World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The sanctions imposed by the United States on the Bashar al-Assad regime have been top of Syrians’ minds in the past five months since following the regime’s swift collapse in December 2024. The expectation had been that these sanctions would be lifted after the regime they had targeted was toppled…

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei claims that Washington’s demands that Tehran stop enriching uranium are "excessive and outrageous," accusing the US of demonstrating "sheer arrogance.I don't think nuclear talks with the US will bring results. I don't know what will happen," Khamenei added. He…

Recent events in Libya have once again laid bare security and other actors’ persistent failure to uphold international humanitarian and human rights law and underlines the urgent need to break cycles of violence and impunity. The blatant disregard for fundamental human rights is not only a moral…

President Donald Trump’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia last week exceeded expectations, putting Saudi-American relations on a new trajectory. A series of major agreements were signed, reflecting the extraordinary alignment of the two nations’ interests and reaffirming the Kingdom’s status…

Let us forget, for a moment, that the president of the United States is the most powerful political leader in the world, and that he can annihilate humanity at the press of a button or obliterate the global economy with an “executive order.” For a moment, let us put that to one side and focus,…

It is difficult to single out one aspect of US President Donald Trump’s pivotal visit to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, as the most prominent or important. The visit was clearly not merely made for investment deals alone. Rather, it amounts to a turning point that consolidates…

Baghdad has the unusual ability to force its visitor to open up about the past and its pains. The ability becomes more pronounced when the friends choose to have dinner on the banks of the Tigris only to find out that the current resort was once one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces. I believe people…

Sanctions on Syria could have extended for a year or more due to various considerations, including the uncertainty surrounding the country’s political future, reservations about its new leadership, or concerns from powers like Israel. The United States does not lift sanctions except after a lengthy…

Yes, Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia was historic. He showed himself to be more politically sensible than any US leader in a very long time. Politically, economically, and beyond, it was a visit for the history books- that much is clear from Trump’s statements about the development he witnessed in…

Last Monday, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Chairman of the Public Investment Fund (PIF), announced the launch of HUMAIN, one of the companies owned by PIF. Its goal is to develop and manage artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and technologies, as well…

The political, economic, humanitarian, and spiritual dynamism of Saudi Arabia has consistently been leveraged to enhance its regional and international standing and amplify the Kingdom's actions in support of Arab and Islamic neighbors. Arab and regional integration and solidarity (humanitarian,…

He had hardly finished addressing the crowd in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City that Cardinal Robert Provost as the newly minted Pope Leo XIV was transformed into a blank face on which interest groups and lobbies of all kind could draw the image they would like him to become. …