This week was supposed to mark the ceremonial debut of “the largest and most efficient twin-engine jet in the world”- Boeing’s new long-haul 777X jetliner. Instead, the American aerospace’s plans were thrown into disarray and its share prices fell by 15% after its new Boeing 737 Max 8 jet cras...
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Protests raged for a second week against the country’s ailing and absent president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose decision to run for a fifth term has infuriated Algerians and sparked the largest anti-government crowds in over 30 years.
In defiance of the biggest and most impassioned displa...
Climate change, by altering the world’s physical and ecological landscape, is also changing its geopolitical landscape. Recent years have witnessed the outbreak of multiple wars in some of the hottest and driest regions on earth, leading to increasing suggestions that climate change will be an ...
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Born in Paris to Tunisian parents, eL Seed consciously uses Arabic calligraphy and a distinctive style to spread messages of peace, unity and to underline the commonalities of human existence. His artwork can be found all over the world and consistently aims at unifying communities and redr...
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As the U.S. prepares to eradicate a small remaining ISIS force in eastern Syria, stories have emerged of regretful Americans and European Muslim women looking to return home. With more than 1,000 European ISIS prisoners detained in northern Syria by US-aligned PKK forces, and US President D...
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While much of the Gulf region might be dominated by a panorama of towering skyscrapers and some of the most opulent five-star hotels, there remains one Arabian gem that can reconnect you with the rich and diverse heritage and traditions of a civilization that stretches back thousands of yea...
In the last few decades, economic diversification has been a top priority of all the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Even prior to the drop in oil prices in mid 2014, their leaders recognised that their economies relied too heavily on the oil and gas industry. Nonetheless, although the...
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Egypt’s National Council for Childhood and Motherhood said that it prevented a child marriage on Monday 17 December after videos and photos of an engagement ceremony which showed a 14-year-old groom dancing with his 15-year-old bride went viral and triggered an uproar on social media and Egy...
On Monday 5 November, the United States completed its full snapback oil and financial sanctions on Iran, the heaviest economic pressure ever applied by Washington on the Islamic Republic. The move restores US sanctions that were lifted under a 2015 nuclear deal negotiated by the administration...
As the forces of ISIS are gradually defeated and its tactics change, violent extremism and its consequences remain a major threat to international peace, and therefore the need for a nuanced approach to understanding this menace has never been greater. Talento Media Academy brought together a p...
