German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said recently the two-state solution for Cyprus is not an option and Germany will continue to promote de-escalation of tensions on the island and the...
Last week’s visit to Damascus by His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, was another important step on the Arab road...
The hotly contested, drawn-out election of Republican Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the US House of Representatives was a triumph for Trumpism but a defeat for Trump. After 15 rounds...
King Pele has been mourned around the world not only because he and his triple crown World Cup Santos football club were widely honoured for victories on the field of...
Last week’s meeting in Moscow of the Syrian and Turkish defence ministers appears to have led to the suspension of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s threat to mount a major...
The Taliban’s decision to prohibit women from working for aid agencies operating in Afghanistan has been met by a suspension of services by CARE, Save the Children, the International Rescue...
2022 has been an “annus horribilis” for the world. The phrase, meaning a horrible year,” gained currency 30 years ago when Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II employed the term to describe...
For the first time since covid struck in 2020, the West Bank Palestinian city of Bethlehem is fully booked by pilgrims and tourists ahead of Christmas. Like the Bethlehem of...
Private Sean Rooney was the 47th soldier to die in south Lebanon, the first in 23 years, since 1978 when the Irish army was first deployed to the region on...
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has reported that 67 journalists have been killed this year as compared to 47 last year and has called on the global community to...
The author, a well-respected observer of Middle East affairs, has three books on the Arab-Israeli conflict.