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Damascus, Syria -May, 2022: Courtyard of Saladin's Mausoleum in Damascus. Shutterstock
Documents & Memoirs

Who said “We are back O’Saladin” when France occupied Damascus in 1920?

Perched next to the Umayyad Mosque is the mausoleum of the great Muslim sultan, Saladin, considered one of the treasures of the Old City of Damascus…

Sami Moubayed 04 July , 2023
A woman looks over properties in London, Britain, 26 June 2023. UK fixed mortgage rates have risen to a seven-month high according to Moneyfacts. EPA
Business & Economy

Britain’s mortgage time bomb

With news just in that the Bank of England has decided to raise the base interest rate by a whopping half a percentage point, there is a definite air…

Bryn Haworth 04 July , 2023
Libyan security forces affiliated with Tripoli-based interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh take part in a parade marking the 6th anniversary of the “liberation of Sirte” from IS on December 17, 2022. AFP
Politics

Fuelled by corruption and nepotism, Libya finds itself trapped in political anarchy

In June 2020 many Libyans felt a surge of hope, something long absent from a country that since 2014 had become best known for civil war.Field…

Tarek Megerisi 03 July , 2023
French far right exploits domestic turmoil
Cartoons

French far right exploits domestic turmoil

Fares Garabet 03 July , 2023
As cinema-goers prepare for the release of Christopher Nolan's war drama 'Oppenheimer', we take a look back at 70 years of depicting nuclear warfare in film. Eduardo Ramon
Culture & Social Affairs

'Oppenheimer' latest in long line of Hollywood films about nuclear warfare

Recent political events around the globe have revived fears of a limited, albeit destructive nuclear war.The fighting in Ukraine is gaining momentum,…

Mohammad Rouda 03 July , 2023
Opinion

Help is urgently needed to avert famine in Horn of Africa

“Together we’ve averted famine in Somalia and brought children back to health – but without further funding, millions more could soon be facing…

Liesbeth Aelbrecht 03 July , 2023

Riots over police killing of Algerian youth continue to rage in France

July, 2023
AFP
AFP

Protestors flee from an exploding firework on a street in Nice, south-eastern France early July 2, 2023, during the fifth night of rioting following the shooting of a teenage driver in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre on June 27.

AFP
AFP

Protestors flee from smoke on a street in Nice, south-eastern France early July 2, 2023, during the fifth night of rioting following the shooting of a teenage driver in the Parisian suburb of Nanterre on June 27.

AFP
AFP

Protesters run from launched tear gas canisters during clashes with police in Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023, after a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France over the killing of a teenager by police.

AFP
AFP

French riot police officers stand guard next to a burnt-out trash bin during a demonstration against police in Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023.

AFP
AFP

Police officers walk during a demonstration against police in Marseille, southern France on July 1, 2023, after a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France over the killing of a teenager by police.

AFP
AFP

French police officers detain a demonstrator in Paris on July 2, 2023, five days after a 17-year-old man was killed by police in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris.

AFP
AFP

A police officer stands by a car which is upside down on a street following a fourth consecutive night of rioting in France sparked by the killing of Nahel by a police bullet, in Lyon, south-eastern France on July 1, 2023.

AFP
AFP

Spectator deploy a banner which reads "Justice for Nahel" along the race route at the start of the 1st stage of the 110th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 1 2023.

Nigerian Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka at the Turin International Book Fair. Supplied.
Culture & Social Affairs

Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka: Europe has forgotten history lessons

Turin, Italy: In the realm of literary wonders, the Turin International Book Fair (Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino) took attendees on a…

Youssouf Waqqas 02 July , 2023
A protester holds a banner that reads "Did you have a good day, Dad? - Yes, you killed a child your age" in Bordeaux, southwest France on June 30, 2023 AFP
Politics

Is this France's George Floyd moment?

President Emmanuel Macron is facing his third bout with civil unrest and faces a potential second suburban uprising, following his confrontation with…

Khattar Abu Diab 02 July , 2023
Opinion

Wagner mutiny exposes dangers of unregulated militias

A week has passed since the rebellion led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin against Russian authorities.The rebellion which Prigozhin called a "march…

Alia Mansour 02 July , 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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