The fact that politicians have opted for a third election goes far beyond the farcical. A country is paralyzed and shackled to a faulty system that no one can change.

Leaders of Iraq's Christians unanimously cancel Christmas-related celebrations in solidarity with the protest movement – but the aims of their stance go deeper than tinsel and fairy lights.

The abject failure of Jewish and other religious and civic leaders to denounce institutionalized Islamic Jew-hatred is a lingering disgrace.

The apparent prominence of Gaza naval bases on the IDF’s target list may indicate that the hundreds of frogmen in Hamas's employ are now serving as underwater stevedores, bringing weapons into the coastal enclave.

US State Department targeted Shanghai-based ESAIL Shipping Company, saying it "knowingly transports illicit materials from Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization, which oversees all of Iran’s missile industry."