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Creating Building Blocks for Cooperative Security in the Middle East

Fading hopes for a revival of the 2015 international agreement that curbed Iran’s nuclear program potentially puts one more nail in the coffin of a regional security architecture that would include rather than target the Islamic republic. By James M. Dorsey The potential demise of the nuclear agreement, coupled with America redefining its commitment to […]

Science fiction commentaries: ‘The Economists’, a much needed anthology from Egypt and Arab authors

The Economists is the latest publication of the Egyptian Society for Science Fiction in a long line of successes. It is the 8th issue to be precise of the Shams Al-Ghad (Sun of Tomorrow) series, edited by the founder and director of the ESSF Dr. Hosam Elzembely. By El Mubarak Fadl It is very unique […]

In A World That Needs More Conscious Leaders, Here's How You Can Become One

There is no particular framework to being more human- but there are certain characteristics that are shared by conscious leaders, which I outlined in my book, #Time4Humanity. Here's a primer on them. By Samie Al-Achrafi The Great Resignation, hybrid working, burnout- these are just a few of the challenges requiring companies to future-proof their cultures to […]

US military hit by monkeypox pandemic

The number of cases of monkeypox has climbed in the U.S. military to 40, 10 times the number it was less than four weeks ago. Defense Department spokesman Maj. Charlie Dietz said Friday the figure included 26 active-duty personnel. On July 8, the DoD had just four patients diagnosed with the virus. The Biden administration declared […]

Putin in Tehran following Biden Middle East tour

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Tehran on Tuesday for a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the first trip by the Kremlin chief outside the former Soviet Union since the invasion of Ukraine. Putin casts the West's attempt to cripple Russia's economy with the most severe sanctions in recent history as a declaration of […]

Biden talks Saudi oil as Hatice Cengiz criticises him over Khashoggi

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he told Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman he held him responsible for the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, shortly after exchanging a fist bump with the kingdom's de facto ruler. On a trip to reset relations with a country he had called a pariah […]

BREAKING NEWS - Boris Johnson vacates 10 Downing Street

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was “clearly the will” of his party that he should go. He stepped down immediately as leader of his Conservative Party but plans to remain as prime minister while the leadership contest is held. He said he has appointed a new Cabinet following a multitude […]

Thousands march against PM Boris Johnson

Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in a protest over the soaring cost of living in Britain. Huge crowds flooded into the British capital for the rally to demand that the government do more to help people faced with bills and other expenses that are rising more quickly than their wages. Prime […]

Mikati ready to resume post as Lebanon PM

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati has signaled that he is willing to be re-appointed to his post, in the first such stance since the parliamentary elections. In remarks at a university graduation ceremony in Tripoli, Miqati called for speeding up the designation of a new premier, warning that Lebanon no longer has the “luxury of […]

US fracking industry failing to keep gas prices under control

The very boom that bolstered the US's energy independence is now making its gas-price problem much, much worse. For much of the past decade, fracking gave the US energy sector a massive tailwind. In the so-called shale revolution, fields in New Mexico, North Dakota, and Texas became the next boomtowns for energy commodities. In just […]

Protests break out over seized money in Lebanese central bank

Humanitarian organizations and associations protested Thursday in front of the Central Bank, urging authorities to free their funds trapped in the banks. Social Affairs Caretaker Minister Hector Hajjar participated in the protest. "This is not a political protest," he said. He asked the Central Bank governor to facilitate the bank transfers of these associations and […]

Russia, Saudi want revamped OPEC+

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh on Tuesday and both men praised the level of cooperation inside OPEC+, the Russian foreign ministry said. The comments were issued amid Western media reports that some members of OPEC+, an alliance of OPEC members and their allies, were […]

At height of Ukraine war, Lavrov to meet GCC heads

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday where he will meet foreign ministers from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, two Gulf officials said on Tuesday. Lavrov, who was in Bahrain on Tuesday, is expected to meet ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain in the […]

President Aoun revives 1974 national pricing council

President Michel Aoun on Friday signed a decree forming the "National Council for Pricing Policy", which is being formed for the first time since a decision was taken to form it in 1974, the Presidency said. The Council is “a national par excellence council that comprises all the relevant parties from the official administrations and […]

Lebanon rocked by 2-day healthcare strike

Dozens of doctors, nurses and medical personnel rallied Thursday outside the Central Bank in Beirut after declaring a two-day general strike to protest rapidly deteriorating economic conditions. The strike was declared by two medical professionals' unions -- The Syndicates of Doctors in Beirut and the North and the Syndicate of Private Hospital Owners -- which […]

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