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The visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zeidi to Turkey on Tuesday, July 28, cannot be viewed as another routine diplomatic engagement or a ceremonial stop on the Iraqi government’s foreign policy agenda. It represents a significant moment in the evolving relationship between Baghdad and Ankara, arriving at …

Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza In early March 2026, Donald Trump convened a select group of Latin American and Caribbean leaders at his golf resort in Doral, Florida, under the banner of the “Shield of the Americas”. Trumpian optics, no substance The optics were deliberately chosen to symbolize strength, unity …

Dr. Yashwant Singh The Board of Peace did not emerge as an abstract proposal for the world to weigh at leisure. It is a functioning body, chartered, staffed, and already dividing its own invitees. It originates in point nine of Trump’s twenty-point Gaza plan of September 2025, was …

An Omani diplomatic delegation arrived in Tehran on Friday for talks on mechanisms to manage navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported. The visit comes as part of ongoing consultations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Oman, with the two sides seeking …

President grows skeptical of diplomacy and is in ‘revenge mode’ against Tehran, according to senior administration official During a recent meeting in the Oval Office, he launched into a tirade against Iranian leaders, calling them scumbags and lunatics, and unleashing a series of expletives, according to a person …

Denis MacShane To anyone who follows European politics, Britain’s new prime minister is an instantly recognizable political creature. But he is unusual for a British, especially a Labour politician. He has learned to speak passable Spanish and Frankie, his university sweetheart turned wife, is Dutch and speaks fluent …

Lebanon remains committed to the path of reforms and will continue working to achieve its goals despite the war, Joseph Aoun says Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Friday that his meeting with US President Donald Trump was “fruitful,” adding that the time had come to end the war …

President says diplomacy remains possible but warns US is ‘locked and loaded’ if military action becomes necessary President Donald Trump said Friday that Iran is showing its strongest commitment yet in negotiations with the United States but that he has not decided whether to launch major military strikes …

Eng.  Saleem Al-Batayneh No one writes from outside of their place. Even Edward Said, the author of Out of Place, wrote from the very heart of his. Is it not our right to be anxious? We are retreating backward, even if the headlines tell us the opposite. I …