by Ramzy Baroud

On August 4, hours before a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued an ominous warning to Lebanon.

by Matthew Rusling

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump in recent weeks has claimed more than once that if he's re-elected, he would cut a deal with Pyongyang "very quickly." But U.S. experts on Asia and the Korea Peninsula said such statements are far-fetched.

"If and when we win," Trump said at a press conference Friday in the U.S. state of New Jersey, he would make deals with both the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran.

by Arhama Siddiqa

China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) stands as the most prominent example of the pivotal shift in Chinese foreign policy from Deng Xiaoping’s “bide and hide” philosophy to the current ambitious endeavours. The BRI is a titanic project focused on increasing connectivity by opening up avenues for diplomatic and economic activity, thereby cementing trade and commercial ties between China and partner countries.

by Dr Adnan Abu Amer

Protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been on the increase, whether due to his failed measures to tackle the coronavirus, or the corruption cases in which he is involved, as well as the inconsistency of the government coalition. Israeli circles consider the demonstrations the beginning of the end of Netanyahu’s political era; some have compared them to the French Revolution that toppled Emperor Louis XIV.

by Ramzy Baroud

Protests against Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, have raged on for weeks, turning violent sometimes. Israelis are furious at their government’s mediocre response to the coronavirus pandemic, especially as COVID-19 disease is experiencing a massive surge throughout the country.

by Ramzy Baroud

When International Court of Justice (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, confirmed last December that the Court has ample evidence to pursue a war crimes investigation in occupied Palestine, the Israeli government responded with the usual rhetoric, accusing the international community of bias and insisting on Israel’s ‘right to defend itself.’

by Dr Adnan Abu Amer

Israel has, uncharacteristically, increased the number of reports about the increasing strength of the Egyptian army and its fears about the end of the rule of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in case weapons and military equipment fall into the hands of hostile forces, such as the Muslim Brotherhood. That is what happened after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, which increased Israeli support for Sisi in Washington.

by Dr Daud Abdullah

A press release issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 14 July described its judgement against Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE as “final, without appeal and binding on the Parties.” Since June 2017, the four countries have imposed a land, air and sea blockade against the State of Qatar.

by Dr Shafiq Nazim Al-Ghabra

One can almost certainly predict that the victory of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will change many American equations. US President Donald Trump has overturned US foreign policy in many areas related to China, Europe, Iran, Syria and Palestine, just as he has negatively reversed equations concerned with global trade, climate and the environment.

by Xinhua writer Chen Chen

BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- London on Tuesday announced a sweeping ban on Huawei's involvement in Britain's 5G rollout, marking a U-turn in the country's policy towards the Chinese telecoms company under pressure from Washington and domestic conservative groups.

As Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Oliver Dowden made the announcement, he said, "it is the right one (decision) for the UK telecoms networks, for our national security and our economy, both now and indeed in the long run."

by Elif Zaim

This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide in which more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were brutally slaughtered by Bosnian Serb forces led by Ratko Mladic. The slaughter took place in a supposed UN Safe Area.

by Muhammad Hussein

It is rare to see a government throw a sustained tantrum against another due to differences over foreign policy, especially without first attempting to solve it through diplomatic means. That, though, is exactly what France has been doing for months against Turkey over its influence in the Mediterranean and Libya.