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There is still more we can do to fight the tobacco epidemic AFP_Shutterstock_Al Majalla
Science & Technology

There is still more we can do to fight the tobacco epidemic

In the past 20 years, tobacco use has dropped by one-third globally, and there are an estimated 118 million fewer tobacco users today compared with…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Adriana Blanco Marquizo 27 February , 2025
Opinion

Political legitimacy is an increasingly elusive pursuit

The National Dialogue in Syria and ministerial discussions in Lebanon represent two baby steps to restoring political legitimacy and representation…

Houssam Itani 27 February , 2025
Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton in "The Room Next Door" El Deseo/Warner Bros
Culture & Social Affairs

Pedro Almodóvar bathes death in light, colour, and calm

Many films have explored the theme of death, whether directly or indirectly. Indeed, few great literary, cinematic, or artistic works are untouched…

Samer Abou Hawwach 27 February , 2025
Palestinian women cry as killed members of the Abu Taha family are brought for burial outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis following Israeli bombardment east of the city in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2024. Bashar TALEB / AFP
Politics

Israel’s actions strike at the foundations of international law

What remains of the international order? For more than 500 days, Israel, enabled by powerful nations providing diplomatic cover, military hardware,…

Cyril Ramaphosa, Anwar Ibrahim, Gustavo Petro, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla 27 February , 2025
Diverging US-EU interests under Trump
Cartoons

Diverging US-EU interests under Trump

Fares Garabet 27 February , 2025
Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addresses representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities during the National Dialogue Conference called for by the country's new authorities in Damascus on February 25, 2025. AFP
Politics

I attended Syria's National Dialogue. These are my impressions.

When the world-renowned architect Kenzo Tange designed the Syrian Presidential Palace in 1979—often referred to as the People's Palace—he envisioned…

Sami Moubayed 27 February , 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian sign a strategic partnership treaty during a ceremony following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 17, 2025. Evgenia Novozhenina / AFP
Politics

Can Russia truly protect Iran?

Iran and Russia have significantly deepened their strategic ties in recent years, moving beyond a relationship based on convenience to one of direct…

Majid Rafizadeh 26 February , 2025
Former Tunisian Minister of Finance, Siham Al-Boughdiri Namsia, presents the state’s general budget for 2022, Tunisia, December 28, 2021.
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Business & Economy

Tunisia's 'IMF shadow' disappears with Nemsia's sacking

The standoff between Tunisia’s President Kais Saied and the International Monetary Fund came to a head this month, just days after he sacked his…

Kawthar Zantour 26 February , 2025

Street art, zombie marathons and Ramadan preparations

YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP
YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP

A street performer covered in silver paint takes a break to eat in Jakarta on February 23, 2025.

Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP
Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP

A zombie actor ahead of the Zombie Run Festival, a 5-kilometre-long race where participants must protect three plastic tags attached to their waists from zombies until they reach the finish line, in Jakarta on February 22, 2025.

Mehmet Murat / Getty
Mehmet Murat / Getty

Fatih Municipality teams cleaned the Suleymaniye Mosque as part of the disinfection work carried out before Ramadan in historical mosques in Istanbul, Turkiye, on February 25, 2025.

Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty

A man sells dates at the market in the Sayyida Zeinab district in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan on February 21, 2025, in Cairo, Egypt. The Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins on February 28.

Roman PILIPEY / AFP
Roman PILIPEY / AFP

Visitors stand next to a makeshift memorial paying tribute to Ukrainian and foreign fighters with flags at the Independence Square in Kyiv on February 23, 2025, ahead of the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP
IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP

Mourners attend the funeral of slain Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine at the Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium on the outskirts of Beirut on February 23, 2025.

Simone Risoluti/REUTERS
Simone Risoluti/REUTERS

General view of the mass and ordinations to the diaconate carried out by Archbishop Rino Fisichella, instead of Pope Francis, inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, February 23, 2025.

FETHI BELAID / AFP
FETHI BELAID / AFP

A Ruepell's griffon vulture perches on a branch at a bird sanctuary where it is prepared for release after receiving care by volunteers from Tunisia's Wildlife Association (ATVS) in Sidi Thabet on February 22, 2025.

REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva
REUTERS/Spasiyana Sergieva

Children spin rings of fire during rituals in celebration of Mesni Zagovezni, the second Sunday before Great Lent, in Lozen, Bulgaria, February 23, 2025.

Philippe LOPEZ / AFP
Philippe LOPEZ / AFP

"The Egypt of the Pharaohs from Kheops to Ramses II" exhibition at the "Bassin des Lumieres", the largest digital art centre in the world, in Bordeaux, Germany, on February 20, 2025.

Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa addressing representatives and dignitaries of Syrian communities during the National Dialogue Conference called for by the country's new authorities in Damascus on February 25, 2025. AFP
Politics

Syria’s transition takes its first baby step

Syria's national dialogue conference kicked off on Tuesday, 25 February, at the presidential palace in Damascus. It marks the start of a crucial…

Radwan Ziadeh 25 February , 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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