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Challenges for Keir Starmer grew in 2025 – much like for the rest of Europe

Politics in the West could be about to get messier

Gavin
Esler
Delegates fly flags as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote address on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool in September. AFP

Dipping economy and rising taxes are toxic holiday mix for British PM

Chris Blackhurst

Middle East airlines are booming. Their next steps will be critical

Linus Benjamin Bauer

The US won the Cold War decades ago. It is paying the price for it today

Hussein Ibish

The nativity story resonates with today's world of displacement

James Zogby
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One of two home-made ISIS flags found in the vehicle used by Sajid and Naveed Akram in Sydney. PA

ISIS attacks in the West could signal a dangerous new phase

Damien McElroy

Underlying Gulf's continued prosperity is its connectivity

Mohammed Alardhi

From Venezuela to Ukraine to Iran, a larger shadow war going on

Raghida
Dergham

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

Hala Nasar

Will 2026 see the revival of both Syria and Lebanon?

Paul Salem

Why 'gamifying' banking is no gimmick

Radu Topliceanu

We need to rethink the UN Sustainability Development Goals

Mukesh Kapila

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

Nick March

The future of digital money lies in striking the right balance

Omar Al-Ubaydli

European leaders' war rhetoric is frighteningly reckless

Sholto Byrnes

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

Peter Galbraith

Unleashing Gulf capital will push Warner to new growth

Chris Blackhurst

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

Gavin Esler

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

Mohamad Ali Harisi

Beirut is in no state to normalise Lebanon-Israel relations

Michael Young
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