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The memorandum was signed by Russia, U.K. and the U.S. and gave Ukraine security assurances.

The memorandum was signed by Russia, U.K. and the U.S. and gave Ukraine security assurances.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague elected Lebanese judge Nawaf Salam as its president for a three-year term succeeding US Judge Joan Donoghue. Salam is the first Lebanese and second Arab to occupy this position, after the former Algerian Foreign Minister and President of the Constitutional Court, Mohamed Bedjaoui. Salam, who currently holds the highest judicial position in the world, joined the ICJ in 2018.

With the 2024 theme Between Past and Future, Kestner Gesellschaft concludes a trilogy of its self-reflection which began with the 2022 investigation of the notion of tenderness and was continued in 2023 by a series of exhibitions.

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In a Conference titled “Afghanistan: Between Past and Future,” hosted by the Russian Party of Freedom and Justice in Moscow, some political opponents of the Taliban shared their perspectives. Particip...

Egypt is currently in the midst of constructing the New Administrative Capital, a visionary urban development project poised to herald a transformative chapter in the nation's history. Envisioned as an economic powerhouse and a symbol of contemporary progress, this new city represents a national project that boasts a monumental investment of EGP 40 billion (USD

The following are some of this week's reports from the MEMRI Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) Project, which translates and analyzes content from sources monitored around the clock, among them the most important jihadi websites and blogs. (To view these reports in full, you must be a paying member of the JTTM; for membership information, send an email to

Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin both struggled with the upheaval of the 20th century. Arendt's The Human Condition wins the argument.

The project of direct democracy, of which reason and rational deliberation are an inseparable part, has to be made appealing and desirable for a growing amount of people.