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The Beirut centre that helped the PLO understand Zionism
Culture & Social Affairs

The Beirut centre that helped the PLO understand Zionism

Around 2,500 years ago, Chinese military leader and strategist Sun Tzu wrote The Art of War. It was so influential that even today, most generals…

Emad al-Ahmad 03 October , 2024
Head of the Executive Council of Hezbollah, Hashem Safieddine on August 13, 2017. AFP
Profiles

Hashem Safieddine: The drum-beating cleric pegged as Nasrallah's successor

Lebanon’s army was swift to set up a security cordon around the US Embassy near Beirut after Israeli air strikes targeting the senior leadership of…

Shadi Alaa Aldin 03 October , 2024
People stand on top of the remains of an Iranian missile in the Negev desert near Arad on October 2, 2024, in the aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel. Menahem KAHANA / AFP
Politics

Can the US still prevent an all-out Middle East war? 

In the year since Hamas’s 7 October attack, Israel has gone from looking more vulnerable than it has for half a century—when it almost lost the 1973…

Michael Hirsh 03 October , 2024
Top foreign policy takeaways from the vice presidential debate Axel Rangel Garcia (1)
Politics

Top foreign policy takeaways from the vice presidential debate

US vice presidential candidates Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance—running mates of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President…

Alexandra Sharp and Lili Pike 02 October , 2024
In a race so close, opinion surveys cannot accurately predict whether Trump or Harris will win. Sebastien Thibault
Politics

Harris appears stronger, but Trump can still win

Political analysts here and opinion surveys agree that it's still a toss-up between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The opinion surveys indicate that…

Robert Ford 02 October , 2024
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan (L) gives a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty (R) at Tahrir Palace in the centre of Cairo on September 10, 2024. Khaled DESOUKI / AFP
Business & Economy

An initial $5bn from Riyadh bolsters Saudi-Egyptian relations

Egypt and Saudi Arabia have a long history of good relations stretching back more than a century, and after a Saudi agreement to invest $5bn in Egypt…

Marcelle Nasr 02 October , 2024

Iran launches missile salvo; Israel invades Lebanon; Gaza still under fire

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Palestinian children sit in a vehicle that was attacked by Israel in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, September 30, 2024.

REUTERS/Ammar Awad
REUTERS/Ammar Awad

A projectile is seen in the sky after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2024.

AP /Vahid Salemi
AP /Vahid Salemi

Workers install a huge portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on a building at Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.

AFP
AFP

A man looks at the destruction at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike on the Ruwais neighbourhood in Beirut's southern suburbs on October 1, 2024.

REUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum
REUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum

People take cover by the side of a road as a siren sounds after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2024.

REUTERS/Amr Abdallah
REUTERS/Amr Abdallah

A man prays at sunset in Tyre, Lebanon, as Israel expands its offensive on the country on September 27, 2024.

Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP

Children react following an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Falluja near the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on September 26, 2024.

REUTERS/Johanna Geron
REUTERS/Johanna Geron

A model presents a creation by designer Satoshi Kondo as part of his Spring/Summer 2025 Women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Issey Miyake during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, September 27, 2024.

AP /Chan Long Hei
AP /Chan Long Hei

Flags of China are hung in a residential building to mark the 75th National Day of the People's Republic of China in Hong Kong, Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP
CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP

An aerial view of damaged houses are seen after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024.

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, October 1, 2024 REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Politics

Iran missile salvo: Has Israel bitten off more than it can chew?

After the initial success Israel has enjoyed targeting the leadership of Hezbollah, the Israeli military is likely to face a far more daunting…

Con Coughlin 01 October , 2024
Mourners march with a symbolic coffin during a memorial service for Hassan Nasrallah who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut days earlier, in Baghdad's Sadr City on September 29, 2024. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP
Politics

Iraqi militias open a cautious front to help Hezbollah

Since Israel launched its blitzkrieg against Lebanon, Iraq-based militias have launched more than 25 drones and missiles in a show of support for…

Salam Zaidan 01 October , 2024
The Saudi National Choral Orchestra at the Westminster Theatre
Culture & Social Affairs

London is treated to an evening of Saudi music and dance

Saudi cultural vibrancy has been on show in the heart of the British capital as performers showcased the Kingdom’s rich musical heritage in one of…

Ibrahim Qaadouni 01 October , 2024
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People shout slogans as they gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, 8 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

US-Iran ceasefire unlikely to hold

07 April 2026

If the ceasefire collapses, China has an interest in getting the two sides back to the table, but it would be a difficult task given Tehran's deep mistrust of the US and Israel.

Xiaotong Yang
Al Majalla
Politics

5 unanswered questions on the US-Iran ceasefire

09 April 2026

The fragile truce faces significant obstacles.

John Haltiwanger
Al Majalla
Politics

The US-Iran war tanked Trump's popularity at home

07 April 2026

Instead of the "no endless wars" they were promised, Americans were thrown into a disastrous war and were feeling the economic pinch at the gas pump

Brian Katulis
Awami Rickshaw Union workers holding posters of Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shout slogans after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire in Lahore on 8 April 2026. Arif ALI / AFP
Politics

Behind the truce: Pakistan mediation proves pivotal

08 April 2026

Islamabad is humming with behind-the-scenes diplomacy to turn this tentative pause into lasting peace.

Kaswar Klasra
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shake hands during a session at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on 29 March 2026. Reuters
Politics

Palestinian executions are now official Israel policy

08 April 2026

Israel's parliament approved a draconian death penalty law last week that only applies to Palestinian prisoners, in a move that the UN says "would constitute a war crime"

Khaled Essam Eleslamboly

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