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A churchgoer holds a poster of the late Pope Francis at the Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City during a church service for his death on April 21, 2025. Carl de Souza / AFP
Business & Economy

The economic legacy of Pope Francis

As a priest in Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio witnessed extensive poverty and its effects. When he was elected to lead the Catholic Church in 2013,…

Toufic Chanbour 10 June , 2025
People queue with jerry cans to fill up fuel for home electric‬ generators at a petrol station in Libya's capital, Tripoli, on July 4, 2022, amidst a fuel and‬ energy crisis. Mahmud TURKIA / AFP
Politics

Libya is at its lowest point since 2020

Libya is at its lowest point since 2020, when a ceasefire ended the civil war between the UN-recognised government in the west and eastern forces led…

Ben Fishman 09 May , 2025
A boy stands by laundry hanging on lines amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on April 14, 2025. Bashar TALEB / AFP
Politics

The old war is over in Gaza, and a new one is underway

When Israeli jets struck Beit Lahia, Rafah, Nuseirat, and Al-Mawasi last month, killing some 400 Palestinians in the process, the assault seemed like…

David E. Rosenberg 15 April , 2025
A woman wearing a jilbab with a bouquet of flowers in her hand walks down a street in the Barbes district in Paris on June 25, 2023. JOEL SAGET / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

A walk through Barbès, the migrants’ hub in the heart of Paris

Just north of the French capital’s main train station, Gare du Nord, and a few streets from Montmartre, home of its artists, is the less-loved but…

Sohaib Ayoub 11 March , 2025
"Just in Case" exhibition Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg
Culture & Social Affairs

Gaza in metaphors: Taysir Batniji's latest art shown in Beirut

A phone alert rings in Taysir Batniji’s ears, then another, then another. Photos and videos accumulate, many on Telegram, others from news feeds. He…

Nawal Al-Ali 10 March , 2025
Palestinian director Basel Adra (L) and Israeli director Yuval Abraham pose during a photo session in Paris on October 29, 2024. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Oscar winner ‘No Other Land’ fails to highlight the root issue

Any artistic or media production that exposes Israeli occupation practices against Palestinians deserves recognition, praise, and a wider audience…

Samer Abou Hawwach 06 March , 2025
Opinion

Iran's 'axis' laid to rest at Nasrallah's funeral

The funeral of Hezbollah’s former Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (along with his designated successor Hashem Safieddine) in Beirut’s southern…

Ibrahim Hamidi 24 February , 2025
Former US government official Jared Kushner, married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, stands behind Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention on July 18, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP)
Business & Economy

Far from spontaneous, Trump’s plan for Gaza has been plotted

US President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer Palestinians from Gaza and then rebuild the Strip shocked the war. Rejected by the Arab world and…

Omar Ayyoubi 22 February , 2025
Turkish strikes on October 5 on the Kurdish-controlled region of Hasakeh in northeastern Syria hit a car, killing two people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. AFP
Politics

Stakeholders vie for oil and gas control in a post-Assad Syria

Countless unknown factors make it impossible to predict how developments will unfold in post-Bashar al-Assad Syria. With the new government not…

Giorgio Cafiero 21 January , 2025
Opinion

Why Egypt is wary of the 'new Syria'

Israel's decimation of Syria's military assets has not made headlines in Syrian media nor in countries with vested stakes in the country. Instead,…

Amr Emam 16 December , 2024
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Business & Economy

US-China summit: this time, Xi sets the agenda

13 May 2026

Washington and Beijing have much to discuss during Donald Trump's visit. As they meet, both presidents will find that they are playing with different hands.

Shirley Ze Yu
Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

What the new US Fed chair could do differently

13 May 2026

Jerome Powell's successor, Kevin Warsh, takes the reins at a critical fiscal moment, as inflationary pressures caused by the US war on Iran begin to take effect worldwide.

Toufic Chanbour
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Politics

Is it the end of the two-party system in the UK?

13 May 2026

Britons seem fed up with establishment parties after Labour's disastrous performance in this week's local elections, and the Tories' similar failure two years ago

Con Coughlin
Festival General Delegate Thierry Fremaux speaks in front of the Cannes Festival official poster from the movie "Thelma & Louise" during a press conference in Cannes, France, on 11 May 2026. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
Culture & Social Affairs

Cinema's changing face on display at Cannes

11 May 2026

This year, the renowned film festival appears to be addressing a world where films are made and consumed differently, while maintaining its legacy as the world's foremost arena for art cinema

Firas Al-Madi
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the day of the EU Leaders and Regional Partners Summit in Nicosia, Cyprus, on 24 April 2026.
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Politics

Are Lebanon-Israel talks a mistake? The view from Cairo

11 May 2026

Egyptian officials believe US-Israeli pressure to rapidly disarm Hezbollah could backfire and plunge Lebanon into a new civil war

Amr Emam

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