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The UAE’s Walk to Mars campaign is a moonshot that could improve public health

Encouraging residents to collectively walk, run, cycle and swim 54 million kilometres is a step in the right direction

Nick
March



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Today's cartoonShadi's take on Israeli approval for 19 new settlements in the West Bank


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EU chooses loans over seizure in Ukraine funding decision

Europe has rejected using seized Russian assets to fund Ukraine, opting instead for a €90 billion loan out of its own coffers




ISIS attacks in the West could signal a dangerous new phase

Damien
McElroy

Underlying Gulf's continued prosperity is its connectivity

Mohammed
Alardhi

The UAE’s Walk to Mars campaign is a moonshot that could improve public health

Nick
March

Comment

Will 2026 see the revival of both Syria and Lebanon?

Paul Salem

We need to rethink the UN Sustainability Development Goals

Mukesh
Kapila

Why 'gamifying' banking is no gimmick

Radu Topliceanu

The future of digital money lies in striking the right balance

Omar Al-Ubaydli

Arab philanthropy is moving well beyond the idea of charity

Sonia Ben Jaafar


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Middle East talent is inspiring global leadership

How a 2015 rocket launch shook up space exploration

Israel and Egypt's energy deal is important but issues remain

UAE's plastics ban recalls past customs and practices

How the Gulf is taking ownership of its cultural heritage

Bondi shooting shows the need to root out extremist ideas



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Bosnia-Herzegovina's Alija Izetbegovic, centre, looks on as Croatia's Franjo Tudjman, right, and Serbia's Slobodan Milosevic shake hands after initialising a peace accord in 1995. AFP

As the Dayton Agreement turns 30, it holds an important lesson for Ukraine

Peter Galbraith

Beirut is in no state to normalise Lebanon-Israel relations

Michael Young

Is the era of militias in the Arab world finally ending? Iraq may have just said so

Mohamad Ali
Harisi

Donald 'the Disruptor' Trump could make 2026 as unpredictable as he did 2025

Gavin Esler

Sudan's war is between two visions of the country's future

Sulaiman Al-Hattlan

'Inappropriate and disrespectful': Trump's post about Rob Reiner should concern us all

Thomas Watkins

Why a report into an MI5 double agent inside the IRA is an unholy mess

Damien McElroy



Diversity is at the heart of New York's progressive politics and Mamdani's win

James Zogby

Trump's security strategy is clear: the US will stay engaged with the world

Raghida Dergham

The hardest part of hearing Hind Rajab's voice? The hope that she'd be rescued

Hala Nasar

European leaders' war rhetoric is frighteningly reckless

Sholto Byrnes

Podcast: Beyond the Headlines

Members of the forces of Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, look on as they arrive in a mountainous area where they are launching a military operation in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, December 15, 2025. REUTERS / Stringer

How Yemen’s power balance is shifting again

A photo taken while embedded with the Israeli Army and cleared by Israeli military censors shows Israeli soldiers from the special unit Yahalom next to an underground tunnel in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 08 December 2025 (issued 09 December 2025). Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was reportedly held captive in the tunnel in recent years, before his body was handed over by Hamas. The tunnel is over seveb kilometers long and approximately 25 meters deep. EPA / ATEF SAFADI

What’s stalling phase two of the Gaza ceasefire?




One year since Assad’s fall: Where is Syria today?

Is US pressure finally forcing Israel to address settler violence?

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