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December 31, 2019

Global
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2019

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

SO

December 29, 2023

2023 in Review
Ten World Figures Who Died in 2023

Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

Sunset

December 6, 2011

Egypt
The Rogue Sons

French president Jacques Chirac and Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and head of the Gaddafi Foundation, are seen before the start of their meeting at the Elysee Palace…

The Rogue Sons

December 1, 2023

United States
Ten Anniversaries to Note in 2024

As 2023 comes to a close, here are ten notable historical anniversaries to mark in 2024.

NATO

May 7, 2012

Defense and Security
Hello, François Hollande: President of France

Streaks are made to be broken. After seventeen years on the outside looking in, a Socialist Party candidate has finally returned to the French presidency. François Hollande defeated Nicolas Sarkozy b…

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June 12, 2017

Qatar
Untangling the Qatar Kerfuffle

Sure, the tiny gulf state is a lousy ally — but so is everyone else in the region. 

A Palestinian man holds a Qatari flag during a rally in support of Qatar, inside Qatari-funded construction project 'Hamad City', in the southern Gaza Strip June 9, 2017.