It is again on display amid the American-Israeli war against Iran. The obvious winners (besides energy firms benefiting from ...

T he rich, argues The Economist, are already paying more than their fair share, and any attempt to tax them more would be ...

Now Iran’s retaliation against the American and Israeli attacks that began on February 28th has hit the heart of all this—and ...

The Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ), a six-nation club, bristles with modern air defences. Five of the six countries—Oman ...

After America and Israel struck at the heart of the mullahs’ regime on February 28th, killing its supreme leader, what ...

In a marked shift in France’s nuclear doctrine, the president announced that France would increase its nuclear stockpile. He ...

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Even when Britain later failed to back the use of force in the region—when Parliament voted in 2013 against a motion by David ...

Cuba faces deepening divisions as fuel shortages, power cuts and food scarcity worsen amid America's oil embargo and the ...

He named a wartime commander, Ali Larijani, to run affairs in his absence. And he readied his followers for what was to come.

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Iran has not held back. It has already killed six American troops and came close to inflicting casualties on British forces stationed in Bahrain, as well as killing 11 civilians in Israel and five in ...