As a sovereign nation, the State of Israel has existed since 1948, following the end of the 30-year mandate for British administration of Palestine, when the Jewish Agency declared the territory as ...

Central bank independence (CBI) is crucial for maintaining economic stability, particularly in a globalized world where political influence can lead to adverse outcomes like inflation and economic ...

June 23, 1980: After the assassination of magistrate Mario Amato by Italian right-wing terrorists, an anonymous group published a leaflet endorsing the murder: “To the members of the ‘Great Fascist ...

Sex trafficking has existed since the dawn of civilization. The practices of sexual exploitation and sexual slavery are older than recorded history. Whenever a woman or girl — or man or boy — was ...

When Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, it caused over $110 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest storms in US history. In its wake, homeowners saw their insurance premiums soar, while ...

Since its inception in 1950, the Indian Supreme Court (SC) has undergone a remarkable transformation, evolving from a subordinate body into a central figure in Indian governance. This shift is the ...

Sarito Carroll lived in Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s commune in Oregon, which collapsed under criminal charges 40 years ago. Like most teenagers in Rajneeshpuram, she was sexually abused there. Now she is ...

Notwithstanding Russia’s local proxy, fanning existing flames in Bosnia and Herzegovina could be a rational adventure from Putin’s viewpoint for additional reasons. First, Serbian and Turkish ...

Russia is using the presence of neo-Nazis in Ukraine as a pretext for war, but the West is sweeping it under the rug. In 2014, Nuland and the US State Department got their favorite, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, ...

Despite the commonplace homophobia in Asian societies today, no nation can deny a presence of LGBT practices in its history. A few years ago, most Indonesians probably didn’t know what the acronym ...

When we learned of “the end of history,” a little over three decades ago, our geopolitical meteorologists forecasted sunny skies for the neoliberal reality that was coursing across the globe.

America’s reluctance to prevent the Rwandan genocide was a policy failure on numerous fronts. In April 1994, ethnic Hutus began the systematic killing of their fellow countrymen, the Tutsis, in the ...