Documents

The key countries and revelations from the Pentagon document leak (Adam Taylor, Evan Hill, Siobhán O’Grady, Amanda Coletta, Widlore Merancourt, Loveday Morris, Cate Cadell, Joby Warrick The key countries and revelations from the Pentagon document leak)

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A leak of classified U.S. military documents has offered a glimpse of not only how the United States gathers intelligence, but also what it thinks about countries across the world. The documents, which number in the dozens and were leaked over a month ago on Discord, a chat service popular with gamers, mostly focus on …

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Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire was one of the mightiest and longest-lasting dynasties in world history. This Islamic-run superpower ruled large areas of the Middle East, Eastern Europe and North Africa for more than 600 years. The chief leader, known as the Sultan, was given absolute religious and political authority over his people. While Western Europeans generally …

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Arab Immigration to the United States: Timeline (Becky Little)

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The first major period of Arab immigration started around 1880, when residents of the Ottoman Empire began to come to the United States. Arab American communities have a long history in the United States. The diverse group includes anyone who came from or whose prior relatives came from the 22 Arabic-speaking countries in North Africa …

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Republican lawmaker tells women to ‘get off the abortion conversation’ as future of critical drug in jeopardy (Alex Woodward)

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ARepublican congressman from Texas dodged questions about a federal court decision to revoke a more than 20-year-old approval for a commonly used abortion drug, instead suggesting that “women have a whole lot of other issues than just abortion” and the US should “talk about the other things that are happening in this world.” Read more

Destructive Decoupling (Michael Spence)

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MILAN – Over the last year, the trajectory of Sino-American relations has become indisputable: the United States and China are headed toward a substantial, though not complete, decoupling. Far from resisting this outcome, both sides now seem to have accepted that this will play out as a largely non-cooperative game, to the point that they …

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