Podcast: Beyond the Headlines

(FILES) Palestinian fighters unfurl 24 March 1976 a Lebanese flag seized in Holiday Inn hotel after Palestinian commando units dislodged 21 March the Lebanese Christian forces from the twenty seven storey hotel. Lebanon marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the 1975-1990 civil war which saw the eastern Mediterranean country, once referred to as the Switzerland of the Middle East, plunge into a multifaceted confessional war, with regional and international interference. (Photo by XAVIER BARON / AFP)

Lebanon civil war: The feud that never ended

Country is still grappling with the same sectarian complex that fanned the conflict 50 years ago

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran. AP

Deal or war: What’s next for Iran’s nuclear programme?

Where is Israel's renewed war on Gaza heading?

Is there still hope for Gaza’s shattered ceasefire?

Egypt

A local market in Cairo, Egypt. Inflation has fallen sharply, from 33.3 per cent in March 2024 to 13.6 per cent in March this year. EPA-EFE

Egypt presents ambitious budget to parliament with record spending

Budget, which includes higher taxes and significant borrowing, needs House approval

Economy

Singer Ghalia Benali on the enduring power of Umm Kulthum

Music & On-stage

El Sisi holds talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal on second stop of Gulf tour

MENA

Gaza ceasefire talks stall over hostage release and truce duration

MENA

Lebanon

A bank customer holds a placard reading 'The new president's priority must be depositors' savings' during a demonstration in downtown Beirut. EPA

Lebanon's bank customers won't see the $93 billion they're owed 'any time soon'

Customer funds remain frozen with lenders after the country’s economy collapsed in 2019

Business

Qatar renews support for Lebanon's army after leaders meet in Doha

MENA

Today's cartoonShadi's take on Lebanon's locked bank accounts

Cartoon

Special reportLebanese families pray for justice after Israel killings

MENA

Lebanese depositors to get frozen funds back over time, Economy Minister pledges

Banking

Lebanon seeks Syria's help in handing over Bachir Gemayel's killer

MENA

ExclusiveLebanon pressured to replace Hezbollah-linked security staff

MENA

Abu Dhabi to open first centre to detect Alzheimer’s as early as 40

Meta inadvertently sent trial reporters sensitive information

Syria's challenges will show Al Shara's 'real colours', says Barbara Leaf

Egypt presents ambitious budget to parliament with record spending

UAE tests facial recognition technology to modernise ID process

Man United's Onana returns for make-or-break Europa clash against Lyon

Princess Noura bint Faisal Al Saud and Sian Tichar want to upend how the world views Saudi Arabian heritage

How Gulf countries can increase support for their elderly

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