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As Ethiopians went to the polls last week, politicians in the landlocked country stepped up their push for Red Sea access, citing its right to the…

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In Al Mahattah, Layal, played by actress Manal Al Mulaiki, runs a women-only petrol station in Yemen, a safe haven in a war-torn country. There, the…

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Israel likes to project to the world an image of military and intelligence prowess. It points to its decapitation of Iran’s leadership, its weakening…

About a week ago, Syria's interior ministry announced that ongoing investigations into the disappearance of the children of Dr Abdul Rahman Yassin…