The Middle East and Central Asia have been major opium production centres for millennia but the growing legitimate and illegitimate use of these powerful drugs is also causing big problems

The country was virtually bankrupt before Israel's war displaced more than a million people. Lebanese hope a Paris donor conference will deliver in their hour of need.

Since his threat to hit his foe hard, Benjamin Netanyahu has been weighing up both its method and timing. To understand what has been on his mind, it helps to know what it is he is trying to do.

Around 16 million young Moroccans are unemployed, costing the economy $12bn a year amid an uneven rebound that is fuelling outward migration. The upcoming budget will focus on this issue.

The Iranian foreign minister has just concluded a regional tour, working out who is still a friend, who is frosty, and who might help in other ways in its hour of need

On the 11th visit to the region in a year since the Gaza war began, the outgoing US Secretary of State gives his last push for a ceasefire that Netanyahu was perhaps never really interested in

In the event of a government collapse, interim leadership could assume power. And although a return to monarchy is unlikely, it cannot be ruled out.

A flurry of diplomatic activity accompanied Israel's war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006. Fast-forward to today, there has been a lacklustre response to end the war. Why? Al Majalla explains.