Trudy Rubin It has become the new “normal” for President Trump to undercut his secretaries of state and defense without warning. On a whim. With a tweet or a phone call. But... Read more »
Khalifa Haftar, the renegade Libyan general, took many world leaders and most experts by surprise when he attacked Tripoli on April 4. Now, nearly three weeks later and with his forces confronted... Read more »
By F. Brinley Bruton nbcnews White House officials are weighing whether to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization — a move experts warn would make the United States less safe and... Read more »
Shortly after New York Times reported that the US administration intends to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, in a statement, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, acknowledged... Read more »
On Tuesday, the Eighth Moscow Security Conference started in the Russian capital. Dubbed the Russian version of Munich Security Conference, the event was attended by representatives from over 100 countries at Radisson... Read more »
Clashes continue in Libya under the shadow of the international inaction, as over the past few days forces of the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA) led by General Khalifa Haftar have launched... Read more »
We’ve got big breaking news this morning: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been arrested in London at the Ecuadorian Embassy, where he’s spent years in asylum. Follow live updates here. Here’s what else you need... Read more »
A couple of months ago, leading officials in the Trump administration confidently spoke of the imminent collapse of the Venezuelan regime. Now, they’re girding themselves for a more uncertain and prolonged contest. President... Read more »
The 2011 Arab Spring had seen the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year rule and within 18 months, Mohamed Morsi had become Egypt’s first democratically-elected president. But after one year in office,... Read more »
Sixteen years after the United States invaded Iraq and left a trail of destruction and chaos in the country and the region, one aspect of the war remains criminally underexamined: why was... Read more »