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Israeli and Hungarian flags fly on the Szechenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest, as Hungary announced it was leaving the ICC. Getty Images

US-led onslaught on ICC over Israel has Europe fearing court's demise

Netanyahu's defiance of international arrest warrant with Hungary visit has led rest of EU to rally behind international tribunal

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A man walks among the antiques on display at the exhibition Treasures saved from Gaza – 5,000 years of history, at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. AFP

Gaza treasures on display in Paris trigger mixed emotions against a background of war

Algeria pushes through anti-landmine vote at UN

Migrants crossing the Mediterranean in flimsy fibreglass boats of the type used by the people smugglers arrested in Libya. Photo: NCA

Syrians who 'smuggled hundreds of people across Mediterranean' arrested in Libya

Russia 'flip-flopping' on ceasefire as it strikes Ukraine again

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From his desk overlooking Tuborg Harbour near Copenhagen, Novo Holdings chief executive Kasim Kutay manages the assets of the world’s wealthiest enterprise entity, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Novo Holdings

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Memories of the community in the block where he grew up while military conflict reigned outside left an indelible mark on the young Habib Haddad's consciousness that was to inform his life's work. Photo: Habib Haddad

Tech entrepreneur Habib Haddad's childhood lesson from war-torn Beirut

The life's work of the Lebanese-British archaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal at the Sidon site began from a hunch as to the whereabouts of the mysterious ancient capital of the Canaanite and Phoenician people. Photo: Claude Doumet-Serhal

Arab ShowcaseArchaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal unearthed secrets of a lost civilisation

Dr Charles Elachi. Photo: Christopher Michel / Wikimedia Commons

Arab ShowcaseCharles Elachi's stellar career from Bekaa to the great beyond

Mark Shrime. Photo: Mercy Ships

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Zaid Al-Qassab, chief executive officer of M&C Saatchi Plc, before a Bloomberg Television interview in London. Bloomberg

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Hanan Issa. Photo: Camera Sioned / Literature Wales

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Robert Mardini had many guises at the ICRC, including regional director of the Near and Middle East for seven years, but each role was always much more than just a job. Photo: Shutterstock

On a mission: How former ICRC chief found hope in darkest of times

From his desk overlooking Tuborg Harbour near Copenhagen, Novo Holdings chief executive Kasim Kutay manages the assets of the world’s wealthiest enterprise entity, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Novo Holdings

Why boss of Ozempic parent company revels in his Arab-British heritage

Memories of the community in the block where he grew up while military conflict reigned outside left an indelible mark on the young Habib Haddad's consciousness that was to inform his life's work. Photo: Habib Haddad

Tech entrepreneur Habib Haddad's childhood lesson from war-torn Beirut

The life's work of the Lebanese-British archaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal at the Sidon site began from a hunch as to the whereabouts of the mysterious ancient capital of the Canaanite and Phoenician people. Photo: Claude Doumet-Serhal

Arab ShowcaseArchaeologist Claude Doumet-Serhal unearthed secrets of a lost civilisation

Dr Charles Elachi. Photo: Christopher Michel / Wikimedia Commons

Arab ShowcaseCharles Elachi's stellar career from Bekaa to the great beyond

Mark Shrime. Photo: Mercy Ships

Arab ShowcaseGlobal surgeon Mark Shrime finds purpose in faith and patients

Zaid Al-Qassab, chief executive officer of M&C Saatchi Plc, before a Bloomberg Television interview in London. Bloomberg

Arab ShowcaseThe prime time of new global M&C Saatchi CEO Zaid Al-Qassab

Hanan Issa. Photo: Camera Sioned / Literature Wales

Arab ShowcaseThe fantastic tale of Wales’s first Muslim national poet Hanan Issa

Robert Mardini had many guises at the ICRC, including regional director of the Near and Middle East for seven years, but each role was always much more than just a job. Photo: Shutterstock

On a mission: How former ICRC chief found hope in darkest of times

From his desk overlooking Tuborg Harbour near Copenhagen, Novo Holdings chief executive Kasim Kutay manages the assets of the world’s wealthiest enterprise entity, the Novo Nordisk Foundation. Photo: Novo Holdings

Why boss of Ozempic parent company revels in his Arab-British heritage

Memories of the community in the block where he grew up while military conflict reigned outside left an indelible mark on the young Habib Haddad's consciousness that was to inform his life's work. Photo: Habib Haddad

Tech entrepreneur Habib Haddad's childhood lesson from war-torn Beirut

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