Tag: Politics and Government
Photos: A Road Trip Through Syria After the Fall of Bashar...
After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new Syria is rising from the disastrous legacy of...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Planning for His Possible Assassination, Picks Successors
Wary of assassination, Iran’s supreme leader mostly speaks with his commanders through a trusted aide now, suspending electronic communications to make it harder...
Israel Says It Recovered the Remains of Two Hostages in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said on Wednesday that the military and security forces had recovered the remains of two Israeli hostages...
A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice
It was established by Syria’s fledgling government to restore calm in a country fractured by roughly 14 years of civil war. Instead, the...
Tusk Government Wins Confidence Vote in Poland
Poland’s centrist government won a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday, averting political turmoil for the biggest country on the European Union’s eastern...
Mike Huckabee, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Questions Palestinian State Policy
The American ambassador to Israel has said that it should be up to “Muslim countries” to build a Palestinian state on their territory...
Hong Kong Bans Taiwanese Video Game for Promoting ‘Armed Revolution’
Hong Kong’s national security police have a new target in their sights: gamers.In a stern warning issued Tuesday, they effectively banned a Taiwanese...
This French Senator Has Become Trump’s European Nemesis
At a recent ceremony in Vichy, France, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, a small, dapper...
Argentina’s Supreme Court Upholds Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s Prison Sentence
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s former president and one of the country’s most polarizing political figures, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday and...
3 Lessons From International Protests Amid the L.A. Unrest
Images from Los Angeles this week of demonstrators throwing rocks and police officers spraying tear gas mirror scenes of other recent confrontations between...
