In a groundbreaking move, the European Parliament has approved an artificial intelligence (AI) law aimed at mitigating the technology’s risks and…

World military expenditure rose for the ninth consecutive year to an all-time high of $2.4tn. For the first time since 2009, military expenditures…

The choice to hold the World Economic Forum (WEF) outside of Davos wasn't coincidental. It came as the Middle East reels from multiple crises and…

Relations between Algeria and its southern neighbour Niger were quite good before the Nigerien military coup in July 2023. Ever since, they have…

A Palestinian prisoner in his early 40s has just won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction for his book about a Palestinian who takes on an…

I was surprised to see Syria improve its ranking from 176 to 171 in this year’s Women Peace and Security Index (WPS), which ranks countries on women…

Recent events in Riyadh demonstrated Saudi Arabia's growing soft power: the grand opening of the world’s largest Arabic opera in Riyadh, its hosting…

On time and on budget, despite delays caused by the pandemic, the restoration of Notre Dame de Paris, France’s most famous Gothic cathedral, is…

As an inorganic chemical compound, phosphate does not set the pulse racing under a microscope. Scientifically understood, it is neither new nor rare…