The US and NATO began their withdrawal from Afghanistan on 1 May, with the security situation in the country little better now than it was after the 2001 invasion. US President Joe Biden, in his announcement of the withdrawal in April, called on Russia, China and India to step up …

At Iran’s Press TV, its propaganda network focused on Western audiences in English, has wall-to-wall coverage of the violence in Jerusalem. Iran has been fanning the flames of the confrontations in Jerusalem. Days before the latest clashes developed, Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei and its IRGC head, Hossein Salami, prepared speeches and …

Israel will need to display a great deal of wisdom in the coming days to calm a perfect storm brewing over Jerusalem.Here are the elements of that mounting storm: The end of Ramadan, a month that historically brings with it an uptick in violence.The potential evictions of four Palestinian families …