Palestinian Presidency Up for Grabs for First Time in Years
Is this the opportunity Hamas has been waiting for?
Italy Falls Into Political Chaos—Again
The crisis in Rome couldn’t have come at a worse time.
Is Luther’s Protest Almost Over?
The 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation brings Catholics and Lutherans closer than ever.
Is Life on Earth One Unlikely Fluke?
Recent studies suggest that science’s current models for the origin of life are flawed.
Why Does Turkey Want to Befriend Israel?
Can Israelis trust President Erdoğan?
Spain Uses Brexit to Grab Gibraltar’s Borders
It looks like London will hang onto the Rock in name only.
Mysterious Whale Likely Undiscovered Species
The amount and variety of life on Earth is truly stunning and makes Earth an extra special planet.
Edinburgh Rejects the Stone of Destiny
The Scottish government has approved yet another transplant of the Stone of Scone.
Liberté, Égalité, and Down With Muslims!
Terrorist attacks are provoking dramatic changes across Europe and the Middle East.
COVID-19: The Video Game Industry’s Dream Come True
Tech giants aren’t letting the coronavirus crisis go to waste.
Neo-Nazism and the German Police
Far-right extremism among German police is more common than you may think.
Made in Japan: A Defense Budget Fit for an Emperor
Japan’s largest defense budget ever will make its military more powerful than ever.
2020: The Year Europe Decided to Arm Itself
The global crises are forging Europe into a military world power.
America’s COVID Bailout Is Loaded With Expensive Nonsense
Why is America’s new coronavirus bailout paying $10 million for gender programs in Pakistan?
The Union of Soviet Putinist Republics
Putin expands his footprint in the USSR’s old stomping grounds.
Israel’s African Dream
What the peace deals with Morocco and Sudan mean for Israel
Croatia Chairs International Holocaust Organization
Is Croatia trying to whitewash Holocaust denial?
One Giant Leap for China
And it’s not even Lunar New Year’s.
Is the Patriarch Catholic?
Is the millennium-old schism between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy close to healing?
Can Germany Arrest Bashar Assad?
A door may be opening to indict the Syrian dictator for war crimes.
Biden’s March to the Sea
Somebody had Georgia on his mind.
Eastern Europe Sticks It to Brussels
Europe’s consensus politics paralyze the EU once again. And some are getting fed up with it.
Philippines Deluged With Back-to-Back Typhoons
Weather disasters of biblical proportions make metro Manila look like Venice.