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Turkish Nationalist Movement Party's (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli (C) shake hands with Pervin Buldan (C-L), MP of Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party after voting a bill offering limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants at Grand National Assembly of Turkey in Ankara on August 10, 2026.

Turkey Here’s how one country may have solved a violent uprising

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş

August 18, 2026

Women fetch water from a natural spring on a hot day in the mountains of Bizerte on July 21, 2026. Tunisia has been experiencing a heatwave for a week, with temperatures exceeding 48 degrees celsius as people endure the ordeal of daily water and electricity cuts.

Tunisia Tunisia’s summer of discontent

Sharan Grewal

August 10, 2026

US President Donald Trump speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC.

U.S. Foreign Policy The ticking clock on the Strait of Hormuz

Thomas Wright

July 25, 2026

US Secretary Marco Rubio (R) stands with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi as they appear briefly before the media as they meet at the State Department in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2026.

Jordan Why Jordan remains a critical US partner

Bruce Riedel

July 23, 2026

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