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Opinion

Pager attack casts ominous shadow on Lebanon’s future

On Tuesday, Israeli forces employed advanced technology to target Hezbollah members by detonating their pagers. Hezbollah had believed that using…

Houssam Itani 18 September , 2024
Using phones to kill or strike down traditional enemies is not new to Israel. It actually pre-dates both pagers and mobiles. Lina Jaradat
Documents & Memoirs

Israel's assassinations via telecoms predate pagers

From direct military strikes that took down prominent Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and his successor Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi in 2004 to close…

Sami Moubayed 18 September , 2024
Pager attack rips up Israel-Hezbollah rules of engagement
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Pager attack rips up Israel-Hezbollah rules of engagement

Fares Garabet 18 September , 2024
The biggest question about the Hezbollah pager attack is why now Andrei Cojocaru
Politics

The biggest question about the Hezbollah pager attack is why now

In a coordinated attack across Lebanon and parts of Syria, hundreds of pagers used by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah simultaneously exploded…

Colin P. Clarke 18 September , 2024
Opinion

Biden's inability to restrain Israel bodes badly for the region

The inability of the Biden administration to persuade Israel to show restraint when conducting its military operations risks plunging the Middle East…

Con Coughlin 19 September , 2024
The high-speed Buraq train, at Tangier railway station. Shutterstock
Business & Economy

Bidders eye Moroccan rail as transformative $37bn project sets off

Negotiations for a major $1.6bn tender are underway after the Moroccan state rail operator ONCF announced it would buy 168 new trains. The contract…

Mohamed Sharki 18 September , 2024

Europe floods, SpaceX launch, and China Fashion Week

JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP
JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP

Colombian fans cheers before the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Colombia and Argentina at the Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia, on September 10, 2024.

MICHAL CIZEK/AFP
MICHAL CIZEK/AFP

A woman walks past a tennis court flooded by the Opava River on September 16, 2024, in Krnov, Czech Republic.

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CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Resilience capsule, carrying the crew of the Polaris Dawn Mission, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 10, 2024.

WANG ZHAO/AFP
WANG ZHAO/AFP

A model displays a creation from the Another One collection by Xiaoming Deng during the China Fashion Week in Beijing on September 10, 2024.

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R.SATISH BABU/AFP

Students prepare a floral decorative design, 'Rangoli', during the celebrations to mark the annual harvest festival of 'Onam' at a school in Chennai on September 10, 2024.

WILLIAM WEST/AFP
WILLIAM WEST/AFP

A protester blows bubbles at police during protests at the Land Forces 2024 arms fair in Melbourne on September 12, 2024.

AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP
AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP

Afghan boys play football at a field in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province on September 12, 2024.

BAY ISMOYO/AFP
BAY ISMOYO/AFP

In this aerial picture, traffic and buildings are seen at a roundabout in Jakarta on September 14, 2024.

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AAREF WATAD/AFP

A woman carries red pepper ristras during processing at a yard in Salqin village in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, near the border with Turkey, on September 14, 2024.

PAUL ELLIS/AFP
PAUL ELLIS/AFP

Competitors approach the finish of the Dun Laoghaire Harbours swimming race in Dun Laoghaire on the east coast of Ireland on September 15, 2024.

German writer Jenny Erpenbeck poses on the red carpet upon arrival for the 2024 International Booker Prize 2024 award announcement ceremony at Tate Modern in central London on May 21, 2024. Benjamin Cremel/ AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Jenny Erpenbeck on her Booker Prize-winning novel 'Kairos'

Jenny Erpenbeck won the International Booker Prize this year for her novel Kairos. The story recounts a love affair that descends into decay and…

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 18 September , 2024
Armenian-Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) in London on 5 March 1963. Harry Benson/Getty
Documents & Memoirs

Yousuf Karsh: The man behind Churchill's iconic portrait

In 1941, Sir Winston Churchill paid one of his many visits to Canada—a former British colony turned Commonwealth ally— which had always been dear to…

Sami Moubayed 18 September , 2024
Opinion

A trio of global flashpoints have two familiar faces in common

The world’s crises are increasingly interconnected, but three flashpoints in particular are uniquely intertwined: Syria, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine. Why…

Ibrahim Hamidi 18 September , 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
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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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