by Yvonne Ridley

There will be a collective sigh of relief from Palestinians when disgraced President Donald Trump finally leaves the White House for good on Wednesday, because no single nation has suffered more as a result of US foreign policy under this man. However, is it possible that some of Trump's more insane pronouncements, like recognising Jerusalem as the capital of the Zionist state and moving the US Embassy to the holy city, are nothing more than elaborate hoaxes?

by Dr Amira Abo el-Fetouh

There is no doubt that the storming of the Capitol Building in Washington DC by supporters of President Donald Trump, which was witnessed live across the world, was unprecedented in the most powerful country in the world. The United States of America is a country of institutions, law and democracy. Politicians and journalists lamented the assault and wondered if they were in a third world country, as if they were mourning US democracy.

by Seema Khan

Unlike manufacturing, banking industry, job market - agriculture was the one area not affected or suffered under the Modi government.

by Dr Ramzy Baroud

As the US ruling elites have fully succumbed to Israel's political discourse on Palestine, the Israeli government of right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may feel that it, alone, is capable of determining the future of the Palestinian people.

by Motasem A Dalloul

Media reports revealed last month that Turkey has been working to restore relations with Israel. On 9 December, Al-Monitor said that Ankara had selected a new ambassador to Tel Aviv, Ufuk Ulutas, 40, who studied Hebrew and Middle Eastern politics at Israel's Hebrew University.

By MATTHEW LEE, ROBERT BURNS and LOLITA C. BALDOR

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has an Iran problem. And, it’s getting more complicated by the day.

Thanks to provocative moves by Iran and less-than-coherent actions by the outgoing Trump administration, the president-elect is facing an increasingly uncertain situation when it comes to Iran, a decades-long American nemesis that has been a target of blame for much of the Middle East’s instability,

by Mehmet Rakipoglu

International human rights law and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia do not sit together easily. A head of state acting as the "custodian" of the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah has not stopped the Saudi authorities from acting against universal human rights, even against Muslims.

by Emad Drimly, Saud Abu Ramadan

CAIRO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- The latter half of 2020 has seen four Arab states agreeing to normalize ties with Israel, some analysts say the normalization deals reflect shifting regional priorities and shared concerns of some countries in the Middle East.

CHANGING PRIORITIES

Jihad Odeh, professor of political science at Helwan University in Cairo, told Xinhua that the normalization "leads to a significant change in the political orientations of Arab countries."

by Tasnim Nazeer

President Trump's shocking pardoning of the Blackwater guards is a testament to his lack of humanity and his failure to bring perpetrators of the law to account.

by Ramzy Baroud

It is convenient to surmise that Israel's current political crisis is consistent with the country's unfailing trajectory of short-lived governments and fractious ruling coalitions. While this view is somewhat defensible, it is also hasty.

by huaxia

BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- China's economy, the first jolted by COVID-19, has bounced back from epidemic fallout with resilience on effective virus control and targeted stimuli, as a pandemic depression continues to threaten the world.

With GDP growth reaching 3.2 percent and 4.9 percent in the second and third quarters, the world's second-largest economy completed the upward leg of a V-shaped recovery from virus-induced lockdowns that sent it into a rare 6.8-percent contraction in the first quarter.

by Yvonne Ridley

The words and wisdom of the late, great South African leader Nelson Mandela are often invoked to illustrate a point when confronted by injustice and how to deal with it. Although his heart and soul were anchored in South Africa, Mandela's outlook was global, and there seemed to be no case of injustice that bypassed him, especially when it came to the freedom of other people. He made this clear when he was released from prison in February 1990 and addressed the UN General Assembly.