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Threads becomes Twitter's biggest threat
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Threads becomes Twitter's biggest threat

Fares Garabet 10 July , 2023
Will Threads be able to dethrone Twitter? Only time will tell, but we’ve learned from experience that content ultimately wins. Nash Weerasekera
Science & Technology

Threads v Twitter: The mother of all battles

At the time of writing, a new application and rival to Twitter called Threads had garnered more than 100 million new users, adding to the hundreds of…

Khaled Kassar 10 July , 2023
As Sudan burns, one refugee embarks on a harrowing journey into the unknown Nathalie Lees
Politics

As Sudan burns, one refugee embarks on a harrowing journey into the unknown

So many of Sudan’s people have endured such deep suffering, fleeing the civil war that grips their country.This is my account of just one flight from…

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 10 July , 2023
People visit a display of classic and luxury cars at the
fishermen's port of the northern Lebanese city of Batroun, on
August 6, 2022. AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Despite Lebanon’s economic collapse, the worship of luxury cars persists

In a despondent, war-ridden nation, where chaos reigns and hope flickers dimly, an unlikely allure emerges — luxury cars.Amongst the ruin and…

Mohamed abi Samra 09 July , 2023
Heads of State and Government pose for the official group photo during the Nato summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 29, 2022. AFP
Politics

What's on the agenda at the Nato summit?

Nato will hold its second official summit of its heads of government since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this week. It will be a top-level chance to…

Omer Onhon 09 July , 2023
An Iranian couple looks at carpets in Tehran. Pessimism about the future and this sense of impotence have led to a state of despair and gloom amonst citizens. AFP
Business & Economy

Iran's joy deficit: Why are citizens unhappy?

If official spending data from the country is any meaningful measure of leisure, Iranians are not having as much fun, adding to the more serious…

Hanan Azizi 08 July , 2023
Ankara has balanced its membership of Nato with a need to maintain relations with Russia, since clearly calling out the war in the early days. It has worked so far, but will have to keep at it Rob Carter
Politics

A look at Turkey's geopolitics through the lens of the war in Ukraine

Turkey’s response to what its close ally Russia called a “special military operation”, when Moscow sent troops into Ukraine, offered the first…

Mitat Çelikpala 08 July , 2023
Students of Arbil's College of Journalism hold portraits of Shifa Gardi, an Iraqi female journalist for Kurdish network Rudaw who was killed while covering the Mosul offensive, during a memorial ceremony on February 26, 2017. AFP
Politics

Abduction of Russian-Israeli researcher sheds light on Iraq's kidnapping problem

Baghdad: Clutches of policemen direct traffic under the hot summer sun and mull around near their vehicles in apparent boredom in Inner Karrada, an…

Shelly Kittleson 07 July , 2023
Can divas save the world? Chris Stein Rednight, Inc
Culture & Social Affairs

Can divas save the world?

There seems to be a lot going on right now in London’s cultural scene. Sadly, your reporter cannot be everywhere, so imagine my chagrin when I saw…

Bryn Haworth 07 July , 2023
Opinion

Definitions of militias vary, but dangers uniform

One man’s army can be another man’s militia.Perspective can define the difference, and so can context, as is clear from the way the West has reacted…

Wahid Abdel Maguid 07 July , 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 and Syria, 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
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
Al Majalla
Business & Economy

How the oil crises of 1973 and today differ

30, Sep 2026

While the world is much better prepared this time around, vulnerabilities remain

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
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
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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