After years of turmoil, Venezuela's political crisis escalated to a new level last week as the head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly Juan Guaido declared himself interim president.  The proclamation came after President Nicolas

On The Listening Post this week: As the speaker of Venezuela's National Assembly proclaims himself "President", we analyse international coverage of the crisis. Plus, Serbian media under Vucic. Venezuela's crisis and the geopolitics of

BENGHAZI, Libya: At least four Libyan soldiers were killed on Friday when forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar fought with a local armed group as they sought to expand south, military officials said, with the

BEIRUT: Nearly 30 children have died in eastern Syria over the past two months after making their way out of the last area controlled by the Daesh group, a spokesman for the UN refugee

DUBAI: A Venezuelan man sits on the sidewalk of a city in chaos. He clutches a black gym bag, carrying all his possessions, forced to leave his home due to unbearable economic and political

Filmmaker: Osama bin Javaid For the past two years, Saudi Arabia has prepared to place its national oil company on the stock market. Officials talked up the Saudi Aramco initial public offering (IPO) with

The United States is suspending its compliance with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia on Saturday and will withdraw from the landmark 1987 arms control accord in six months if Moscow does not

Russia has denounced the United States's decision to leave a landmark Cold War nuclear missile treaty, saying it was part of Washington's plan to "get out of its international legal obligations". The US exit is not

The US economy added a whopping 304,000 jobs in January, marking the 100th straight month of consecutive job gains. Workers also earned more last month. Average hourly wages rose $0.03 in January, up 3.2

Iraq's Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has been in power since last October. When he was appointed, he gave parliament 100 days to end its deadlock and begin implementing much-needed reforms. That deadline has