Latest Israeli operation. Israel targeted Hamas’ tunnel network in attacks overnight that involved 160 aircraft and 450 missiles, the Israeli military said. Israeli ground...
Meeting in the works. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. They discussed North...
Despite Mauritania’s immense mineral and fishery resources, it’s ranked 159th out of 189 countries in the United Nations’ human development index. Its population of...
The origins of the modern Arab-Israeli conflict are pretty well known. Gaza, the narrow strip of land running to the Sinai Peninsula, was originally...
Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The Israeli air force said it destroyed at least 500 targets in Gaza and killed Hamas intelligence figures, including the head of...
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has understandably commanded the world’s attention. So it was sometimes easy to forget that every country on...
China's demographic decline. For the past month, China appeared to be dragging its feet on releasing the results of its decennial census, conducted last...
High stakes Jerusalem. Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters broke out in Jerusalem over the weekend. Several hundred Palestinians and over a dozen...
For several months, China has been relentlessly asserting its control over disputed parts of the South China Sea. Hundreds of vessels in the Chinese...
