three months after his ouster, Omar al Bashir, the embattled former leader of Sudan, is currently awaiting trial in Khartoum on charges relating to corruption. But the move has done very little to mollify the civilians who were the instigators...
Stories of White House in-fighting among Trump administration officials regularly trickled out as staff come and go. Often these narratives shed some light on why U.S. President Donald Trump cannot maintain a cohesive staff. Personality conflicts and policy disagreements are...
“Whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey,” noted president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan not so long ago. Words he’ll live to regret, if ever they come true. The city of his birth, his political awakening and his ascent to power is – after...
For some years now, poverty and human development have complicated the precise ranking of India in terms of the “four worlds” geopolitical archetype. With regards to population, the country carries the second largest national community, dwarfed only by the population...
(United Nations) Against the backdrop of a deepening political crisis in Sudan, the United Nations Security Council on Thursday agreed to delay a drawdown of UN peacekeepers from the country’s troubled western province of Darfur. The UN’s top body had...
(Cairo) Egypt’s worries are mounting, following attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman earlier this month, as well as growing tensions in Yemen, near the restive Arab state’s Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.. This is...
US businesses could be the next victim in the conflict between Washington and Tehran, according to a Washington Post report. With both sides unwilling to let the dispute dissolve into traditional warfare, they’ve turned to cyberspace to target infrastructure. The...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering the possibility of cancelling a planned September election. During April’s election, his party tied Benny Gantz’ Blue and White Party with each holding 35 seats. However, Netanyahu is part of a right-wing coalition...
On 12th June, headlines around the world covered a historically important subject – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Iran. Seeking to ease tensions between the United States and Iran, the visit to Tehran was considered peculiar, since it...
“When we pass reforms we have to go through death valley,” said France’s Emmanuel Macron earlier this month. A frank take – if a little melodramatic – on his government’s woes of late. Given the size and ferocity of the...