Opinion: From Japan to France to Nepal, leaders are falling not just at the ballot box but through eroding trust in parties, parliaments and the streets; as global crises intensify, democracies risk paralysis under leaders with fragile, short-lived mandates

Opinion: Once dismissed as an unlikely peacemaker, Trump has emerged as a key figure in the Gaza ceasefire, earning praise as a modern-day Cyrus; as hostages return and aid flows, the challenge now is transforming a fragile peace into lasting hope

Opinion: As boos erupted toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Hostages Square rally, opinion splits: some call it a disgraceful display of division, others a legitimate expression of public anger and democratic protest