The National Editorial

Leaders, policymakers and thinkers will helm discussions centred on solving pressing international issues

The tournament in Qatar has been an outpouring of Arab and Palestinian pride in difficult times

Allegations that 12 agency staff were involved in the October 7 attacks must be investigated fairly, but some donor countries were too quick to withdraw support from many Palestinians' last lifeline

Some countries are taking an increasingly dim view of this unjustifiable project

Cuts to aid funding, a lack of governance and the presence of rival armed groups have hamstrung efforts to rebuild

American retaliation for the three troops it lost on the Jordan-Syria border has been swift, but the region needs a strategy for stabilisation

The execution of three men in the West Bank shows that even clinics are regarded as fitting sites for combat and killing

The beheading and political rant shared on YouTube is distinguished by its violence, but the ideas expressed in the clip are moving closer to the mainstream

A revitalised PA can expose the Israeli claim that there is no partner for peace on the Palestinian side, but promises of reform must be kept

The deaths of three US soldiers in Jordan will bring a response, but what the region needs is a way out of this spiralling conflict

Western countries must reconsider their suspension of funding to the UN Refugee Agency

It is in the region where water stress is most acute that strategies are emerging to conserve this vital resource

Some parts of the continent are thriving but the ruinous fighting in Sudan is the latest conflict that is fuelling damaging displacement

The conflict is having global repercussions, but there is a worrying lack of seriousness about ways to end it

Four years ago, a mystery illness forced the residents of Wuhan into quarantine. As the WHO raises concerns about Disease X, the world may need a different approach