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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage stands  with former Conservative Party MP and former Home Secretary Suella Braverman during a Reform UK press conference in London on 26 January 2026,  where she announced her defection to Reform. BEN STANSALL / AFP

The strange death of conservative England

Reform has been embracing defectors from the Conservative party with such frequency that it now has more members of Liz Truss's cabinet than there are on the Tory benches

Bryn Haworth 02 February 2026
Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at the 45th meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Kuwait City on December 1, 2024.
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Kuwait reforms bear fruit after decades of political deadlock

Al Majalla outlines the country's most significant institutional and political transformations and their implications for the future

Khalaf Al-Duwai 17 August 2025
The Kuwait City skyline
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Kuwait’s administrative reboot: quiet reforms, real results

By focusing on the nuts and bolts of administration, such as licensing, regulation and digital access, it is laying the foundations for a more dynamic and inclusive economy

Neil Quilliam 12 August 2025
People wave flags as they gather along the road leading to Amman's Marka Airport to welcome King Abdullah II upon his return on February 13, 2025, from Washington, DC, where he met with US President Donald Trump. KHALIL MAZRAAWI / AFP

Jordan's expected cabinet reshuffle shows it's serious about reform

Much more than good optics, the move aims to optimise the efficacy of governance at a critical inflexion point

Malek Al Athamna 05 August 2025
An Egyptian doctor wearing two protective masks checks a patient's lung X-ray at the infectious diseases unit of the Imbaba Hospital in Cairo. Ahmed HASAN / AFP

IMF reform demands leave Egyptians worried about healthcare

A new law to get the private sector more involved in the country's public health system could be bad news, say patients and doctors. Others think it is the jab in the arm that Egypt's hospitals need.

Marcelle Nasr 08 June 2024
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The Syrian solution to Hezbollah

25 June 2026

Border security and cooperation with Washington

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The G7 grapples with the politics of AI access

23 June 2026

As advanced AI models become strategic assets, the G7 is confronting difficult questions of access, dependence, and control

Marco Mossad
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The fall of Keir Starmer

23 June 2026

His timid reign served as a how-not-to guide in the exercise of power

 John Kampfner
the app of the betting company Bet Nacional is displayed on a smartphone showing a match of the Brazilian national football championship open for betting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 2 October 2024. MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP
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The World Cup and the meteoric rise of sports betting

24 June 2026

As sports gambling becomes a multibillion-dollar global business, fuelled by   digital technology and regulatory change, its influence is extending far beyond the pitch 

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A painting by the Egyptian artist George Bahgory from the series “Love and Football”.
George Bahgoury via Facebook
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Football and art: fusing a popular sport with culture

22 June 2026

Artists use paintings, sculpture, murals, and digital designs to iconise, idolise, and mythologise football culture in a language understood by all

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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