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Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, speaks during a Senate Committee on Intelligence Hearing on March 25, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik / AFP
Politics

5 key questions about Signalgate

Heads are still spinning in Washington in the wake of journalist Jeffrey Goldberg’s bombshell report in The Atlantic that he was accidentally…

John Haltiwanger 26 March , 2025
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Politics

Black Sea truce inches efforts to end the Ukraine war forward

The immense challenge of negotiating a lasting ceasefire for the Ukraine conflict has been clearly evident during the latest round of talks in Riyadh…

Con Coughlin 26 March , 2025

Gaza death toll mounts, Türkiye protests and more

KEMAL ASLAN / AFP
KEMAL ASLAN / AFP

A whirling dervish stands in front of Turkish anti-riot police officers during a rally in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor in Istanbul Municipality, on March 23, 2025.

REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

A dog wearing a keffiyeh sits at a memorial for Palestinians killed by Israel in its war on Gaza near the Pantheon in Rome, Italy, on March 20, 2025.

Rasid Necati Aslim / Getty
Rasid Necati Aslim / Getty

Using the colors of the Palestinian flag, Irish osteopath Mary Evers embroiders the names of those killed in Gaza onto fabrics, one by one, transcending each lost life beyond numbers, on March 19, 2025 in London, United kingdom.

REUTERS/Claudia Morales
REUTERS/Claudia Morales

Members of the social movement Red Ponchos march to demand that the government address the ongoing fuel shortage, inflation, and broader economic crisis in La Paz, Bolivia, on March 19, 2025.

REUTERS
REUTERS

Muslims perform late-night prayers at the Grand Mosque during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2025.

REUTERS/Orhan Qereman
REUTERS/Orhan Qereman

Syrian Kurds celebrate the spring festival of Nowruz in Qamishli, Syria, on March 21, 2025.

R. Satish BABU / AFP
R. Satish BABU / AFP

A woman dries handmade vermicelli, which is used to make a traditional sweet dish consumed during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Chennai on March 21, 2025.

TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP
TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP

A boy walks past statues of Buddhist monks at Trapeang Thma pagoda in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province on March 24, 2025.

REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez

Yoko, the only known great ape in captivity in Colombia, rescued after suffering animal abuse, is relocated to Brazil's Sorocaba Sanctuary on March 23, 2025.

REUTERS/Marton Monus
REUTERS/Marton Monus

A general view of the Hungarian parliament as it votes on a bill that would ban the Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities and impose fines on organizers and people attending the event in Budapest, Hungary, on March 18, 2025.

The cover of "The Book of Disappearance"
Culture & Social Affairs

Booker-nominated novel asks: what if Palestinians vanished?

Ever since the English translation of US-based Palestinian writer Ibtisam Azem’s novel The Book of Disappearance was longlisted for the International…

Ali Almuqri 26 March , 2025
Opinion

Sworn enemies find common ground to keep Syria weak

Iran’s key regional allies have either collapsed or been significantly weakened—from the fall of the Assad regime to the weakening of Hezbollah,…

Alia Mansour 26 March , 2025
Protestors hold red smoke flares during a rally in support of Istanbul's arrested mayor at  Istanbul's city hall, on March 24, 2025. OZAN KOSE / AFP
Politics

İmamoğlu’s arrest is a big deal in Türkiye, less so for its allies

The political crisis that Türkiye has been facing goes well beyond the arrest of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political rival, Istanbul Metropolitan…

Omer Onhon 25 March , 2025
US top global airpower; Russia a distant second Diana Estefanía Rubio
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US top global airpower; Russia a distant second

Military airpower has been used in warfare since the early 20th century, serving as a critical tool for armed forces. While the number of aircraft in…

Al Majalla - London 25 March , 2025
A boy sips a cup of tea during a break from work in an aluminium cookware manufacturing factory in Al-Bab, on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, on June 2, 2024. Aaref WATAD / AFP
Business & Economy

Poverty in the Arab world is about more than just income

Even the richest nations have pockets of poverty and destitution, as a quick look at the Western world’s capitals and tech engines like London and…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 25 March , 2025
A woman uses her mobile telephone as she walks past a mural painted on the outer wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, dubbed the 'Den of Espionage', on March 8, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran’s coming concessions to Trump

Although Iran and the US are not directly talking to each other, indirect talks have been ongoing. Earlier this month, Trump revealed that he had…

Arash Azizi 25 March , 2025
Opinion

What Trump wants from Sharaa

The US foreign policy approach to Damascus under the Trump administration is one that views Syria through a purely geopolitical lens—not a…

Ibrahim Hamidi 25 March , 2025
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IRGC soldiers march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran on 22 September, 2018. AFP
Politics

The US-Iran war could empower the IRGC

09 March 2026

When states are attacked, authority gravitates towards institutions capable of mobilising resources, enforcing discipline, and coordinating a military response

Alex Vatanka
A picture of Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, displayed on a screen in Tehran, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, on 9 March 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Iran’s defiant regime picks a new supreme leader

09 March 2026

The appointment suggests the Revolutionary Guards have the upper hand

The Economist
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during the D-8 summit in Cairo, Egypt, on 19 December 2024. AFP
Politics

Egypt fears an unrestrained Israel if Iran collapses

06 March 2026

Cairo and Tehran have been at loggerheads since 1979, but the Iranian threat has always acted as a check on Israeli ambitions. If Iran is completely defeated, Israel will reign supreme.

Amr Emam
A boy plays with his sheep next to an unexploded missile that landed in an open field on the outskirts of Qamishli, eastern Syria, on 5 March 2026. DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP
Business & Economy

Syria may escape war but not its economic fallout

08 March 2026

Even if it stays on the sidelines of the US-Iran war, the country is fragile. Unlike larger economies that can absorb shocks in global markets, it has little room to cushion the impact.

Haid Haid
The displaced Palestinian Abu Mustafa family sits together as they break the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast during Iftar in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on 26 February 2026. Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Ramadan in Gaza: food scarcity compounds suffering

03 March 2026

The iftar table, if it still exists, no longer represents joy, but anxiety and scarcity

Hala Al-Naji

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