UNITED NATIONS
‘This is no longer the time of armed groups’: In Beirut, Guterres calls for cease-fire
DIPLOMACY
Escalation in Lebanon: France calls on Security Council and warns against new conflagration
UN warns of dangerous Lebanon–Israel escalation after attack on UNIFIL
REGIONAL TENSIONS
At the UN, Tehran condemns strikes on Iran, Israel and US dub it 'necessity'
COMMENTARY
Umm Kulthum and the art of reigning through voice
DESIGNATION
US designates al-Jamaa al-Islamiya and the Brotherhood in Jordan and Egypt as 'terrorist' organizations
EXHIBITION
Samia Halaby, Nour Mobarak and a constellation of Middle Eastern artists through the 2026 Whitney Biennial lens
DIPLOMACY
Who is Ivonne Baki, the Lebanese-Ecuadorian who could head the UN?
INTERVIEW