Saturday, October 4, 2025

Trump should ‘save’ US from virus, not make threats – Iran

Iran's military spokesman on Wednesday said US President Donald Trump should concentrate on "saving" his own country from the "major crisis" caused by Coronavirus,...

Civil society at the heart of G20 efforts to build a better future for...

All over the world, societies are facing an unprecedented crisis. Whether you are in New York, Paris, London, Beijing, New Delhi or Riyadh, the...

To succeed, secession bids require recognition

Weeks on from their independence referendums, both the Catalans and Kurds are undoubtedly on the back foot. Neither leadership has yet declared independence, and...

'You get one shot' How Justice Antonin Scalia viewed the world

After Justice Antonin Scalia's death at a remote West Texas hunting resort last weekend, I remembered how he had described his passion for the...

Time for a new Sykes-Picot Agreement to fix the Middle East

It's time to renegotiate the contract that put the Middle East together. The "contract" is the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided up most of the...

Jeddah Municipality cracking down on land robbers

Earlier this year Jeddah Municipality launched a major crackdown on land encroachers.  They started by bulldozing the many walled plots of land that belong...

Iran’s economic outlook is grim

America last week announced that two aircraft carrier strike groups had been deployed in the Arabian Sea “to ensure freedom of navigation and the...

China: Inward challenges and foreign appeasement

Local developments in China in 2019 will reflect on its foreign policies in 2020, especially on matters concerning the world’s most powerful countries or...

London’s role in preserving Middle Eastern art

Twice a year, once in October and once in April, those interested in Islamic antiquities converge in London to take part in Islamic Art...

How Volkswagen set the pace for the new era of 'smart fraud'

Welcome to the age of smart fraud. You've got to hand it to the masterminds at Volkswagen. With its elaborate plot to fool regulators on...

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