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Each March 15, Lithuania asks the world to watch it honor rescuers of Jews.

That ceremony is supposed to project moral seriousness. It projects something else instead: a state that celebrates the righteous few while preserving the machinery…

When I first saw the news of an attack at Temple Israel in Michigan, I felt a familiar, sinking despair lodge itself in my throat. My father, one of the strongest, proudest Jews I know, had his Bar Mitzvah at the Tree of Life Synagogue….

The third season of Tehran treats viewers to the usual dose of thrills, spills and chills against the backdrop of Israel’s existential conflict with Iran.

It has been available on Apple TV in North America since January, but I belatedly…

Thirty-four years ago, I stood in the Moscow airport with my parents and two suitcases.

Just a few months earlier, the Soviet Union had collapsed. The country we were leaving was already disappearing, and the system that had shaped our lives…

By mid-March 2026, the Strait of Hormuz had stopped being merely a geographic chokepoint on the map of the Middle East. It had once again become a global nerve center — the place where disrupted shipping lanes can turn, almost overnight,…

The Mahdi (“the Guided One”) is a messianic figure in Islamic eschatology, believed to be a descendant of Prophet Muhammad who will appear at the End of Times to rid the world of tyranny, evil, and injustice. He will establish a just,…

The Price of Partnership: What Somaliland Must Demand Before Saying Yes to Israel’s Military Base

Somaliland’s Minister of the Presidency has stated that “in terms of security, we will have a strategic relationship… We have not…

The February 2026 AFP Interview: “Could Not Rule Out”

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I’m thinking of starting a cooking blog. I’ll call it Recipes for Rockets or Eating between the Shoots.

Because something so mundane as cooking lunch or dinner becomes a tricky proposal when you know you might have…

Iran is not fighting this war alone. Although Tehran launches missiles and drones, outside powers help keep the regime alive. Beijing helps it sell and see. Moscow helps it track and target. Kharg is where those lines converge. Ergo, this is…