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I hope the March election will be the last in which Meretz (or the Democratic Union in latest incarnation) and Labor – with or without Gesher –...
Labour's crushing defeat in last Thursday's election is the party’s worst performance since 1935. It is undoubtedly an ideological watershed, a...
By Mark Peterson The Sillok was the official historical record of the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom. It was an abridgement of the discussions at court...
By Mark Peterson The Sillok was the official historical record of the 1392-1910 Joseon Kingdom. It was an abridgement of the discussions at court...
North Korea should stop further provocations North Korea conducted what it called "another crucial test" at its Tongchang-ri missile testing site...
By Arthur I. Cyr The United States government has shown impressive unity in formally, publicly condemning Beijing's suppression efforts in Hong...
Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future notwithstanding, more than 1 million new SUVs and off-road vehicles hit Germany's streets this year. Have the...
Someday in the not-too-distant future it’s going to happen: Benjamin Netanyahu will no longer be prime minister. The sun will rise in the east and...
Conflict between Western democracies and the communist Eastern bloc was the key reason behind the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation...
December je tudi za pravljice, fikcijske zgodbe z energijo, ki pustijo globlje sledi. Večina starih, večnih je takšnih, da te zmrazi: volk poje...
One thing I have learnt this election: British people are a lot more anti-Semitic than I thought. It’s been a traumatic learning curve for someone...
Korea needs to seize opportunity to boost economy It is good news that the United States and China have reached a truce in their trade war to avoid...
North Korea should stop further provocations North Korea conducted what it called "another crucial test" at its Tongchang-ri missile testing site...
NEW YORK – There is nothing rational about opposition to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg, who was just named Time magazine’s Person of...
WASHINGTON – Six months of civil unrest in Hong Kong has, obviously, created a crisis for the Chinese government. Less obviously, it has created...
By Jon Healey The biggest winners in the China trade deal announced Friday appear to be a key part of President Trump's voter base: U.S. farmers....
By Mark Leonard BERLIN ― European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's ambition to lead a "geopolitical commission" is about to face its...
By Sunny Varkey The 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores, released last week, are once again positive for all those who...
American commanders in Syria are scrambling to protect their forces from an expected surge in activity by military units from Turkey, Russia, Iran...
The admor, the anti-Zionist leader of the Satmar Hasidic community who visited Israel last month, is the clearest proof that anti-Zionism is not...
Commentary. Thursday’s Conservative victory in the UK elections will usher the country out of the European Union and make London vulnerable to a...
There is a distinctly Shakespearean air to the political demise of UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, which took place, appropriately enough, on...
Whether it be the U.S., Russia, Iran or the Syrian regime, all seem to want to re-settle the Syrian Kurds. While American’s policy is open-ended,...
What does Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi mean when he says “minimal collateral damage?” A partial answer can be found...
The government seems stuck in its outdated policy of not allowing married couples to use separate family names if they wish, although it has taken...
This week, we are lighting the first candle to celebrate the end of the first year of the glorious Sudanese revolution, which came about as a...
In spite of having no substantial physical political presence in Yemen, and no formal armed forces on the ground, the media is insistent on running...
After a tumultuous tenure in office, a controversial candidate expanded his grip on power, surpassing a weak opponent and drawing support from...
By Trudy Rubin When the House of Representatives draws up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, the list might not include one of...
"Kigo" is a word or expression used in haiku in association with a particular season, but it is not always easy to tell the season it represents. "...
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY – A decade ago, I wrote the book “The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty.” This month, a fully revised...
By Robert Neff A possible salt merchant, circa 1900s. Robert Neff Collection Nowadays, the vilification of salt is quite common. It is blamed for a...
By Cha Du-hyeon Unlike the reconciliatory and cooperative inter-Korean mood last year, 2019 was the year that North Korea continued its aggressive...
The Middle East has long been synonymous with instability and violence. As ever, this is blamed on some inherent defect of the people, as if only...
Yemen’s war has proven to be far more than just another failed attempt at enforcing a certain socio-political reality. As it were, the cost of...
“Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of...
Analysis. The judge said Facebook occupies a ‘special position’ in that the social network is an essential part of ‘the Italian political...
Interview. We spoke with Radhya Almutawakel, leader of the Mwatana activist group in Yemen, who was recognized as one of TIME’s 100 most...
On November 27 , a 27-year-old veterinary doctor was raped, murdered and dumped by the side of a highway in the Indian state of Hyderabad. A week...
The Andaman Sea is fast becoming the latest flashpoint of Sino-Indian maritime rivalry in the Indian Ocean. China’s increased interest in the...
To so tisti, ki so sposobni obvezno povišanje minimalne plače preračunati tako, da od svojih zaposlenih vsekakor dobijo še svoj "zasluženi" del....
The recent coup in Bolivia reminds us that poor countries rich in resources continue to be plagued by the legacy of colonialism. Anything that...
Making it harder for Muslims to become citizens risks global backlash
Police in northeast India opened fire Thursday on a crowd demonstrating against a new citizenship bill, killing two people and wounding several...