Keep your eyes on the Bab el-Mandeb, or Strait of Tears, the narrow strait at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula. Twenty-five percent of the world’s container shipping passes through this vital
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U.S. President Donald Trump used a nationally televised address on Thursday evening to revive his longstanding claims that the 2020 presidential election was compromised, announcing the declassification of intelligence documents that he
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In the shadow of Raqqa’s former municipal stadium, once transformed by the Islamic State into a detention, torture and execution center, children from communities divided by nearly 14 years of war now
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After Miami-based firm Affinity Partners secured their first building permit for major developments on Albania’s coast on April 29, outrage in the small Balkan country has steadily grown. Within weeks, a video of a
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In 2015, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published a paper by the influential economist Robert H. Wade titled ‘The Role of Industrial Policy in Developing Countries’. Wade argued
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Former Inspector General of Police C.D. Wickramaratne has been found dead at his residence in Athurugiriya in what has been reported as a suspected suicide, according to sources. Reports indicate that the
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The fragile pause in fighting has opened the way for thousands of displaced Lebanese to return to the country’s southern border region, but the homecoming has unfolded in landscapes marked by destruction
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The evening of July 15, 2016, began like any other summer Friday in Istanbul. Traffic flowed across the Bosphorus bridges as commuters headed home, residents made their way into the city’s nightlife,
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A sweeping international investigation has provided the most detailed account to date of how Morocco’s security apparatus allegedly built an extensive domestic and international surveillance network using Pegasus, the powerful spyware developed
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As technological innovation continues to reshape societies and globalization transforms economies, one of Germany’s leading newspapers has turned its attention to an unlikely source for understanding the present: Homer’s Odyssey. In an
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A criminal conviction could initially strengthen Marine Le Pen’s political support before ultimately limiting her electoral prospects, according to Harvard political scientist Andrew O’Donohue, who says legal action against populist leaders presents
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A deeply personal essay published by Die Zeit examines how a series of widely reported sexual abuse and violence cases has transformed one mother’s perception of safety, trust and parenting. Drawing on
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Europe’s automotive industry could lose as many as 726,000 jobs by 2040 unless measures are taken to strengthen key technologies, according to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (Fraunhofer
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