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Batoul's choice: political mudslinging in the new Syria

The case of Batoul Alloush has become a matter of public concern. In recent days, the 21-year-old has become the subject of intense discussion among…

Alia Mansour 18 May , 2026
Locals survey the damage following a Jordanian strike on reported drugs and weapons storage facilities in the village of Busan, in the southern Druze-majority province of Sweida, on 2 May 2026. SHADI AL-DUBAISI / AFP
Politics

Jordan's renewed war on drugs comes with political undertones

At the start of May, Jordan launched several airstrikes into neighbouring southern Syria, targeting facilities it deemed key assets for drug…

Caroline Rose 18 May , 2026
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Business & Economy

Latest drones drive down the cost of warfare

In 1896, US inventor and businessman Thomas Edison published a short science fiction story titled In the Deep of Time, in which he described advanced…

Abdulfattah Khattab 18 May , 2026
Trump gets taste of China's strength in Beijing
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Trump gets taste of China's strength in Beijing

Fares Garabet 17 May , 2026
Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba

The US embargo on Cuba has lasted so long that it is now less of a policy than an inheritance. Conceived during the US-USSR Cold War confrontation,…

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra 17 May , 2026
Opinion

Will the US and China fall into the Thucydides Trap?

In Beijing, US President Donald Trump was received with lavish courtesy and exacting choreography: tours through the symbols of imperial history,…

Ibrahim Hamidi 17 May , 2026
A woman twirls a dragon streamer on the Bund promenade along the Huangpu River during sunrise in Shanghai on 14 April 2025, with the city's financial district seen in the background. HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP
Business & Economy

There’s no need to fear China’s economy

The United States appears to be on the ropes in trade negotiations with China. After taking office, the Trump administration threw down the gauntlet…

Theodore Bunzel 16 May , 2026
F-35 vs J-35: the US-China fighter jet contest Raven Jiang
Science & Technology

F-35 vs J-35: the US-China fighter jet contest

In early May, Chinese state television aired footage of the export version of China’s J-35AE fighter jet, in a display that carried more weight than…

Marco Mossad 16 May , 2026
Chadian soldiers march during Flintlock 2014, a US-led training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, on March 3, 2014. Joe Penney / Reuters
Politics

Why Africans are fighting and dying in Ukraine

The presence of thousands of fighters from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa in the Russian army has long been explained away as a form of Russian…

Sergey Eledinov 16 May , 2026
Amid US-China competition in the Gulf, there is room for cooperation Pete Reynolds
Politics

Amid US-China competition in the Gulf, there is room for cooperation

The last time US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met before this week’s state visit to China was in Busan, South Korea, at…

Charbel Barakat 15 May , 2026
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Syria takes on Iran’s proxies

12, Nov 2026

Our cover story this week explores the opportunities and risks accompanying Syria's shift from being a corridor of Iranian influence to a state intent on containing it

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Jensen Huang is out. His successor has the toughest job in tech

13, Nov 2026

A company built around one man must now learn to run without him

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Eduardo Ramon
Politics

Why the midterms complicate Trump's search for an Iran deal

14, Nov 2026

Democratic control of Congress will increase scrutiny of the war and its economic costs, but could also make the concessions needed for a lasting agreement with Tehran more difficult to deliver

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower
Ibrahim Arafath
Science & Technology

AI in medicine: can a selfie tell how long we might live?

15, Nov 2026

Artificial intelligence can analyse facial features for clues to biological ageing and cancer survival, but further validation is needed before clinical use

Alaa Emara
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The Democrats’ old guard faces a progressive revolt 

15, Nov 2026

Following an historic landslide, a new progressive wave is calling for establishment figures to step aside and make way for new blood who better represent the future direction of the party

Tarek Rashed

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