Emmanuel Macron won the 2017 French Presidential Election because he was portrayed as a sensible alternative to the left and the right. But many French citizens now perceive him as out of touch with the average person. Some have dubbed...
(Cairo) Speculation is rife in Ethiopia, following a reported coup and an attempt to control the northern state of Amhara, a bubbling pot of ethnic dissent against Addis Ababa. Five people, including senior officials, were killed on June 22, when...
Kim Jong-Un has announced that he received an “excellent” personal letter from Donald Trump. The North Korean newspaper that published the news, Rodong, furnished the article with a picture of the North Korean president, preoccupied with reading the letter. This...
A new day begins in Turkey, as President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party lost the Istanbul mayoral election for the second time this year. After the March 31 election resulted in 48.8 percent in favor of Ekrem Imamoglu versus 45.55 percent...
Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first trip to North Korea last week, marking the first time in 14 years that a Chinese head of state has made the trip. Xi previously had met with Kim Jong Un’s father, the...
Hopes for peace between the US and North Korea have been revived after the latter’s leader, Kim Jong Un, said he will ‘seriously contemplate the interesting content’ of an ‘excellent’ letter sent to him by Donald Trump. Korean Central News...
Iranian relations with the West — in particular with Britain and the United States — have been historically rocky since the discovery and exploitation of Iranian oil. To properly understand the resentment against Western ideals and interference, it’s imperative to...
(Cairo) The Arab League has finally stepped into the Sudanese crisis, after a long silence and absence. Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul Gheit paid a visit to Sudanese capital, Khartoum on June 16, hoping to turn his pan-Arab organization into...
Jacline Mouraud sits before her computer screen, recording a video message to post to her handful of Facebook friends. “I have two little things to say to Mr Macron and his government. When will this attack on drivers end that...
(Algiers) On Wednesday, June 12, a motorcade reportedly carrying Algeria’s former head of government, Ahmed Ouyahia, rushed through El Harrach in the suburbs of Algiers. Images of the escort were repeatedly broadcast on television that day, shared by thousands on...