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A container ship, docked beside container cranes at the UK's largest freight port, in Felixstowe on the East coast of England. BEN STANSALL / AFP

China, Russia set to make a big splash in the Arctic Sea

Analysts say Europe-Asia trade could become faster and cheaper if cargo ships use the North-East Arctic Passage as an alternative to the Red Sea, but there are problems to overcome.

Nazareth Seferian 22 February 2026
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Greenland: the frozen Arctic island that Trump wants

Greenland, an ice-capped country located between the United States and Russia, is rapidly emerging as a geopolitical frontline as the Arctic slowly melts amid global warming. Its growing strategic…

Al Majalla - London 27 January 2026
Miriam Martincic

Can Arctic cooperation thaw US-Russia tensions?

Washington and Moscow broke the ice in Riyadh in more ways than one, but Russia maintains the advantage in the world's northernmost region

Anton Mardasov 23 May 2025
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Israel's race for regime change in Iran

03 March 2026

Israel knows its military operation cannot last forever, so it is racing to either kill or fatally wound the Islamic Republic before the clock runs out

Michael Horowitz
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Oil prices soar as US-Iran war sparks supply worries

04 March 2026

European gas prices have jumped by 30% after some big GCC oil and gas producers cut supplies, and now a vital maritime trade route is being threatened. The stakes have seldom been higher.

Thuraya Shahin
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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

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy
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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

Alex Vatanka
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Politics

Trump is betraying his base by waging war on Iran

02 March 2026

Voters were promised America First, not Bush-era interventions

Emma Ashford

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