World News Insights: Opinion Articles

Brussels hosted the third GCC–EU Regional Security Forum on Monday, July 13, 2026. The forum forms part of the practical implementation of the strategic partnership announced by the two sides in May 2022. It also gives effect to the outcomes of the first GCC–EU Summit held in 2024 and represents an…

Yemen's legitimate authorities have every right to defend national sovereignty wherever they exercise their mandate. More than a right, doing so and preventing a slide into war is their constitutional duty and the natural responsibility of any government. The Houthi militia, wherever it operates,…

On the ground, the Iranian regime has begun executing its threats to expand the conflict by igniting two new border fronts. The first is in the southern Red Sea, threatening to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait via the Houthis. The second is in the northern Arabian Gulf, through direct and…

Recent geopolitical developments have revealed that oil remains a fundamental pillar of the global energy system, despite years of calls to reduce reliance on it and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Markets have proven that price fluctuations are often linked more to political and…

It appears that the US-Iranian memorandum of understanding and the 60-day transitional period, intended to ease tensions and create favorable conditions for negotiations between Washington and Tehran, are on the verge of collapse. Some consider it to have suffered a knockout blow in light of the…

Every path toward restoring a capable and just state, one that protects its citizens and exerts absolute, unshared sovereignty, runs directly through the state's monopoly on arms and violence. The foundation for this remains the disarmament of Hezbollah and all illegal weapons, alongside the…

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's visit to Washington carries exceptional significance, not because it is the first presidential visit of this level in years, but because it comes at a regional moment in which Lebanon has returned to the forefront of American attention after decades of slipping down…

After the lengthy tenures of the historic leader Yasser Arafat and, later, his successor Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinians appear to have grown accustomed to the permanence of the man at the top. This is despite the personal and political differences between the two, whose common denominator remains…

Like a secret password and hidden signal, the communications of the Iranian regime's leaders, the number "110" refers to the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the response, at whose heart of which lay the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and aggression against the neighboring states. We…

In South Lebanon, visitors are overcome by many bitter feelings. These feelings begin with advice not to approach the "occupied zone" too closely. How harsh it is to hear that the border villages within it are no longer villages but mass graves of rubble. How dreadful it is to live as the Israeli…

On September 25, 2017, nearly 92 percent of voters in the Kurdistan Region cast their ballots in favor of independence, in a referendum conducted with remarkable order under the watch of international observers. However, the outcome collided head-on with the dual walls of geography and politics. …

The hopes of British Labour Party members and supporters are mixed following the end of outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s era. While realists are holding back from over-optimism regarding the future under new leader Andy Burnham, many everyday citizens prefer to wait and see what he will…