Middle East & Africa
The top 10 African countries most affected by coronavirus
Africa consists of 54 countries. Now, 52 African countries have confirmed cases of coronavirus with tally of cases now surpassing the 30,000 mark, according...
Pandemic threatens to drive wedge into US-Gulf relations
It is early days, but first indications are that the global pandemic is entrenching long-drawn Middle Eastern geopolitical, political, ethnic, and sectarian battle lines...
ECOWAS Recognizes the Guinea-Bissau’s Presidential Election
The Economic Community of West African States, a regional group of fifteen West African countries often referred to as ECOWAS, after months of election...
Middle Eastern juxtapositions: The phone call that never came
Populated by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of the...
Madagascar Discovers Local Herb for Coronavirus
Amid the medical race to find an effective vaccine for the coronavirus that is currently spreading the world, Madagascar, a southern Africa, could possible...
Dialogue of the Deaf Drives Escalating US-Iranian Tensions
The United States and Iran, acting on perceptions of one another that seem to be engraved in stone, are on a collision course that...
Coronavirus and its Impact on Ocean Islands
Understandingly, it has become important to analyze the spread of coronavirus and its impact on the economy of small islands especially Cape Verde, Mauritius,...
Saudi Arabia rolls the dice with bid for Newcastle United
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has rolled the dice with a US$ 374 million bid to acquire storied British soccer club Newcastle United.
If...
COVID-19: Russia Pledges Collaboration with Africa Fight Coronavirus
In separate early April discussions with South African and Ethiopian leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin pledges Russia’s support in collaborating with Africa fight coronavirus...
Elections and the future Israeli government
Today, April 16, 2020, the negotiations between Gantz, former IDF Chief of Staff - who had been entrusted by the old Speaker of the...