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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. Putin told Trump in a phone call on February 12, 2025, that "peaceful negotiations" on ending the Ukraine conflict were possible. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Politics

Putin's 'Art of No Deal' in Ukraine

Though US President Donald Trump has mastered the “Art of the Deal”, there are signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin may use his own mastery of…

Michael Horowitz 23 March , 2025
A climate change activist takes part in a protest against the impact of US policy on climate change before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump outside the US embassy in London. Reuters
Science & Technology

Where will Trump's war on climate protections take the world?

In July 1977, a few months after Jimmy Carter became US president, he received a memo from Frank Press, his chief scientific adviser, warning of the…

Alaa Emara 23 March , 2025
Representatives of seven Arab countries, kings, presidents, and princes, convene in Cairo on May 29, 1946, at the invitation of King Farouk, with the aim of organising a united front against Jewish immigration to Palestine. AP
Documents & Memoirs

This day in history: the birth of the Arab League

Eighty years ago today, the charter of the Arab League was signed, marking the birth of an organisation aimed at fostering cooperation among Arab…

Sami Moubayed 22 March , 2025
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Politics

The foreign agendas competing for Syria's future

The toppling of Bashar al-Assad from Syria has left the country in the hands of those who forced it, but the state is broken, and millions who left…

Ibrahim Hamidi 22 March , 2025
Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner at the Bundesrat in Berlin on March 21, 2025. If, after the Bundestag, the Bundesrat also approves it, the way will be clear for the unprecedented borrowing for defence and infrastructure. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

Germany approves the biggest fiscal expansion in its post-war history

When a German party triggers a Zählappell, or parliamentary roll call, it is serious business. As a television commentator recently joked, “They will…

The Economist 21 March , 2025
A scene from the film  Universal Pictures
Culture & Social Affairs

'The Brutalist': a brutally long film that falls short

Brady Corbet, the director of the award-winning 2024 film The Brutalist, said he faced difficulties when embarking on the project, with producers…

Areej Jamal 20 March , 2025
A Palestinian man hugs the body of a baby following Israeli overnight airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, on March 20, 2025. BASHAR TALEB / AFP
Politics

Unpacking Netanyahu's predictably self-serving return to war

After a 58-day ceasefire and a halt in military operations between Israel and Hamas, Israel resumed its air strikes at dawn on Tuesday, 18 March,…

Salem Al Rayyes 20 March , 2025
Opinion

Is a European peacekeeping force in Ukraine even feasible?

While US President Donald Trump intensifies his efforts to negotiate an end to the Ukraine conflict, European leaders are being forced to consider…

Con Coughlin 20 March , 2025
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 11, 2025, in New York City. Following the worst day for the markets this year, the Dow was down nearly 500 points in morning trading. Spencer Platt/AFP
Business & Economy

Will Trump use the Federal Reserve as leverage, too?

America's unravelling defence commitments to Europe raise fundamental questions about geopolitical alignments, while US President Donald Trump’s…

Christopher Smart 20 March , 2025
Netanyahu fulfils his promise to resume the war in Gaza
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Netanyahu fulfils his promise to resume the war in Gaza

Fares Garabet 20 March , 2025
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A collage of Israel's policy of destruction and starvation in Gaza. Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

23 April 2026

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali
Axel Rangel Garcia
Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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