The year 2021 brought major developments across West Asia and North Africa, the effects of which will extend far into the future.... The result is that the US and the Arab world have never been further apart. The Arab uprisings a decade ago sought to usher in sustained political and economic reforms.... But that agenda struggled to get off the ground and is now under tremendous pressure in the one country where it did....

MELBOURNE( Reuters)-Lacking Sydney's seaside splendour and Melbourne's cultural heft, Brisbane has learned to play smart to carve out an identity as Australia's third city while biding its time to win a seat at the Olympic table.On Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee( IOC) confirmed Brisbane as host of the 2032 Olympics, 35 years after snubbing the steamy river city for the 1992 Games. Having long lived in the shadow of its interstate rivals, the IOC's preferred candidate will join Me

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The project will facilitate free movement of KCR trains.“ The inclusion of Karachi Comprehensive Coastal Development Zone in CPEC is a game changer.... Will cleanup our maritime habitat for fishermen, develop 20k low-income housing units and present opportunities for investors.... Will put Karachi at par with developed port cities....

Небезызвестный Эрик Принс, один из основателей ЧВК "Academi" (более известной под своими прошлыми брендами "Blackwater" и "Xe Services"), недавно выступил с заявлением о том, что вполне может помочь властям США в оперативном решении афганской проблемы. По мнению этого персонажа, план, предлагаемый е

A Roman Stephen Fry maybe.” Roman high society held Greek philosophy, literature and language in high regard.... This was an educated person.” Professor Ken Dark, author and Roman expert, believes that the ostentatious four-panel mosaic indicates “ an awareness of Greek literature ” and was likely “ intended to impress guests with how highly educated the owner was ”.... Duncan Wilson, the chief executive of Historic England, said: “ To have uncovered such a rare mosaic of this size, as well as

Nowhere outside of Rome had there been such a concentrated and moneyed effort to display the Empire's splendours. But, things soon fell apart.... It sits around 32 miles north of Jordan's capital, Amman, with easy transport links to and from the two places....

China’s recently reported tests of a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in July and August, though officially denied, are threatening to undermine strategic nuclear stability.... They have already added to escalating tensions between the US and China. Throughout the summer, satellite images revealed that China was in the process of building as many as 300 new missile silos in its northern deserts.... The “ strategic pressure on China is intensifying", noted Sha, “ as[ the US] has built new mil

It has often been said that the European Enlightenment represented the transition of humanity from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom. Philosophies of social progress have seen history as freedom unfolding under its own momentum.

DUNGENESS, UNITED KINGDOM( AFP)-Mr Alan Purchase looked out of his living room window earlier this week to see about a dozen young men running from one of the shingle beaches in Dungeness on the Channel coast in south-east England.As he watched, the new arrivals ran inland along an old narrow-gauge railway, discarding belongings in gardens along the way." I've never seen it like that before," the 66-year-old retired antiques shop owner said." It was a bit intimidating, I must admit," he said, ad