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US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate for an end to the war in Ukraine in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Politics

Putin rides high after Alaska

The Alaska summit between Trump and Putin was the latest example of the US president's unpredictability and his weaknesses as a diplomat. European…

Robert Ford 18 August , 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes an address following an emergency cabinet meeting on Gaza at 10 Downing Street in London on July 29, 2025. Toby Melville / AFP
Politics

Performative politics: Palestine recognition pledges ring hollow

Almost 108 years after British troops first occupied Palestine, London appears on the brink of finally recognising a Palestinian state. After France…

Christopher Phillips 18 August , 2025
The rare earths powering industries and fuelling conflicts Eduardo Ramon
Business & Economy

The rare earths powering industries and fuelling conflicts

For thousands of years, metals have been linked to human advancement, from Stone Age tools made of flint to the iron that fired the factories that…

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 August , 2025
Putin sitting pretty after Alaska summit
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Putin sitting pretty after Alaska summit

Fares Garabet 17 August , 2025
Opinion

Sweida must be a warning, not a blueprint for northeast Syria

As Syria struggles to contain the fallout from the recent clashes in Sweida, tensions in the northeast are rapidly approaching a boiling point. The…

Haid Haid 17 August , 2025
How Gaza’s hakawati use storytelling to cling to memory and life Aliaa Aboukhaddour
Culture & Social Affairs

How Gaza’s hakawati use storytelling to cling to memory and life

In Gaza, stories are told not merely for amusement but as acts of survival, fragile bridges to a life that drifts further away with each passing day…

Houssam Marouf 17 August , 2025
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the 45th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Kuwait City on December 1, 2024.
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Politics

Kuwait reforms bear fruit after decades of political deadlock

When Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah assumed direct leadership of Kuwait as its emir, he was swift to outline his ambitions for the country…

Khalaf Al-Duwai 17 August , 2025
Rupert Murdoch: the media mega-mogul taking on Trump Nash
Profiles

Rupert Murdoch: the media mega-mogul taking on Trump

When media mogul Rupert Murdoch said he was stepping down as chairman of Fox and News Corp in September 2023, with his son Lachlan replacing him to…

Con Coughlin 17 August , 2025
Opinion

Global outrage won't deter Netanyahu from Gaza occupation

Not only has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announced plan to fully occupy Gaza sparked an international outcry, but it has also…

Con Coughlin 16 August , 2025
Instead of respite, Gaza's war-torn brace for full Israeli occupation Lina Jaradat
Politics

Instead of respite, Gaza's war-torn brace for full Israeli occupation

In the first week of August, a flurry of Israeli statements announced the government’s intention to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, imposing security…

Salem Al Rayyes 16 August , 2025
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Khamenei's killing opens up a strategic abyss

01 March 2026

Gulf states' delicate balancing act—maintaining security partnerships with the US while cautiously reopening channels to Iran—has been shattered

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Trump is betraying his base by waging war on Iran

02 March 2026

Voters were promised America First, not Bush-era interventions

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US-Iran war: economic costs already start to stack up

01 March 2026

Al Majalla lays out three possible scenarios for how the conflict unfolds, along with their associated costs

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Operation Epic Fury: the point of no return

28 February 2026

The US and Israel carried out strikes across Iran, and Tehran has retaliated by striking US/Israeli assets across the region. Could this turn into the regional war analysts have been warning about?

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Alireza Arafi: the cleric charged with selecting Iran's next Supreme Leader

02 March 2026

A clerical member of the Guardian Council, he was selected to serve on the Leadership Council along with President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei

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