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Relic with queen Amanishakheto and her name in Meroitic hieroglyphs, 1st century BC, sandstone, from Pyramid 6, Meroe, Sudan in the Berlin Ägyptisches Museum. Wikicommons

Looting Sudan: From an ancient queen’s jewels to present day

Since Sudan's civil war began in April 2023, the world has focused on the fighting, humanitarian impact, and ceasefire efforts, yet all the while, Sudan's cultural heritage was being looted. Again.

Tarig Hassan Abusalih 20 October 2024
About 2,000 artefacts are believed to have gone missing from the British Museum in London, making it the latest national institution to suffer a major blow to its prestige. Nicola Ferrarese

'Monumental' scandal unfolds over missing artefacts at the British Museum

About 2,000 artefacts are believed to have gone missing from the British Museum in London, making it the latest national institution to suffer a major blow to its prestige.

Bryn Haworth 04 September 2023
The Silver coffin of King Psusennes I is on display at the Egyptian Museum as Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities celebrates World Tourism Day, in Cairo, Egypt, September 27, 2022. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt Calls for Return of Rosetta Stone 200 Years After It Was Deciphered

Prominent Egyptian archaeologists have renewed a call for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum to Egypt, 200 years after the deciphering of the slab unlocked the secrets of…

05 October 2022
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Lina Jaradat
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Trump, Sharaa, and the future of Syria

05 December 2025

There was visible warmth when the US and Syrian presidents met in the Oval Office last month, with some even speculating a Trump visit to Damascus. But there is much to do before that happens.

Robert Ford
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The GCC moves from ‘safe neutrality’ to ‘indivisible security’

05 December 2025

Following the unprecedented attacks on Qatar, Gulf leaders have pledged to forge a unified defence front, marking a historic shift from cautious neutrality to collective security

Omar Harkous
Jay Torres
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The evolution of Latin America’s drug cartels

04 December 2025

What began as a locally rooted trade in coca leaves and opium evolved into a transnational system of cartels that challenged governments, corrupted institutions, and destabilised countries

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
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Why the US is asking Lebanon for its bomb back

05 December 2025

When Israel killed a Hezbollah military chief in late November, one GBU-39 bomb failed to detonate, leaving Washington worried that its adversaries could reverse engineer it

Michael Horowitz
Spanish poet Miriam Reyes Wikimedia Commons
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Spanish poet Miriam Reyes on escaping the prison of the page

03 December 2025

With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

Mohammed Al-Bittari

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