World News Insights: Opinion Articles

One of the best moments in “Pulp Fiction” comes when Samuel L. Jackson is questioning a hapless victim and breaks off to shoot someone else in the head. “Oh I'm sorry, did I break your concentration?” he says. In the same way, it’s very easy for what now looks like the possible imminent invasion…

Diplomatic efforts to forestall Russia’s threatened attack on Ukraine still aren’t over — and it appears that discussing Ukraine’s future relationship with NATO isn’t quite as unthinkable as the US and its allies have maintained. That’s good. Making a success of any such approach won’t be easy but,…

Think your life has been unadventurous over the past few years, as the pandemic and closed borders have kept you bottled up at home? Spare a thought for the mining sector. An industry built on the romance and horror of finding riches on the wild frontier — from the Klondike to Kimberley, Kolyma…

News coming from the nuclear talks in Vienna shows that the topic of a prisoner exchange between Iran and the US has taken priority over the talk on monitoring Iran’s nuclear program. According to the officials of the Iranian regime, these two topics are now being negotiated at the same time. …

I don’t know if Russia will in the end invade Ukraine or not. I do know that if it does, it will start a new cold war and it will affect the world economy in a big way. Here are three big consequences that are coming. First, the Ukraine invasion will formally start a new cold war between…

The US Navy is currently conducting one of the largest maritime exercises in recent history, with more than 60 nations taking part. Running through Feb. 17, the drills will cover waters off the Middle East, Southwest Asia and East Africa. Known as both Cutlass Express 2022 and International…

Last week, Ukrainian legislators held up the flags of countries providing military and diplomatic assistance to Ukraine as it faces the threat of a Russian invasion. The flags of the United States, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Poland and Turkey all jostled for space. One, however, was conspicuous by…

The rapid spread of Omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protection against severe disease — brings Covid-19 one step closer, perhaps, to truly earning its place on the list of diseases that have been tamed by vaccines. These include polio, measles,…

“I am scared I’ll die anytime,” the teenager said in his 11-second voice message. “Please help me.” He was a human shield for ISIS, one of about 150 foreign minors taken hostage in a prison in northeastern Syria last month. Even if he survived the siege, his prospects were bleak. While the West…

Military deployments and maneuvers from Russia and the US and its allies are clear signs of further escalation, giving rise to fears of eventual military action. Russia has Ukraine surrounded from all possible sides, including Belarus and the Sea of Azov. The US and its allies are also deploying…

At least three factors gave Zionism, as the Jewish nationalism, its loathsome face: firstly, it was one of the nationalisms of Eastern and Southern Europe that came late, born tense and hostile; secondly, it was shaped by its displacement and settlement project, forcing out the original inhabitants…

He stood alone at night before the map. The decisive appointment is not made by voters. It is an appointment by the spirit of the nation that is awaiting a strong man on whom it can hang its concerns and hopes. A long deep history has charged him with an important task that he will not hesitate in…