Podcast: Beyond the Headlines

Anyone for football? SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California is among the US stadiums being used for the Fifa World Cup. Getty Images via AFP
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The limits of soft power: America’s war and its World Cup

US conflict with Iran threatens to overshadow tournament with concerns over safety, politics and costs

A boy stands in the rubble of a residential building hit by an Israeli strike in Gaza. AFP.
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Replay: Who will fill the security vacuum in Gaza?

More weapons, less action: What are the Houthis up to?

Where does China stand in US-Iran conflict?

Egypt

Dhia Subhi underwent complex surgery aboard the UAE's floating hospital to improve his quality of life. Photo: UAE mission to Gaza

Gazan patient undergoes leg-lengthening surgery at UAE's floating hospital

Complex operation helps 28-year-old who had struggled to walk

UAE

Hamas-Mladenov talks postponed as disarmament continues to stymie Trump's Gaza plan

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Hamas leaders head to Egypt for talks in bid to salvage Gaza peace plan

MENA

Egypt World Cup talking points: Mohamed Salah's last hurrah

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Lebanon

People attend an event in support of former Cuban president Raul Castro in Havana late last month. EPA

My fellow Cubans will defend their land and their sovereignty

Our readers have their say on the US blockade against Havana, the IPL, the Abu Dhabi rent freeze, the Trump-Netanyahu call and Israel’s excesses

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Hezbollah rejects 'illusory' ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon

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LiveHezbollah chief says ceasefire should cover all of Lebanon

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Today's cartoonShadi's take on the fragile truce in parts of Lebanon

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