German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has proposed making Ukraine an "associate member" of the EU without voting rights, while Kiev goes through the lengthy process of joining fully, a…
The official trip had been announced since the two countries fully reconciled, in 2023. It is to take place twenty-six years after Mohammed VI's last state visit to Paris.
Mediators are working to narrow differences between Iran and the US ahead of a possible resumption of direct negotiations next week, according to Arab sources briefed by participa…
Iran says it’s reviewing Washington’s latest response to a proposed ceasefire framework following Pakistani mediation. In a panel discussion, a former US State Department official…
It comes after the US charged Cuba's ex-leader with murder, the latest move putting pressure on the regime.
Shawarma, the beloved Middle Eastern dish of thinly sliced, marinated meat slow-roasted on a vertical spit, is typically served with flatbread and an array of accompaniments. This…
From secret nuclear exchanges to a key diplomatic deal, Pakistan and China have long helped each other. What’s next?
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksel…
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for nonfiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Book…
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing on May 20. The two leaders signed roughly 40 documents, including a joint declaration “on the formation of a multipolar world a…
Israel on May 21 deported hundreds of activists who attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, after a video posted by Israel’s far-right national security minister spar…
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