Opinion

On Dec. 3, 2025, 123 countries at the UN reaffirmed their support for Syria and Syrian sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The resolution sponsored by Egypt requires Israel to return to the June 4, 1967, line and affirms the illegality of the forced land grab, settlement activities, and other hostile...

Starting from the 15th century, thanks to advances in navigation tools, shipbuilding and mapmaking, European powers were able to explore new maritime routes and claim new overseas territories. Portugal and Spain were...

There are many interpretations of the word “peace” in the Lebanese context. The fact that the visiting Pope Leo this week repeated it more than 20 times in one speech does not...

The next general election in Israel is due no later than October next year, though it may be held earlier to suit Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s craving to ensure the best...

What is Europe in the 21st century? Where is it heading? Is it part of a West whose historic identity was forged at the height of the Cold War? Europe is shifting...

In March this year, during a visit to Mauritius, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced India’s new maritime vision — “MAHASAGAR,” which means “ocean” in Sanskrit. He said that this acronym stood for...

The attack on two members of the National Guard in Washington last week has shaken the US to its core. The victims were a young woman who gave her life in service...

This month’s G20 Summit in Johannesburg marked several historic firsts. For starters, it was the group’s first summit in Africa, and the first to include the African Union as a full-fledged member....

Pope Leo XIV’s much-anticipated visit to Turkiye — his first official foreign trip as pontiff — has both diplomatic and religio-historic importance. Paul VI became the first pope to...

France’s army chief, Gen. Fabien Mandon, last week pushed the country of 246 cheeses, as Charles de Gaulle once described it, into an explosive situation. Mandon told the nation’s mayors: “If our...