French relations with West Africa have deteriorated, reports Karam Said, just as Turkey enjoys a growing influence there
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While the world is distracted from Africa by the war in Ukraine, Ethiopia’s conflicts continue to seethe, reports Haitham Nouri
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Last week’s Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip was designed to target the Islamic Jihad group while avoiding the involvement of Hamas,
writes Ahmed Eleiba
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Mass protests are filling the political vacuum following a 10-month political standoff in Iraq, Nermeen Al-Mufti reports from Baghdad.
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Tehran’s admission that it has the technical capability to produce a nuclear bomb has been alarming to the regional and world powers.
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The killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in Kabul has more to do with the US administration than with Al-Qaeda, senior researcher Amal Moukhtar
tells Al-Ahram Weekly.
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Talks are underway between international mediators and the different forces in Yemen with a view to renewing the truce that has stalled tahe conflict, writes Ahmed Eleiba
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On Monday the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain passed through Turkish waters as agreed last month, reports Karam Said
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There are growing signs that Iran is showing weak spots in its influence in Iraq, though decoupling may be the last thing on its leaders’ minds.
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Egyptian pentathletes clinched three medals at the World Modern Pentathlon Championship, Inas Mazhar reports from Alexandria, venue of the one-week event
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In an arguably unwarranted escalation, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi set off an alarming standoff between the US and China by visiting Taiwan.
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Soaring prices are pushing many countries to the precipice.
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Leaked audio recordings attributed to former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki have deepened rifts within the country’s Shia factions and highlighted its incompetent leadership.
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Kyiv expects the Turkish-brokered deal on the release of grain shipments from the port of Odessa to go into effect this week, the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov announced in a press conference on Monday.
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With the Iraqi hosted Saudi-Iranian meetings poised for an upgrade, the question remains if the GCC will ultimately embrace Iran.
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Recent weeks have seen increasing numbers of armed Palestinian operations against the Israeli army in the West Bank.
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Turkish-Iranian tensions have spiked recently, reports Karam Said, especially in relation to developments in Syria and Iraq
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Russia is strengthening its relations with the African countries as Europe comes under pressure owing to the economic effects of the Ukraine war.
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Tunisians voted on a new constitution this week that gives the country’s president much greater powers, writes Kamel Abdallah in Tunis
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A trip to the region has tested Joe Biden’s new Middle East policy, but has the US president notched up a political victory just by sharing the spotlight with nine Arab leaders? Probably not.
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