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Moldova's president, Maia Sandu, arrives to hold a press conference at the Presidency headquarters in Chisinau, September 29, 2025. Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP

Moldovans choose Brussels over Moscow

The resounding success of Moldova's ruling pro-EU party in parliamentary elections ruffles feathers in Moscow, which remains wary of former Soviet states getting pulled into the West's orbit

Con Coughlin 01 October 2025

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, at the European Central Bank Governors' Meeting, Frankfurt, June 6, 2024. AFP

Christine Lagarde: the ‘Iron Lady’ of international finance

The former head of the International Monetary Fund and president of the European Central Bank has confronted the monetary, inflationary, and trade crises affecting Europe

Abdulfattah Khattab 07 July 2025
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salaman (R) welcomed Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) in Jeddah on July 17, 2023. SPA

A thriving relationship with the Arab world is key to Erdoğan's ambitions

Turkey's leader is no stranger to changing tack in the national interest. He has lofty ambitions for his country's global role. Its relationship with the Arab world will be key to his ambitions.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 19 July 2023
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell attends the European Union leaders' summit in Brussels, Belgium October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

EU Strongly Condemns Taliban Ban On Female Staff At NGOs

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday strongly condemned Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration's order to ban women from working at all local and foreign non-governmental organizations …

25 December 2022
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, right, greets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at EU headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visits EU officials on Thursday, and it is no ordinary visit of the leader of a European Union founding nation to renew unshakable bonds with the 27-nation bloc. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Italy’s Far-Right Leader Visits EU: “We Are Not Martians”

New far-right Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni used her first visit to European Union headquarters in Brussels Thursday to declare that Italy will be a force to reckon with in EU affairs, leaving it…

AP 03 November 2022
Illustrated by Jeannette Khouri

Hadja Lahbib: Journalist of Algerian Origin Turned Belgian FM

Hadja Lahbib, a television journalist of Algerian origin and former reporter on Afghanistan and the Middle East, was appointed in July as Belgium’s new Foreign Minister in a move that surprised the…

Majalla 05 August 2022
General view of the site of a bombing at a shopping center as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 21, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djuricá

Russia-Ukraine Conflict Impact on Arab Economies: Losers and Winners

Wars or military confrontations always come with dramatic, impactful changes. The economy is the most fragile or the weakest link that can be shaken with the first sign of instability. Unprecedented…

Motasem Al Felou 25 March 2022
Dozens of people take part in a human chain during a rally against anti-Semitism and Hate outside the New Synagogue in Berlin, Germany, 20 October 2019. (Felipe Trueba/EPA/EFE)

Fighting Anti-Semitism in Europe

The EU-Israeli relationship has frequently witnessed tense rhetoric and varying degrees of subsequent regret, and intervals of lukewarm ties. Throughout many years, their relations were characterized…

Jassem Mohamed – Bonn 12 March 2022
Ukranian citizens take part in a demonstration against the Russian invasion in Ukraine at the Urraca park in Panama City, on March 2, 2022. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)

World Unites to Condemn Russia’s Attack on Ukraine

It’s been a week since Russia invaded Ukraine. After months of massing troops and military equipment on Ukraine’s border on the Russian and Belarussian sides, Vladimir Putin announced he would be…

Maia Otarashvili 04 March 2022
The 115 metre superyacht Luna lies in the Blohm & Voss dock in the harbour in Hamburg, Germany, March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer

Yacht Seized As U.S. Ramps Up Oligarch Sanctions So Putin 'Feels The Squeeze'

French authorities seized four cargo vessels and one luxury yacht linked to oligarchs as the United States and other governments ramped up sanctions on Russia's super-rich on Thursday over Moscow's…

04 March 2022
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A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter affiliated with Iran's separatist Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK), mans a position north of Kirkuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region. Safin Hamid/AFP
Politics

Why Iran’s militant Kurds stayed out of the US-Iran war

31 May 2026

In March there was talk of armed Kurdish fighters opening a second front in Iran's north-west, but it never happened—for several very good reasons.

Alex Vatanka
Raúl Castro was Cuban president from 2006 to 2018, having served as Minister for the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. AFP
Profiles

Raúl Castro: the soldier who made Fidel’s revolution endure

31 May 2026

Fidel's brother built Cuba's armed forces and took over the presidency when his more charismatic sibling fell ill two decades ago. A recent US indictment from a 1996 incident now asks new questions.

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on 25 May 2026. Reuters
Politics

How Pakistan became China’s indispensable intermediary

01 June 2026

With war closing the Strait of Hormuz, Islamabad has become both broker and bridge, mediating between rivals while keeping Beijing's overland trade routes alive

Shirley Ze Yu
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Business & Economy

How AI is changing the nature of work

01 June 2026

Some predict 'the end of jobs,' others a 'jobs apocalypse,' but optimists think people will adapt and get paid to do different things. Amidst war and mountains of debt, is AI a help or a harbinger?

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
Turkish drilling vessel Cagri Bey, which is set to conduct Turkiye's first deep-sea drilling operation docks in the Indian Ocean near the Mogadishu sea port in Mogadishu, Somalia April 10, 2026. Reuters / Feisal Omar
Business & Economy

Türkiye’s proposed maritime bill risks reigniting old rivalries

01 June 2026

The Exclusive Economic Zone risks reopening disputes over energy, maritime claims, and influence in the Eastern Mediterranean

Amr Emam

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