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US

President Donald Trump stands amongst the headstones during an American Commemoration Ceremony at Suresnes American Cemetery near Paris, on November 11. (AP)

Washington’s dysfunctional politics hamper foreign policy

Iran

A Pakistani border security official (R) and an Iranian border official meet at Zero Point in the Pakistan-Iran border town of Taftan, on October 16. (AFP)

Tehran’s neglect has bred trouble in Iran’s periphery

Iran

An Iranian checks various currency rates at an exchange shop window in downtown Tehran. (AP)

Sanctions will bite but will Iran change course?

Iran

A missile fired during an air defence drill in an undisclosed location in Iran, on November 5. (AFP)

Another episode in the US-Iran showdown

Khattar Abou Diab

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (C) visits wounded soldiers at the Riyadh Military Hospital, on November 5. (SPA)

Reality trumps the US in Saudi Arabia

Turkey

A demonstrator screams as police officers grab him during a protest in Istanbul. (AP)

Turning Turkey into a ‘zombie’ nation of undesirables

Iran

An Iranian woman walks by a mural on the wall of the former US embassy in Tehran. (AFP)

Iran’s regime has a track record of defeats

Water

Dead trees tower over the area of Siba in the Iraqi city of Basra, last July. (AP)

Water scarcity meets fragile states

Beji Caid Essebsi

A 2016 file picture shows Tunisia’s Prime Minister Youssef Chahed (R) and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi at the Carthage Palace on the outskirts of Tunis. (AFP)

The constitution is at the root of Tunisia’s political crisis

Abdeljalil Maali