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Saudi-US negotiations: Prospects and challenges

As Saudi Arabia steams ahead with its Vision 2030 programme, it continues to pursue regional strategies and field international options that cater to…

Ibrahim Hamidi 07 September , 2023
Students apply final touches to portraits of the G20 leaders, ahead of the G20 Summit, outside an art school in Mumbai, India, September 5, 2023. Reuters
Business & Economy

Can the G20 rise to the challenge of a fast-changing world?

There are great expectations across the globe for the upcoming G20 summit in India. The timing and the location of the gathering of heads of…

Toufic Chanbour 07 September , 2023
A cyclist rides past a bus waiting shelter with a poster of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of this week's summit of the Group of 20 nations in New Delhi, India, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. AP
Politics

All eyes on India as G20 leaders head to New Delhi

It was an ecstatic Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who held aloft the symbolic gavel passed on to him, as part of the rotational presidency, by…

Sanjay Kapoor 07 September , 2023
The move to the top of the world economy’s most-watched league table comes as the Vision 2030 reforms cut oil dependence. While the IMF opens a Riyadh office, Saudi is sticking with some subsidies. IMF/Majalla
Business & Economy

IMF crowns Saudi Arabia as G20’s fastest-growing economy

Saudi Arabia’s economy has become the fastest growing in the G20, the influential club of major nations, helped by the country’s ambitious reform…

Faisal Faeq 07 September , 2023
War and famine
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War and famine

Fares Garabet 07 September , 2023
Kuwait needs to shrink its public sector and use privatisation to cut its dependence on oil revenue. Reform will only become more difficult as the world moves to alternative energy. Shutterstock
Business & Economy

After brief surplus, Kuwait's national budget back in the negative

Kuwait reported a budget surplus for the last fiscal year, buoyed by higher oil prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, easing the immediate…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 07 September , 2023
Fighters ride in a vehicle moving in a military convoy accompanying the governor of Sudan's Darfur State during a stopover in the eastern city of Gedaref while on the way to Port Sudan on August 30, 2023. AFP
Politics

What does "victory" look like in Sudan's ongoing conflict?

The conflict in Sudan has been relentless and destructive – but one thing remains unclear amid the chaos. What would “victory” mean for either…

Shawgi Abdelazim 07 September , 2023
Tribal members in northwestern Syria have declared a general mobilization and are demanding the opening of roads to Deir ez-Zor. Getty Images
Politics

Recent flare-up shows why Deir ez-Zor is Syria's next flashpoint city

Deadly violence has flared again in the east of Syria, where factional fighting has followed increased political tensions along the eastern bank of…

Rustum Mahmud 07 September , 2023

Russian strike on civilian market kills 17 as Blinken visits Kyiv

September, 2023
AFP
AFP

Ukrainian police and rescuers stand near car wreckages following a Russian strike in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on September 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters
Reuters

Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of a Russian military strike in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, September 6, 2023.

Reuters
Reuters

Emergency services work following an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, September 6, 2023, according to presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, in this still image from video obtained from social media.

Reuters
Reuters

Flames rise and people run during an attack on the city of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine, September 6, 2023, according to presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, in this still image from video obtained from social media.

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Reuters

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken introduces members of his delegation to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy before a meeting at Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 6, 2023.

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Reuters

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy greets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken before a meeting at Bankova in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 6, 2023.

AFP
AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2R) listens as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (2L) speaks during a meeting at Bankova in Kyiv on September 6, 2023.

Opinion

In Ukraine, warring sides race to boost negotiating positions

Plans by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Moscow later this month to discuss an arms deal with Moscow risks provoking a major escalation in…

Con Coughlin 06 September , 2023
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
Documents & Memoirs

Exclusive interview with the man who caught Eli Cohen

30, Sep 2026

Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

28, Sep 2026

After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

29, Sep 2026

Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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