The head of the Catholic Church, who earned the moniker "woke pope" for his more liberal stances, has passed away at the age of 88. He used his last mass on Easter to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Al Majalla pays tribute to the Albanian novelist after his recent passing. Although he never nabbed the Nobel Prize for Literature, Kadare was considered to be one of the world's greatest writers.
Berlusconi — Italy's longest-serving prime minister — passed away recently at the age of 86. Despite a career mired in controversy, the Italian public continuously re-elected him to office.
Beijing would like the week to mark a historic turning point in which a unipolar world finally gave way to multipolarity. To others, it was just tub-thumping bravura. In reality, it was a bit of both.
The country now sits at an energy crossroads: will its recovery be anchored in oil and gas, or will it seize the chance to lean into renewables and build something more resilient?
After Israel dealt Iran and its regional axis a string of crippling blows last year, Lebanon now finds itself better-positioned to reclaim its eroded state sovereignty. Will it grab the chance?
Recent books from Yemen, Egypt, and Syria take a new look at the 10th-century philosopher's famed letter 'The Epistle of Forgiveness', which is said to have inspired Dante's 'Divine Comedy'
An earthquake in Afghanistan earlier this week levelled entire villages and left people trapped under rubble for days, but in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, saviours were thin on the ground