GCC
WORLD
Iran: Trump’s Strategy of Aggressive Ambiguity
As American warships move toward Iranian waters and internal unrest tests the leadership, a strategy of aggressive ambiguity has pushed the region to the edge.
BUSINESS
NEOM Shrinks Yet Saudi Ambition Rebrands
After years of promising a mirror-line city in the desert, Saudi Arabia is quietly rewriting the script for its most ambitious project.
BUSINESS
AfDB Turns to Gulf as Western Funders Step Back
The African Development Bank has installed a president with ingrained Gulf experience as Washington pulls back hundreds of millions
EUROPE
Abu Dhabi Rebuffs British Universities Over Campus Radicalisation
The world’s wealthiest patrons now view Western campuses as hazards, forcing a costly inversion of the traditional hierarchy that once defined global education.
WORLD
Dichotomy Shattered: Civilisational Alliance in a Multipolar World
The world governments gathering in Riyadh proved that the days of binary opposition are fading as a confident Gulf leads the charge toward a multipolar era.
Popular
Prison Sentence in Bali Sends a Message to Tourists
Bali's decision to jail a foreign visitor for mocking a sacred day argues that entering another country means accepting its rules, not merely admiring them.
Ceuta Migrant Women Suffer Sexual Violence, Muted Outrage
Sexual violence against migrant women in Ceuta argues that outrage should not depend on the nationality of whoever commits the crime.
Finland’s Return of Asylum Seekers Challenges Dublin Rules
Europe's asylum system can only function when states share responsibility and enforce transfers, not suspend rules whenever they become inconvenient.
British Lobbyists Push Age Check in America
British charities have spent well over a million dollars pushing age verification and digital identity bills through US statehouses.
A Hollywood Twist in the Nord Stream Mystery
Croatian police arrested a Nord Stream sabotage suspect on the set of a Hollywood film retelling his own alleged crime.
