The sudden upsurge in Western support aims to ensure that Ukraine will be in the strongest position possible when it comes to the negotiating table if Trump ends the war as promised

Con Coughlin

Seasonal rains and flooding portend further humanitarian catastrophe

From French suburbs to Moroccan towns and Egyptian cities, study after study shows how terror groups have continued using the world's most popular sport to find new fighters

Maher Farghaly

The cost of this war already dwarfs those from 2006, yet it shows no signs of ending. Israel can absorb some losses; Lebanon cannot. If its people turn on each other, it will get a lot worse.

Khaled Kassar

Israel and Syria agreed to create a demilitarised buffer zone that has brought decades of calm. Military planners in Tel Aviv are looking to do the same between northern Gaza and southern Lebanon.

Ibrahim Hamidi

If the 'resistance' doesn't like this fact, then they should have cooperated with UN institutions tasked with holding Hariri's killers to account instead of obstructing the judicial process

Alia Mansour

On today's Global Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination, we urge all leaders, all sectors and all communities to join us in ending cervical cancer once and for all

The outgoing administration has one last chance to do the right thing

Stacy Gilbert

Not since former US President George W Bush came to power in 2001 has the US witnessed such an uncompromising array of senior national security officials

Con Coughlin

The international watchdog should have required influential politicians and their cronies to disclose how they smuggled their money out of the country. It missed a trick.

Toufic Chanbour

Behind bars, Sinwar's demeanour was more conciliatory. After being released, he went on to mastermind the worst attack on Israel in its history—something many Israelis will never forget

Michael Horowitz

Four years is a long time in this region, and the approach that worked during his first term may not work during his second. Trump will need to be at his deal-making best.

Ibrahim Hamidi