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An aerial view shows Kuwait City and the National Assembly Building (Kuwait Parliament), Kuwait, March 20, 2020. REUTERS
Business & Economy

Kuwait’s demographic predicament needs skills, not speed

Kuwait City: Kuwait is a small country of only 17,000 square kilometres and no more than 4.4 million people. Its population has grown rapidly since…

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi 01 March , 2023
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen shake hands during a joint press conference following their meeting at the Fairmont Hotel in Windsor, west of London, on February 27, 2023. AFP
Politics

Three years after Brexit, new spirit of UK-EU cooperation emerges

Three years after Britain officially left the European Union, the wrangling over its future trading relationship with the bloc has lost none of its…

Con Coughlin 28 February , 2023
Opinion

Tito’s lessons for Iraq

Despite all that has happened, the situation in Iraq is just as it has been for many years: the state is moving toward a centralised economy…

Rustum Mahmud 28 February , 2023
Opinion

Generation of Arab intellectuals leave mighty shoes to fill

The generation of Arab intellectuals who finished college in the early 1960s have now exceeded the age of 80. Born in the 1930s and 40's — this was…

Abdulsalam Bin Abdulali 28 February , 2023
The architects of the 1913 coup were officers from the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) Jamie Wignall
Documents & Memoirs

The coup that brought down the Ottoman Empire

110 years ago, a coup d’etat rocked the imperial capital of Istanbul.It was the second in just five years — the first having been staged during the…

Sami Moubayed 28 February , 2023
President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participate in the U.S.-Africa Summit Leaders Session on partnering on the African Union’s Agenda 2063 in Washington, D.C., on December 15, 2022. State Department
Politics

US-China competition in Africa heats up with Beijing in the lead

When we speak of Chinese-US competition in Africa, we are mainly talking about sub-Saharan Africa. North Africa, however, is also becoming a…

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 28 February , 2023
Aqaba meeting
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Aqaba meeting

Fares Garabet 27 February , 2023
Opinion

There is a pretentious new co-worker on the block gunning for our jobs

There is an emerging threat coming our way — an overconfident and knowledgeable co-worker that hides behind the protective guise of artificial…

Ibrahim Hamidi 27 February , 2023
The year 2022 saw the release of many remarkable Arabic publications that cover different literary genres, which shows a vibrant literary movement throughout the Arab world. Julien Pacaud
Culture & Social Affairs

22 books to bid farewell to 2022

The year 2022 saw the release of many remarkable Arabic publications that cover different literary genres, which shows a vibrant literary movement…

Haitham Hussein 27 February , 2023
Passersby walk past with a back drop of skyscrapers in Tokyo on June 13, 2022. AP
Business & Economy

The international economy is ailing

The founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, was not satisfied with the outcome of the 53rd gathering in Davos.For five decades now,…

Mohamed Sharki 27 February , 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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