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G20 Leaders meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18, 2024. Countries like Turkey, Argentina and India have welcomed Trump's win. Mauro PIMENTEL / AFP

Why emerging powers are welcoming Trump’s victory

Traditional powers are worried about Trump 2.0, but much of the world has had the opposite reaction

Christopher S. Chivvis and Beatrix Geaghan-Breiner 25 November 2024
Barbara Gibson

Like his predecessors, Trump will keep giving Israel the green light

The president-elect's upcoming Oval Office return is good news for Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet and bad news for Palestinians in Gaza under Israel's unrelenting air strikes

Majed Kayali 24 November 2024
Michael Flynn, the former US National Security advisor to former President Trump, speaks at a campaign event. Dustin Franz / GETTY

How Michael Flynn won Trump the Arab vote

After a successful military career that latterly focused on counterterrorism, Donald Trump's first pick for National Security Advisor continues to exert an influence almost eight years later

Kamal Alam 23 November 2024
President Donald Trump on October 11, 2019 hailed a breakthrough in his drawn-out trade war with China, saying the two sides reached an initial deal covering intellectual property, financial services and currencies. Nicholas Kamm / AFP

What an even more hawkish China policy could look like

A new report lays out recommendations on artificial intelligence, trade, and investment as Trump prepares to take office

Rishi Iyengar 23 November 2024
A still from the film, The Apprentice

Trump biopic shows the apprentice who outshone the mentor

Scripted by journalist Gabriel Sherman and directed by Ali Abbasi, 'The Apprentice' doesn't claim to be a definitive portrayal of the president-elect, but it does help explain why he is how he is

Areej Jamal 22 November 2024
For illustrative purposes only. A man with the Latin words Deus Vult (God wills it) tattooed on his head is pictured. The phrase reveres the medieval Crusades when Christians earned their spurs, killing 'infidel' Muslims and Jews. Thomas COEX / AFP

Trump picks shed light on Christian Zionists' dark fealty to Israel

Christian Zionists have long prided themselves on their undeviating support for Israel, but a closer look exposes an allegiance rooted in white supremacy, antisemitism, and Islamaphobia

Bryn Haworth 21 November 2024

Biden allows Ukraine to use US missiles inside Russia

Fares Garabet 21 November 2024
A lineup of some of Trump's foreign policymaker picks, which include Marco Rubio as secretary of state, Pete Hegseth as defence secretary, Elise Stefanik as US ambassador to the UN and Mike Walz as National Security advisor. AFP

Trump cabinet picks: A dream line-up for Israel's far right

The general feeling within Netanyahu's entourage is one of jubilation. In fact, they couldn't have picked more favourable appointees themselves.

Michael Horowitz 19 November 2024
Al Majalla-Alamy-Getty Images

Pete Hegseth: Trump's bombshell SecDef pick

The former Fox News presenter and Trump loyalist doesn't have senior military experience—something that has riled the US security establishment

Con Coughlin 18 November 2024
Businessman Walter London reveals a T-shirt with US President-elect Donald Trump on it, at the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange after he was announced the winner of the election on November 6, 2024. AFP

The world braces for Trump's America First economic promises

Plans for trade tariffs, deregulation, and mass deportations will have huge repercussions on industries like finance, oil, and manufacturing. Meanwhile, the deficit is set to balloon.

Abdulfattah Khattab 17 November 2024
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People hold Cuban flags and a flag supporting US President Donald Trump while participating in the "Cuba Libre" demonstration in the city of Hialeah, Florida, on 24 March 2026. GIORGIO VIERA / AFP
Politics

Is the US on the verge of military intervention in Cuba?

24 May 2026

Seizing Castro could prove more costly and less effective than the capture of Maduro

William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh
Sara Padovan
Science & Technology

How fibre-optic drones are reshaping warfare

21 May 2026

Small, low-cost, and difficult to jam, they give traditional defence systems little time to respond

Marco Mossad
Protesters march during the "Rise Up for Gaza" international day of action at Washington Square Park, New York City, on 4 October 2025. Kena Betancur / AFP
Politics

US public opinion finally sours on Israel: what next?

22 May 2026

As support for Israel weakens across the US political spectrum, once-taboo questions about military aid, lobbying influence, and US backing are moving into the mainstream

Tarek Rashed
Lina Jaradat
Business & Economy

Europe eyes Algeria's shale gas amid supply crisis

22 May 2026

Algeria is one of Africa's largest producers of hydrocarbons, and its proximity to customers in Europe makes it of growing interest as importers fret over a prolonged supply crisis from countries

Rabia Abdul Salam
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

The extravagant Hajj caravans of the sultans’ wives

22 May 2026

Through extravagant processions led by palace women, the Mamluk state projected a message of power and prestige at home and abroad, turning the Hajj obligation into a soft-power tool

Yasmin Abdallah

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