Opinion

Selling and consuming liquor is still allowed. Therefore, prohibiting legal imports only bolsters the black market, putting consumers at risk, while the government misses out on tax revenue

While parliament is carrying out some functions, it has yet to pass any legislation the country desperately needs

Two US-China summits later, it has become clear that two mutually reinforcing traps are at work. The first is geopolitical; the second is technological

The lack of trust between the US and China was evident during talks, which only resulted in the two sides agreeing to extend their trade truce

Citizens were already peeved at the rising cost of petrol, but the government's reactive response also raises important questions about the point of parliament

The Syrian president addresses the UN General Assembly today, representing a much-changed country from a year ago. But an international opening only puts the onus back on Damascus to deliver

It is not enough to contain militias. The state must strengthen its institutions and army so that decisions about war and peace rest with the state

They present themselves as defenders of Arab and Islamic causes, yet their actions have now brought the threat closer to Mecca itself

After exhausting his military options, the US president has turned instead to economic warfare. But if Yemeni rebels gain the ability to disrupt Red Sea traffic, that could change things

Sarmada was not an unforeseeable tragedy. It was the latest in a series of deadly warnings that should already have pushed Syria's transitional authorities to act

Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate and one of the architects of artificial intelligence, is now warning the world about the very technology he helped…

Washington has succeeded in converting military and economic pressure into a new political reality: an Iran that is less capable of financing its proxies