Ian Proud: Next time, the Olympics should include Russia. Here’s why
I applaud the French Government on its delivery of a fabulous Olympiad in Paris. I have but one criticism. In...
Year: 2024
Ian Proud: What was missing in the Paris Olympics? Russia
I applaud the French Government on its delivery of a fabulous Olympiad in Paris. I have but one criticism. In...
Lebanon central bank can’t prevent watchdog grey-listing
On August 22nd, acting central bank governor Wassim Mansouri announced that Lebanon’s central bank (BdL) is working to prevent the...
Pavel Durov arrested by French authorities over Telegram app
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at an airport just...
Telegram CEO arrested in Paris
Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has been arrested at an airport just...
Libya: armed groups and authorities reach security deal in Tripoli
Following an abduction of a senior central bank official and recent outbursts of fighting, Libya appears to be sinking into...
Morocco’s Hammouchi decorated by France
Relations are continuing to improve between Paris and Rabat, barely weeks after Emmanuel Macron indicated to Morocco that he was...
Tunisia: Union rejects move to silence journalist’s election coverage
Tunisian society continues to hit back at the Saied government’s thirst for authoritarianism, with the most recent display of discontent...
Calls for UK to revoke charity status of Jewish National Fund
International and domestic pressure continues to rise on the Western allies of Israel complicit in the IDF’s brutal offensive into...
Tunisia: Former presidential hopeful put in pre-trial remand
The crackdown on the opposition of the Tunisian president appears to be unrelenting to some observers as the judiciary takes...
UN: concerns over deteriorating situation in Libya
Stephanie Khoury, acting head of the UN’s political mission in Libya (UNSMIL), expressed concern to the Security Council on August...
Kerry Boyd Anderson: Israel doesn’t want a two state solution
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on his ninth trip to the Middle East since the Oct. 7 Hamas...
Lebanon: Israeli army kill Fatah commander in airstrike
As U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken leaves the Middle East without a breakthrough in ceasefire talks, Israel carries on...
West African juntas accuse Ukraine of aiding rebels in UN letter
In a letter addressed to the United Nations Security Council, the juntas of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger denounced Ukraine’s...
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters march on DNC
With national polls putting Kamala Harris in the lead for the presidency, many Democrats are gloating at the prospect of...
