U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed that the Trump administration does not intend to admit the 1,100 Afghans currently stranded in Qatar who had worked with the U.S. military, intelligence services, and other American institutions during the two-decade occupation of Afghanistan. Rubio stated that Washington is engaged in discussions...

The possibility of Jordan losing its custodianship of Al-Aqsa has brought to the surface whether this arrangement ever truly served the interests of Al-Aqsa and the Palestinian people. For many years, Jordan has presented itself as the guardian of Al-Aqsa through what is known as the Hashemite custodianship but the Palestinians and Muslims clearly see that this custodianship has brought absolutely no benefit to Al-Aqsa or its people!

Amidst the profound geopolitical shifts dominating the world today, where established norms crumble and alliances are forged under the weight of brute force, the Muslim World finds itself at a pivotal moment: either to anticipate these transformations and chart its own course, or to await marginal roles dictated by others.

Sudan is surrounded by a number of countries, creations of the Sykes-Picot Agreement: Egypt to the north, Libya to the northwest, Chad to the west, the Central African Republic to the southwest, South Sudan to the south, Ethiopia to the southeast, Eritrea to the east, and the Red Sea, beyond which lies Saudi Arabia, to the northeast.