Faisal J. Abbas

The most powerful weapons of mass destruction, the most terrible natural disasters, and the most vicious terrorist attacks have all failed to inflict upon 21st-century humanity the destruction caused by a single, tiny virus. Medical researchers have expressed it clearly and directly; as long as…

On Tuesday it was 100 days since the World Health Organization (WHO) was informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia, of unknown cause, in Wuhan city, China. As we celebrated Christmas and New Year, no one could have imagined that a tiny thing, invisible to the naked eye, would bring the world to a…

The extraordinary “virtual” G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia on Thursday will probably be the most significant since the group was founded in 1999. It is no exaggeration to say that all hope is pinned on the leaders of the world’s biggest economies agreeing on a way to confront the biggest threat…

There could be no more significant time for the powerful essay by the Saudi Ambassador to the United States, Prince Khalid bin Salman, published by Arab News on Monday. Entitled “Why Iran’s malign behavior should be confronted — not appeased,” and reinforcing Riyadh’s longstanding position of…