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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi show signed declarations after their summit with the leaders of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, and Italy in Cairo on 17 March, 2024. AFP

Why so generous? Lifting the veil on Europe's aid package to Egypt

With an economy in decline, a growing population and a growing refugee community, Egypt can be the source of the next migration wave into Europe. This package aims to stave off this 'threat'.

Amr Emam 21 March 2024
Migrant families from Syria and Iraq are seen behind the border wall at Polish - Belarus border not far from Bialowieza, eastern Poland, on May 29, 2023. AFP

A new 'Berlin Wall'?: How Europe's treatment of migrants clashes with its claimed values

Lofty humanitarian policy ambitions in Brussels are unrecognisable at the EU's borders and the clash between intentions and actions means migrants are dying

Khattar Abu Diab 12 July 2023
Humanity sank and drowned once again on 14 June, when a vessel with reportedly more than 700 people on board, trying to reach Europe, sank in the east Mediterranean, off the southern coast of Greece. Ewan White

Europe's symphony of sympathy does little to stop migrant drownings

Humanity sank and drowned once again on 14 June, when a vessel with reportedly more than 700 people on board, trying to reach Europe, sank in the east Mediterranean, off the southern coast of Greece

Omer Onhon 25 June 2023
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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