From Tunisia to Syria, the uprisings of 2011 showed how revolutions often give way to chaos or renewed authoritarianism, a ...

On January 14, 2011, Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to resign, after four weeks of revolt in the north ...

China’s inroads in the Middle East demonstrate how the region is still a critical front in the era of US-China competition. The 2025 US National Security Strategy signals the most significant shift in ...

The Middle East is a place that most American presidents want to avoid. Yet inevitably, they find themselves mired in its quarrels. Despite periodic calls for a pivot toward other geostrategic ...

Vladimir Putin bounded down two dozen steps from his presidential plane on the morning of December 6, 2023. It must have felt good to be on the road again. An International Criminal Court indictment ...

The second edition of the FIFA Arab Cup™ took place in Qatar from December 1-18. View a full list of all the fixtures and results from the regional showpiece.

Two-term Spring Lake Mayor Kia Anthony overcame a challenge from Commissioner Robyn Chadwick, according to unofficial results in the Nov. 4 election. Anthony, who was first elected in 2021, received ...

Cumberland County voters head to the polls today to vote in municipal elections. On the ballot are races in all nine Cumberland County municipalities: Fayetteville, Hope Mills, Spring Lake, Eastover, ...

Spring Hill residents will have to wait to learn who their next mayor will be. The only candidate on the ballot for mayor in Tuesday’s election was Kristin Feeback, a current City Council member. But ...

The Arab Spring was a wave of protests and uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa starting in 2010, shaking the foundations of long-standing regimes. This video breaks down the ...

A protester raises his fist at a youth-led rally calling for healthcare and education reforms, in Casablanca, Morocco, Oct. 5, 2025 (AP photo by Mosa’ab Elshamy). Unlike the 2010-2011 Arab Spring ...