Sharia Law in Damascus Portrayed as Downfall of a Tyrant While in Kabul it’s a Human Rights Violation
Story at a glance… Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s leader al-Jolani has announced that the new Syria will be governed by…
Author: Andy Corbley
Israeli Defense Minister Says IDF Will Occupy Gaza Just Like West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has stated publically that Gaza will not return to civilian control after the conflict.…
Trump’s Public Health Picks Roundly Criticized While Half of American Adults are Obese, 25% of Adolescents
Under the second Trump Administration, it’s fair to suggest that the nation’s public health sector will undergo the most…
What Chance Is There That US-North Korea Talks Resume Under Trump?
Of the many foreign policy challenges facing Donald Trump in his second term, fewer share the stark contrasts of…
Kurdish Commander Says They Have Agreement with HTS on Post-War Relations, Sending Delegation to Damascus
Throughout the whole of the conflict in Syria, the population in Kurdistan to the northeast has retained a degree…
‘That’s Amure’: Tiger Lovers Help Restore Populations in Russia Where Absent for 50 Years, Producing Lessons for All Asia
Conservationists have succeeded in restoring tiger populations in a region where they were virtually absent for more than 50…
What Is ‘Intangible World Heritage’? UNESCO’s Lesser-Known List Countries Strive to Be on
The 19th session of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Committee of UNESCO just concluded in Paraguay, adding 58 cultural practices…
Who is Syria’s de Facto leader al-Jolani? — According to WaL
Following the remarkably fast collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, the global news media have had to dig…
Our Ancestors Show How to Possibly Create a More Egalitarian Society: Raise More Athletes
The gender division of labor among hunter-gatherers has been a topic of heated debate for decades, as much at…
Israeli Army Razes 600 Buildings to Build Military Bases in Gaza
While Israel has lost nearly all international sympathy and opinion for its siege in Gaza, any punitive action has…
Trump’s Foreign Policy Failures Encapsulated by Fresh Terrorist Violence in Syria’s Aleppo
A major terrorist offensive has been launched at Syria’s battered northwest city of Aleppo, led by a mixture of…
Famous Lovers, Moorish Towers, and Ham Make up the Charms of This Northern Spanish City
There’s a joke in Spain that the country has two cities that don’t exist: Murcia, the biggest city that…
Ultimate Irony Comes as Taliban Asks Russia’s Help to Evade US Sanctions, Closing 50-year Loop of Violence
It was said at the time that Operation Cyclone was the most successful covert operation in CIA history. It…
Spain Suffers from (and Revels in) a Distinct Lack of Urgency
What would a Google or TripAdvisor review of an average American restaurant be if an appetizer order took 45…
Russia Targets Ukraine with Strange Possibly-Ballistic Missile Following US Escalation
Ukrainian ballistics experts recently issued a press statement regarding an unknown missile type just fired by Russia at the…
US Vetoes Gaza Ceasefire at UN Security Council Even Though it Included Call for Immediate Hostage Release
On Wednesday, the US used its veto in a UN Security Council Resolution to demand an unconditional ceasefire and…
Traversing the Battle Lines Between Islam and Christianity–also Rock Climbing
In my last dispatch, I teased I was visiting the Spanish region of Aragon, and that I would perhaps…
Leaning Minaret Destroyed by ISIS Fully Repaired as ‘Symbol of Resilience’
Workers in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul have finished building the famous leaning minaret, destroyed in 2017 by ISIS…
Whether to Go Back to Countries Visited and Loved, or Seek New Lands
I am in Spain for a month. Early indications are—beautiful, fulfilling, peaceful. In a region few reference, to see…
Early Signs Suggest Trump May Have Learned Lessons from First Term – at Least Partially
In a recent statement on X, Donald Trump announced that two former cabinet members, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,…