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A man relaxing on a hummock in a date-palm farm in Al Ahsa, in the Eastern Region of KSA. (Photo: Saudi Press Agency)
Culture & Social Affairs

Rural Tourism Attracts More People to the Saudi Countryside

“I took my daughters to the Strawberry Farm in Taif, West of Saudi Arabia. The farm guard gave them a small basket to pick the ripe strawberries. Not…

Motasem Al Felou 06 August , 2021
Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a briefing at the State Department, Monday, August 2, 2021, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP)
Business & Economy

First US Sanctions Imposed on Turkish-backed Syrian Militia

It took the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA), which is a Syrian armed group that opposes President Bashar Assad’s regime but supports the…

Jiwan Soz 06 August , 2021
Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister, arrives at a European Leaders (EU) summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday, June 25, 2021. (Photo by: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Politics

Scandal Over American NSA Bugging EU Allies

The National Security Agency (NSA) is the main US agency for global monitoring, collection, decoding, translation, and analysis of foreign…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 06 August , 2021
Illustration by Ali Mandalawi
Culture & Social Affairs

Greta Thunberg: The Climate Campaigner Challenging World Leaders

This summer is witnessing many fires and floods that strike many countries around the globe, and the intense heatwave, which scientists describe as …

Majalla 06 August , 2021
Archive: Gulf War
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Archive: Gulf War

Majalla 06 August , 2021
An Afghan security personnel gestures as he stands guard at the site a day after a car bomb explosion in Kabul on August 4, 2021. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Resurgence of Terror

Terrorism, be it in South Asia, the Middle East, or West Africa, is regrettably enjoying a resurgence. The US decision to withdraw its troops from…

Hagar Elnahas 06 August , 2021
Tunisia's President Kais Saied, center, leads a security meeting with members of the army and police forces in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, July 25, 2021. (Photo by Hedi Azouz/AP)
Politics

Tunisia’s Challenge to Keep the Boat Afloat

Tunisia; the geographically small, historically ancient, and demographically young and vibrant North African country, which is located at one of the…

Dalia Ziada 06 August , 2021
USA gymnast Simone Biles performs in the Women's Balance Beam at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Culture & Social Affairs

How Simone Biles Helped Us Rediscover Humanity in the Olympics

Let’s not call it redemption or vindication. Those words imply a mistake was made. It’s not really a comeback either. That suggests her past success…

Peter Jensen 04 August , 2021
Scarlett Johansson stars in "Black Widow," a prequel exploring her origins. (Marvel Studios/TNS)
Politics

How the Streaming Wars are Changing What You Watch

Blockbusters are finally coming back to movie theaters. But the buzz is elsewhere in Hollywood. Streaming services are upending the film industry’s…

Peter Labuza 02 August , 2021

World in Photos

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The Olympic Stadium is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo on August 1, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)

World in Photos

Firefighters work in the smoke-engulfed Mazi area as wildfires rolled down the hill toward the seashore, forcing people to be evacuated, in Bodrum, Mugla, Turkey, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021. More than 100 wildfires have been brought under control in Turkey, according to officials. The forestry minister tweeted that five fires are continuing in the tourist destinations of Antalya and Mugla. (AP Photo/Emre Tazegul)

World in Photos

Women work in a paddy field on the outskirts of Gauhati, India, Friday, July 30, 2021. Nearly 60% of the Indian population depends on agriculture for their livelihoods. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

World in Photos

People sit under a submerged straw hut after the risen water levels in Ganges river flooded the area near the riverbanks, in Allahabad on August 1, 2021. (Photo by SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)

World in Photos

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Triple Jump - Final - OLS - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan – August 1, 2021. Liadagmis Povea of Cuba in action REUTERS/Dylan Martinez.

World in Photos

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Badminton - Women's Singles - Gold medal match - MFS - Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan – August 1, 2021. Chen Yufei of China celebrates winning the match against Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
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Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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