Rather than helping to improve relations between the world's leading countries, the summit merely confirmed the deepening divisions among world leaders, which look set to deepen in the years to come

Residents are pulling their children out of school to have them work. Parents are even rationing their food consumption.

Miktati's government blames Lebanon's economic crisis on refugees, but they are hardly the ones responsible. The government is making a concerted effort to shift public attention to deflect blame.

Lebanon and the Gulf's intertwined history goes back to the 1920s. Today, the Gulf's developmental funding efforts could help rescue Lebanon from its predicament. But it will be no easy feat.

Given its well-armed population and majority Druze demographic, the regime has resisted iron-fisted tactics there while clamping down in other areas to prevent protests from spreading

Al Majalla tackles these complex negotiations, touching upon the possibility of Saudi Arabia securing a peaceful nuclear programme and an upgraded 'Nato-like' security arrangement

The Biden administration is said to be keen to see hostilities end ahead of next year's presidential election contest

A look at the history of stage arts in the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf shows us the trials and triumphs that have paved the way for today's renaissance.

The removal of al-Assad is necessary for Syria to leave war and atrocity behind and head for reconciliation and rebuilding. After so much suffering for so long, there can be no unity without it.

Deflation in China, inflation in the West and a rebound in Japan are part of the global picture for supply and demand, including for oil, while ageing populations will shape the long-term

If there was a "literary" award for the gnawing habit of talking about other writers behind their backs, many would have filled their shelves with trophies that had little to do with their novels.