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Cuba is the next domino after Maduro’s fall - opinion

Cuba survives on foreign power; its fate may now be in US hands.

|ByAMINE AYOUB
Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan. in New York City, US, January 5, 2026.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attend a documents signing ceremony in Moscow, Russia January 17, 2025.

Moscow and Tehran’s new partnership is bad news for the West - opinion

New Russia-Iran treaty deepens cooperation, challenging Israel's influence in the Middle East.

|ByNEVILLE TELLER
A man walks past a mural showing Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, after US President Donald Trump said on Saturday the US has struck Venezuela and captured Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela January 3, 2026

President Trump’s Venezuela strategy signals a new era for US foreign policy - opinion

With Maduro captured, the US aims to stabilize Venezuela, counter regional threats, and support domestic democratic forces.

|ByGABRIEL ROSENBERG
Iranians protest on a main street in Tehran, December 30, 2025

Iran’s regime is facing collapse as its core ideological lie is finally exposed - opinion

Iran’s regime has lost its ideological anchor, its popular base, and possibly its military, this time, the collapse could well be real.

|ByDANIEL M. ROSEN

Holy Cow, Chicago! Is There a Blistering Inferno Someplace That’s Still Frozen Over?

NOVEMBER 10, 2016ByDR CATHERINE L WHITE
The Jerusalem Post

Grapevine: Foresight on Dylan

OCTOBER 22, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Irina Nevzlin, chair of Beit Hatfutsot board of directors, presents family tree to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Dubai Airport detains model Gigi Gorgeous for being transgender

A Dubai immigration officer said to Gorgeous "I was told you are transgender. You cannot come into the country."

AUGUST 11, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Gigi Gorgeous

Hot off the Arab press 462625

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

JULY 28, 2016ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
A luggage loading vehicle is driven past Middle East Airlines aircraft at Beirut Airport, Lebanon

Hot off the Arab press 462023

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

JULY 21, 2016ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
Former Turkish President Abdullah Gul (2nd L) comforts the son of a police officer killed during a thwarted coup in Turkey, on July 18 in Istanbul

Theresa May becomes British PM, promising 'bold new role' outside EU

May, 59 assumed office after an audience with Queen Elizabeth.

JULY 13, 2016ByREUTERS
Britain's Queen Elizabeth welcomes Theresa May at the start of an audience in Buckingham Palace, where she invited her to become Prime Minister, in London July 13, 2016.

Hot off the Arab press 459357

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

JULY 3, 2016ByCOMPILEDTHE MEDIA LINE
Iraqi military vehicles pass by the flag of Islamic State militants in Falluja, Iraq

Democrats publish draft platform language on Middle East

James Zogby, a member of the committee, told the Post this week that the language is largely settled.

JULY 2, 2016ByMICHAEL WILNER
Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks about the results of the South Carolina primary to supporters at a primary night party in Columbia, South Carolina, February 27, 2016.

Grumpy Old Man: The columns that weren’t

Try finding something to say before its relevance and timeliness are swept away.

JUNE 16, 2016ByLAWRENCE RIFKIN
Orlando residents hold a picture of their deceased friend Xavier Emanuel Serrano Rosado during a candlelit vigil in memory of victims of the mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub

Swiss-based Baloch leader hopeful of Israel's help for freedom

JUNE 9, 2016ByAHMAR MUSTIKHAN
The Jerusalem Post