Last week marked US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. Khaled Kassar explains how Trump upended global trade in his first 100 days, while Ibrahim Hamidi says Trump is still searching for an achievement after vowing to bring Iran to heel and end both the war in Gaza and Ukraine.

But although he may not have ended the Ukraine war yet, he did manage to clinch a minerals deal with Kyiv. Con Coughlin writes: “Now that a rare earths deal has finally been reached, Russia may find that the US is less inclined to give in to its demands to end the war. Will the deal keep the US invested in Ukraine's security? Read the article to find out.

Marking the two-year anniversary of Sudan’s war, Amgad Fareid Eltayeb says the reason why it is so difficult to end the war is that it is so misunderstood. Meanwhile, Arash Aziz takes stock of the US-Iran negotiations following three successful rounds, which both sides have characterised as fruitful. But will outsiders be able to derail them? Read the article to find out.

Onto Lebanon, and Houssam Itani explains why talk of disarming Hezbollah sends its supporters into a frenzy. Meanwhile, Sami Moubayed writes on The winding history of the Lebanese-Syrian border. In it, he says, “Once a united land mass, Lebanon and Syria have struggled to mark their borders since the end of the French mandate in 1946. Now there is a new push to draw a line once and for all.” For his part, Omer Onhon writes: “After initially agreeing with Syria’s new leaders to integrate its SDF forces into the national army, Syria’s Kurds are now demanding federalism, in a U-turn that has angered Damascus and Ankara.”

Onto Gaza, where Israel’s war has created the "largest cohort of child amputees in modern history", Houssam Marouf writes from on the ground. In his feature titled, Missing limbs and broken dreams: Gaza's generation of child amputees, one mother whose daughter lost both of her legs in an Israeli air strike, says: “Laila draws birds without wings. Once, she drew a bird without a head. I asked her why, and she said: 'That's me. They killed me.’”

Following Pope Francis's funeral, Shadi Alaa Aldin’s piece Popes on the big screen gives an overview of some of the most noteworthy films and TV shows about the pontiff. Meanwhile, Raed Mahdi Salih looks at the evolving relationship between humans and AI. And finally, Amer Ziab Al Tamimi poses the question: Can non-oil sectors shape the future of Gulf economies? Read the article to find out.