Naomi Schalit, The Conversation Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, after 12 weeks of growing protest against his proposed judicial reforms, said he will order a temporary halt to the changes that aimed to rein in the power of Israel’s judiciary and…
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University The fact that Saudi Arabia entered a rapprochement deal with Iran and chose China to broker it came as a surprise to many international observers. The agreement, officially called the Joint Trilateral Statement, was signed…
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Dan Arbell, American University The judicial overhaul plan of Israeli Prime Minister…
Dominic Dwyer, University of Sydney Once more, we’re talking about the origins…
(AFP) – Tens of thousands of people rallied in Paris and cities across France in solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, as President Emmanuel Macron promised swift…
(AFP) – Health officials in South Sudan on Thursday confirmed a new outbreak of polio, just months after declaring the wild version of the deadly virus eradicated in Africa’s youngest country. The health ministry…
(AFP) – Spain declared a national state of emergency Sunday to tackle a second coronavirus wave as the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a third straight day of record new infections around the world.…
(AFP) – Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara urged opponents to give up a campaign of civil disobedience during Saturday’s election when he is seeking a contested third term that critics reject as…
(AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Wednesday he had ordered a military response to an “attack” by the ruling party of the restive Tigray region on a camp housing federal…
(AFP) – About 150 people have died or remain unaccounted for in Guatemala due to mudslides caused by powerful storm Eta, which devastated an indigenous village in the country’s north, President Alejandro Giammattei said…
(AFP) – The United States left the Paris accord on Wednesday, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact, but Joe Biden vowed he would immediately return as president.…
(AFP) – Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s landslide re-election has been dismissed as a sham by the opposition and diplomats who say democracy has been dealt a crushing blow in one in all…
(AFP) – China warned the United States not to “coerce and bully” Sri Lanka ahead of a visit Tuesday to the strategically-placed island by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Pompeo is anticipated to ask Colombo…
(AFP) – Qatar stated on Friday that those chargeable for invasive gynaecological searches of passengers at Doha airport had been referred for prosecution over the “violations” following widespread outrage. Women on 10 Qatar Airways flights out…
