US President Donald Trump is preparing to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington on Wednesday, in a break with six decades of protocol that signals the importance
For Sliman Mansour (1947-2026), a gentle and generous painter of Palestinian emancipation. In January 1968, 470 delegates from seventy countries gathered in Cuba for the Cultural Congress of Havana. They arrived from
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The United States has removed Syria from its designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, granting the post-Assad government of Ahmed al-Sharaa another major vote of confidence as Washington seeks to consolidate
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An American intelligence chief would normally have every means at his disposal to travel to Moscow without being noticed. That is, after all, part of the job. John Ratcliffe, the CIA chief,
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The dispute over Gianni Infantino’s plans to bring private investors into future World Cup business has moved into a far more serious phase, with UEFA preparing the ground for potential criminal proceedings
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The International Labour Organisation (ILO), led by Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo, is seeking approval for a major reduction in its workforce as it confronts a severe liquidity crisis, with the organisation warning
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At a time when wars and humanitarian crises- from crimes in Gaza to the bitter tragedy like attacking Minab School- have reached unprecedented proportions and political mechanisms often fail to deliver peace,
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Migrant smuggling to Europe remains a lucrative illicit industry even as overall irregular migration has declined, exposing a persistent security challenge for European governments and a humanitarian danger for those attempting to
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For more than three years, Manipur has offered India a warning it can no longer afford to treat as a peripheral crisis. The northeastern state bordering Myanmar has been fractured by violence
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Francis Fukuyama remains one of the most influential political theorists of the modern era, a reputation forged in 1989, months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, when his essay “The End
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There is very little information on CIA Director Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow. Even so, there is enough information to make some observations. One reason for Ratcliffe’s visit was to warn Moscow about
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Tariq Rahman’s India visit cancellation, ambiguity over BRICS, and hard push for Hasina’s extradition are nothing more than a simple domestic position-strengthening exercise that almost every Bangladesh Prime Minister from the BNP
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Iran and Oman have restarted discussions aimed at managing traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran faces heightened economic pressure from US President Donald Trump and diplomatic efforts to end the
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The political fight over Islam in Spain is no longer confined to mosques, immigration or religious clothing. It has reached school canteens, border debates and the language of “national priority”, as political
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The United States is preparing to widen its sanctions campaign against Iran, targeting not only Tehran but the commercial networks that have allowed Iranian oil to keep reaching international markets despite years
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I’ve been all over the world and have seen both its good and sordid countries. One of the best run, most decent and honest nations I’ve seen is Canada. As George Bernard
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