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The Antarctic cruise that exposed a chasm in Iranian politics

The removal of vice president Shahram Dabiri for his controversial foreign holiday highlights the difficulties posed by economic hardship and Tehran's revolutionary rhetoric

Iran's Tasnim News Agency released a picture of Shahram Dabiri, right, during his holiday to Antarctica. Travelling to the far Southern Hemisphere through a number of countries for an exotic experience over the Nowruz season has been seen as an extravagance for the doctor-turned official. Tasnim News Agency

A roadmap for post-conflict economic recovery in the Middle East

Jihad Azour

The tremors of Trump's tariff earthquake are being felt in Tehran

Raghida Dergham

The UAE’s commitment to Sudan’s future remains strong

Anwar Gargash

Will Lebanon's elites finally get out of the way of the country's reform agenda?

David Wood

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Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani. AP

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Farhad Alaaldin

Why is it young people in the West can buy luxuries but can’t afford the basics?

Countries need to go back to the drawing board on foreign aid

AI is changing the modern landscape and that includes museums

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Myanmar's earthquake exposes its political paralysis

How UAE sovereign wealth funds are evolving to shape global finance

Ana Nacvalovaite

UK talks good game on tackling migration, but can it crack the hawala networks?

Chris Blackhurst

Signalgate shows that Team Trump doesn't do contrition

Listen to Gazans when they say they don't want war and they don't want Hamas

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

OSN must find its brand to win in Middle East streaming

Salim A. Essaid

Looming US tariffs could be a 'good crisis' for India

Chitrabhanu Kadalayil

Behind the Signal fiasco chaos lies a coherent Trump policy for the Middle East

Raghida Dergham

Happiness matters - but fleeting emotions make poor policy targets

Paul Makdissi

Money streaming in doesn't mean it's a golden era for the music industry

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