Sisi, as a champion of stability, commands the support of Western powers

It may have ended in a lame-duck session with Democrats set to lose their majority, but the first US Congress of the Obama era was prolific.

Flexing their political muscle, US Republicans have promised a string of investigations into Barack Obama’s administration.

A French judge has placed the chief executive of the Total oil group under formal investigation on suspicion of paying bribes to secure a major gas-field deal in Iran. Christophe…