U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the establishment of a special envoy for the Horn of Africa, where multiple political crises are unfolding. The envoy, who is expected to be a... Read more

The Libyan coastguard, with the help of a group of fishermen, has continued its search for roughly 60 migrants, who were presumed dead after their boat caught fire off the Libyan coast durin... Read more

Ahmed Adel The terrorist al-Shabaab movement works hard to destabilize Somalia and highlight the weaknesses of the security establishment in the east African country. Somalia continues, mean... Read more

Aya Ezz Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan unveiled on March 22 a new initiative for calm in Yemen. The initiative, he said, would seek to bring about a ceasefire in the war-torn count... Read more

Frantz Fanon once quipped: “Africa is shaped like a revolver, and Congo is the trigger.” More than 60 years later, I think the French philosopher’s assessment is only half true. It leaves ou... Read more

North Korea fired two short-range missiles at the weekend, US and South Korean officials said, but Washington played down the first such tests under President Joe Biden and said it was still... Read more

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision at the weekend to sack the governor of the central bank and withdraw Turkey from a treaty to prevent violence against women are signs of wea... Read more

Turkey may try to interfere in France’s upcoming presidential elections, French President Emmanuel Macron said. “The threats are not veiled. I don’t want to re-engage in a peaceful rel... Read more

Hossam al-Haddad The Muslim Brotherhood tries to gain a foothold in Western universities, especially those where there are considerable numbers of Arab and Muslim students. The Brotherhood h... Read more

To this day, ISIS controls five isolated pockets in Syria, the largest of which is located near the Ithria village in Hama province. The other four enclaves are situated south of Raqqa provi... Read more

Turkey’s lira dropped for a second day after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s dismissal of the governor of the central bank at the weekend led to a mass exodus of capital on Monday. The lira... Read more

A dozen top United Nations officials on Monday called for a stop to indiscriminate and targeted attacks against civilians in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, particularly calling out... Read more

Saudi Arabia has proposed a new peace plan to end nearly six years of war in Yemen. It suggests a UN-supervised ceasefire between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and Houthi rebels, who... Read more

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada imposed sanctions on Chinese officials on Monday for human rights abuses in Xinjiang, the first such coordinated Western action agai... Read more