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The poorest countries in the world, particularly in Africa, are largely dependent on Russian and Ukrainian grain. They stand to lose the most if a deal is not reached soon. AFP
Politics

World leaders race to get Black Sea grain deal back on track

The war between Russia and Ukraine — the world's largest grain-producing countries — continues to have a serious impact on global food security. Food…

Omer Onhon 07 August , 2023
Saddam begged Khamenei on eve of Kuwait invasion: We offer a deal that meets all your demands
Documents & Memoirs

Saddam begged Khamenei on eve of Kuwait invasion: We offer a deal that meets all your demands

On 21 April 1990, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein initiated a series of secret messages to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, and President Hashemi…

Ibrahim Hamidi 07 August , 2023
Secret documents obtained by Al Majalla reveal that Saddam began preparations for the invasion of Kuwait in the wake of his declaration of an end to the Iran–Iraq War Al Majalla
Documents & Memoirs

Secret documents reveal how Saddam planned Kuwait invasion at the end of the Iran-Iraq war

Secret documents and letters obtained by Al Majalla reveal that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein began preparations for the invasion of Kuwait, which…

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 August , 2023
Ali Abdullah Saleh, Saddam Hussein, King Hussein and Hosni Mubarak, wave to the crowd, on June 15, 1989 during a motorcade rally prior to the opening of the Arab Cooperation Council in Alexandria, Egypt. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

Saddam formed a four-way alliance and suggested unifying armies and intelligence

After the Iraq-Iran war concluded in 1988, a significant turn of events occurred when Ayatollah Khomeini made a decision that is often referred to as…

Ibrahim Hamidi 06 August , 2023
A potential food crisis is looming and some Arab countries will struggle to protect their populations from scarcity and hunger after the demise of the UN-brokered deal on Ukrainian grain exports Reuters
Business & Economy

If world food supplies are weaponised, Africa will be first in the firing line

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin appeared confident as he outlined his views on the grain supply crisis at the second Russia-Africa summit in St…

Mohamed Sharki 06 August , 2023
Burkina Faso's Capt. Ibrahim Traore, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands before an official ceremony to welcome the leaders of delegations to the Russia Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 27, 2023 AP
Politics

A new scramble for Africa is underway and Russia is vying for influence

Africa is back at the centre of international attention after two major events in July. The second Russia-Africa summit and then the coup d’etat in…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 06 August , 2023
Euphrates river near a pedestrian bridge amidst a heavy dust storm in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on May 23, 2022. Asaad NIAZI_AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Iraq's suffocating silence over climate change

Basra: Iraq remains toward the top of a list of the countries most at risk of climate change, and yet there is a strange silence on the issue among…

Ali Mahmoud Khodir 06 August , 2023
This handout file picture taken on August 6,1945 by the US Army and released via the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum shows a mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb dropped by the B-29 bomber Enola Gay over the city of Hiroshima. AFP
Politics

Shadow of Hiroshima: 78th anniversary brings current nuclear climate into focus

Seventy-eight years ago on 6 August 2023, a nuclear weapon was used for the first time.‘Little Boy’ – the nickname given by the US for the atomic…

Christopher Phillips 05 August , 2023
'Ten Fatigued Horses Converse with Nothing' painted by Iraqi artist Kadhim Hayder. Bryn Haworth
Culture & Social Affairs

Arab art under Western eyes

Over the years, I’ve come to think of the big auction houses in London as opulent art galleries. Perhaps that’s inevitable if you can’t hope to…

Bryn Haworth 05 August , 2023
Protesters wave Nigerien and Russian flags as they gather during a rally in support of Niger's junta in Niamey on July 30, 2023. AFP
Politics

Niger coup marks yet another French setback in the African Sahel

France's recent setback in the African Sahel marks its third loss in the region. This has triggered demands from local populations for Paris to…

Mohamed Sharki 05 August , 2023
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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
A supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a Brazilian flag after a closing campaign rally, one day before the general election, in Sao Paulo, on 3 October, 2026. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Politics

Who will be Brazil’s next president?

04, Oct 2026

Neither Lula nor Bolsonaro won an outright majority, so the two men will face off on 25 October in an election that could serve as a bellwether of Donald Trump's influence in Latin America

The Economist
Opinion

Russia boosts its defence budget with an eye on Europe

02, Oct 2026

Putin seems to have concluded that to secure a decisive victory in Ukraine, he needs to go after the countries in Europe that are supporting Kyiv

Con Coughlin
A digital billboard displays fuel prices at a petrol station in Berlin on 2 October 2026. John MACDOUGALL / AFP
Business & Economy

G7 agrees to release 100 million barrels of reserve diesel

03, Oct 2026

Analysts believe that Trump is hoping to lower domestic fuel prices before the November midterm elections, which could see Democrats win a majority of seats in Congress

Alexandra Sharp
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

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