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How Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani built Qatar’s soft power 

12 July 2026

From a tiny state struggling to survive to a country punching above its weight with soft power, wealth and influence fel...

Republican Lindsey Graham dies at 71: World leaders, US politicians react 

12 July 2026

News|Politics United States Senator Lindsey Graham, a key Republican who went from a vocal critic of Donald Trump to one...

Driven by desperation: Yemenis resort to dangerous energy alternatives 

12 July 2026

Taiz, Yemen — It was around 5am in the Yemeni city of Taiz last week, with the morning’s quiet interrupted only by t...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy announces cabinet reshuffle, replaces PM Svyrydenko 

12 July 2026

News|Russia-Ukraine war Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced a government reshuffle, as well as propo...

What made US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham a controversial figure 

12 July 2026

Lindsey Graham, a longtime Republican senator in the United States, has died after a “brief and sudden” illness, his...

Missiles and drones fired at Gulf states after night of US strikes on Iran 

12 July 2026

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, News|US-Israel war on Iran Air defence systems in Gulf states and Jordan have shot dow...

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, architect of modern Qatar 

12 July 2026

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar who transformed the small Gulf state into one of the world�...

Ghana slavery apology: Why many descendants say words are not enough 

12 July 2026

Accra, Ghana – For many descendants of enslaved Africans, a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade is not ju...