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Moroccan parties mobilise in markets and online for parliamentary elections 

21 September 2026

Political parties in Morocco are intensifying campaign efforts before legislative elections on September 23, which will ...

How oil, gas losses have shrunk Iran’s GDP by 10 percent during war 

21 September 2026

Amid the US-Israel war on Iran, the country’s economy has suffered a sharp contraction, with its crucial oil and gas s...

Why do Sudan’s humanitarian truces keep failing and who is to blame? 

21 September 2026

Efforts to bring about truces in Sudan are continuing to hit a dead end, with fighting continuing and worsening the coun...

Do Israelis feel any safer now than they did on October 6, 2023? 

21 September 2026

Israel’s upcoming general election coincides with the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 attacks, and the issues...

A simple guide to the Yemen conflict 

21 September 2026

Yemen is back in the global spotlight after the Iran-aligned Houthi group earlier this month made military gains against...

Three South Korean officers wounded in border explosion 

21 September 2026

Three South Korean military officers have been wounded in an explosion in the western sector of the Demilitarized Zone (...

Russia election results show Putin’s party winning: What we know 

21 September 2026

Early results emerging from Russia’s first parliamentary elections since the launch of the full-fledged war on Ukraine...

Afghanistan says three killed in Pakistani air attacks 

21 September 2026

News|Border Disputes At least three people have been killed in northeastern Afghanistan in Pakistani air raids, Afghan o...

Iran’s military says US preparing to resume strikes 

21 September 2026

Iran’s central military command says it has received information that the United States is preparing to resume strikes...

The Sahel and the UN: a smaller footprint, a different role 

20 September 2026

For a decade, the United Nations’s most visible role in the Sahel was its peacekeeping mission in Mali. The United Nat...