World News Insights: Opinion Articles

One of the most beautiful and profound stories told by Jurji Zaidan, a historian of Arab civilization and the founder of “Al-Hilal” magazine, takes place during his youth when he used to work at his father’s restaurant in Beirut. At the time, he became friends with of group young “tough men” who…

Tuesday was historic for the rule of law in America, but not in the way Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, would have imagined. The 34-count indictment — which more accurately could be described as 34 half-indictments — was a disaster. It was a setback for the rule of law and established…

Seventy-five years ago today, on World Health Day, the World Health Organization was established. The slogan raised this year is Health for All, a human right the World Health Organization was established to guarantee. Of course, there is a wide gap between its ambitions and its achievements,…

Turning history's page on its deadliest conflict, countries came together in 1948 to heal a bloodied world. Following years of war, distrust and pain, nations elevated the physical and mental wellbeing of people to a new level, forging a global pact and purpose to safeguard and advance health for…

It was only three weeks ago that people across Türkiye marked the spring equinox with traditional rites of passage. Yet, many Turks talk of the “real spring “that they hope will start on May 14 when 65 million Turkish voters go to the polls in presidential and parliamentary elections. The hoped…

When top Chinese officials held receptions for dozens of American and European business executives at back-to-back annual economic forums last week, the intended message was clear: China is open for business. But by week’s end, China’s fearsome regulators had sent an altogether different signal…

As is apparent to everyone, the Middle East is undergoing broad dynamic change. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the foremost state in the region and a leader that is closely attuned to the concerns, interests, and challenges facing the Arabs in this changing world, stands at the heart of these changes…

Everything in the United States is a show. Each event has a lot of Hollywood industry and philosophy: The scene must be overwhelming and the real hero is the director, not the actor. The latter is just a tool in his hands. He moves him the way he wants. Therefore, the names of the actors are shown…

Dear reader, has the title confused you? The explanation is simple: The world has recently been embroiled in crises, especially since the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, the most significant crisis is not the Russian war on Ukraine, but the manner in which this destructive war is being addressed…

“It is true that women are often portrayed as the cause of all evil in the world, as in the story of the original sin in the Torah, or in Homer’s Iliad, where one woman sufficed to drown an entire people in misery (…) Similarly, the lack of respect for women is shown in the wages paid to them,…

Former National Security Adviser John Bolton, Trump’s sworn enemy who has published an entire book with the sole purpose of exposing his former boss, is unhappy with the news of Trump’s impeachment. Has he changed his position? Of course not, he would rather see him behind bars. However, he fears…

You were probably not alone if the news of Donald Trump’s indictment seemed slightly strange: How could something so big — the first criminal indictment of an American president — seem so small? Mr. Trump was not indicted for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election or for…