Iran suffers amid US sanctions and Coronavirus outbreak
Iranians had been hit by low medicine supplies even before the new Coronavirus broke out in the central city of Qom and spread, claiming...
How the war on Isis is redrawing the map of the Middle East
New borders are being drawn, new fiefdoms are being carved out and the seeds of potential conflicts are being sown
Along the vast, zigzagging perimeter...
Five Years On: Where is Egypt Today After Its Arab Spring?
On Monday, Egypt marks the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring revolt, a wave of uprisings, riots and civil wars, which swept through the...
Surge of American tourists tests limits of Cuba
Cuba's tourism industry is under unprecedented strain and struggling to meet demand with record numbers of visitors arriving a year after detente with the...
Civil Society in Saudi Arabia: The Power and Challenges of Association
Saudi Arabia has considerable pent-up and frustrated social energy, both among young people and their parents’ generation. Civil society can be an asset for...
Anti-Semitic routine at a Carnival parade in Spain
Rodica Radian-Gordon, Isreal’s ambassador has denounced a Carnival parade routine in a small town that featured men and women dressed up like Jewish Holocaust...
Bahrain Formula One race to run without fans amid virus outbreak
Over fears about the Coronavirus, Bahrain's Formula One race this month will be run without spectators, the island kingdom announced Sunday.
The decision by Bahrain...
Coronavirus outbreak in a migrant hotel in Greece
After 150 people tested positive for the new Coronavirus in a migrant hotel and a nearby town on Tuesday, Greece quarantined the place.
A total...
ISIS tightens grip on Syrian government road to Aleppo
Islamic State (ISIS) fighters were reported to have tightened their grip on a Syrian government supply route to Aleppo on Tuesday as the army...
Warnings of a new spike in infections in Iran
The COVID-19 respiratory disease has killed 6,640 people in Iran since the first two fatalities were reported in the city of Qom on February...
