Aid workers’ deaths may well be a turning point in the Gaza war
The killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza is seen as the tipping point for humanitarian aid after six months of a war that has ...
Paul Alexander dies at the age of 78 : Story of 'Man in the iron lung'
The polio survivor known as "the man in the iron lung" has died at the age of 78. Paul Alexander contracted polio in 1952 when he was six, ...
Ending the war in Gaza is essential for regional security
The Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers this week held several meetings in Riyadh with their counterparts from Egypt, Jordan and Morocco tha ...
UN Palestinian ambassador urges action following Gaza aid truck deaths
The Palestinian ambassador to the UN on Thursday pleaded for the Security Council to condemn the deaths of dozens in Gaza after Israeli forces open ...
Lebanon’s very existence imperiled by this escalating war of egos
Intensifying regional conflict is being fueled by a raging war of words as extremist Israeli leaders relentlessly beat the drums of war against Leb ...
Maintaining Red Sea security is a regional and international necessity
The conflicts and security tensions the Red Sea region is currently experiencing are casting shadows on global security, politics, and economics. T ...
Biden’s age could ultimately decide the outcome of the US presidential election
One sentence in Special Prosecutor Robert Hur’s report last week caused panic when it came to US President Joe Biden’s campaign for ree ...
Past performance suggests S&P 500 has further to go after record high
Wall Street’s S&P 500 index is likely to set new highs and deliver double-digit returns in the coming months after racking up records so ...
How US Republicans’ Iran policies compare to their rhetoric
The US decision to hit multiple targets in Iraq and Syria in recent days, following an attack on US soldiers in Jordan that killed three troops, re ...
Democrats risk pushing business community into Trump camp
During any presidential election year in the US, one wonders how candidates will handle their policies, whether related to security, the economy or ...
Don’t sacrifice workers at the altar of AI
It seems likely that the buzz phrase for 2024 is going to be “generative artificial intelligence.” Since March last year, when ChatGPT- ...
Britain responds to Gaza’s suffering by criminalizing support for Palestinians
The land of Magna Carta is organizing a bonfire of human rights and fundamental freedoms, with measures to criminalize support for Palestine and se ...
Houthi anarchy in the Red Sea must be halted now
For several weeks now the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in Yemen have been attacking commercial shipping and international warships in the Red Sea. ...
Gaza: What went wrong and how to fix it
As we reflect on some of the tragic events of 2023 and how they could have been averted, one cannot help but remember a quote by the late British P ...
Who was Saleh al-Arouri, the senior Hamas leader killed in Beirut?
The Hamas deputy, who the group said had been killed, helped usher in closer ties with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia and was accused of masterm ...
Gazans "Hopes" new year can bring peace after 'wreckage'
As they turn from a year that could barely have brought more bitter hardship after 12 weeks of a pulverising Israeli assault, people in Gaza have l ...
Growing public support for Palestinians will play decisive role in US elections
US politics cannot be judged by its growing distortions and hypocrisies. Despite the media blackout on pro-Palestinian coverage and excessive exagg ...
Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber
Butter and milk shortages. Political party boycotts. Ongoing prosecutions of the president’s critics. This is the environment in whic ...