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Why the BNP won Bangladesh’s post-uprising election

Why the BNP won Bangladesh’s post-uprising election

In the end, the 13th parliamentary election in Bangladesh was not a revolution. It was a reckoning. When the ballots were counted, the Bangladesh...

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Abu Jakir

This Valentine’s Day, chocolate comes with new risks

This Valentine’s Day, chocolate comes with new risks

This Valentine’s Day, chocolate prices are no longer at last year’s peak, but cheap chocolate has not made a comeback, and it probably never will....

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Kaveh Zahedi

The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left

The Palestinian cause cannot speak only to the left

For decades, the Palestinian cause has found its most receptive audiences on the political left. Progressive movements, human rights organisations and...

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Ahmed Najar

Africa must boycott the 2026 World Cup

Africa must boycott the 2026 World Cup
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Tafi Mhaka

The USS Honduras sets sail again

It’s smooth sailing these days for the United States and Honduras, the diminutive Central American nation and original “banana republic” that...

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Belen Fernandez

On Ukraine, ‘liberal’ war hawks make the far right look like peacemakers

On Ukraine, ‘liberal’ war hawks make the far right look like peacemakers
11.02.2026 10

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Leonid Ragozin

The UK’s shrinking centre is Keir Starmer’s real crisis

The UK’s shrinking centre is Keir Starmer’s real crisis

Just over two years in power, and the United Kingdom’s Labour government is facing an existential crisis. Disclosures linked to the Epstein files...

11.02.2026 20

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Ahmed Najar

Why did Saif al-Islam Gaddafi have to die?

Why did Saif al-Islam Gaddafi have to die?
10.02.2026 50

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Anas El Gomati

Pakistan can sell weapons in the Middle East, but can it sell security?

Pakistan can sell weapons in the Middle East, but can it sell security?
09.02.2026 50

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Riaz Khokhar

I am one of 22,000 Gaza patients waiting in desperation for evacuation

I am one of 22,000 Gaza patients waiting in desperation for evacuation
09.02.2026 20

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Saeda Hamdona

Iran-US talks in Muscat bought time, not a deal

Iran-US talks in Muscat bought time, not a deal
08.02.2026 20

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Muhanad Seloom

Somalia is the missing pillar of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden stability

Somalia is the missing pillar of Red Sea and Gulf of Aden stability
08.02.2026 30

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Ali Omar

India now sets the terms of global cricket

India now sets the terms of global cricket
07.02.2026 50

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Andrew Fidel Fernando

Trump’s building a new world order, and there’s a method to his ‘madness’

Trump’s building a new world order, and there’s a method to his ‘madness’
06.02.2026 80

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Nick Dearden

If Jamaat comes to power, Bangladeshi Hindus will be safe. I am the proof

If Jamaat comes to power, Bangladeshi Hindus will be safe. I am the proof
06.02.2026 50

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Krishna Nandi

Trump’s America First doctrine is remaking global diplomacy

Trump’s America First doctrine is remaking global diplomacy
06.02.2026 40

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Adolfo Franco

Israel’s war on Gaza’s healthcare continues in full force under ‘ceasefire’

Israel’s war on Gaza’s healthcare continues in full force under ‘ceasefire’
06.02.2026 60

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Mads Gilbert

It’s time for the world to boycott the US

It’s time for the world to boycott the US
05.02.2026 30

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Donald Earl Collins

Here’s why Israel is allowing record murder rates in its Palestinian towns

Here’s why Israel is allowing record murder rates in its Palestinian towns
05.02.2026 60

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Neve Gordon

What would be the impact of a US attack on Iran?

What would be the impact of a US attack on Iran?
03.02.2026 40

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Ali A Ghareh Daghi

US abandoning the SDF has impacted Kurds across the region

US abandoning the SDF has impacted Kurds across the region
03.02.2026 40

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Kamaran Palani

Starmer’s visit to China was not a reset, but a new way forward

Starmer’s visit to China was not a reset, but a new way forward
02.02.2026 40

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Kerry Brown

The next stage of the Gaza genocide has begun

The next stage of the Gaza genocide has begun
02.02.2026 30

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Gha­da Ageel

Gaza is on its way to becoming a semi-protectorate, just like Bosnia

Gaza is on its way to becoming a semi-protectorate, just like Bosnia
01.02.2026 50

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Nidzara Ahmetasevic

Appropriating the death count: Manufacturing consent for an attack on Iran

Appropriating the death count: Manufacturing consent for an attack on Iran
31.01.2026 60

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Kaveh Rostamkhani

Why attacking UNRWA is attacking Gaza’s survival

Why attacking UNRWA is attacking Gaza’s survival
31.01.2026 60

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Sam Rose

Why the UK’s toughest immigration voices are often politicians of colour

Why the UK’s toughest immigration voices are often politicians of colour
30.01.2026 50

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Parveen Akhtar

If Cuba falls, the Global South is to blame, too

If Cuba falls, the Global South is to blame, too
29.01.2026 40

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Belen Fernandez

Why is ‘Deuce Bigalow’ rooting for Viktor Orban in Hungary?

Why is ‘Deuce Bigalow’ rooting for Viktor Orban in Hungary?
29.01.2026 30

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Somdeep Sen

Even in death, Palestinians are still denied dignity

Even in death, Palestinians are still denied dignity
29.01.2026 90

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Amal Abu Seif

What ICE is doing to America is familiar to me as a Palestinian

What ICE is doing to America is familiar to me as a Palestinian
27.01.2026 30

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Ahmad Ibsais

A ‘Board of Peace’ run by war criminals

A ‘Board of Peace’ run by war criminals
27.01.2026 20

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Louis Charbonneau

Why neoliberalism can’t build peace

Why neoliberalism can’t build peace
27.01.2026 50

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Samer Jaber

Al-Sharaa checkmates the SDF and Washington still wins

Al-Sharaa checkmates the SDF and Washington still wins
26.01.2026 100

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Wael Alzayat

What al-Maliki’s return would mean for Iraq and the region

25.01.2026 70

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Gaza is not a real estate fantasy

25.01.2026 100

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Sultan Barakat

Electoral violence is on the horizon in Kenya

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Patrick Gathara

Why Qatar is betting on diplomacy with Iran

23.01.2026 80

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Sultan Al-Khulaifi

Militarising the Sahel will not defeat terrorism

23.01.2026 50

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Ayodele S Owolabi

Making sense of Bangladesh’s ‘Hadi effect’ shaping the vote

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Faisal Mahmud

The US attack on Venezuela and the collapse of international law

22.01.2026 100

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Richard Falk

AI’s growing thirst for water is becoming a public health risk

22.01.2026 100

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Omar Shabana

Europe cannot condemn colonialism à la carte

22.01.2026 90

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Belen Fernandez

Belgium’s Lumumba case raises a question Africa still avoids

22.01.2026 70

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Tafi Mhaka

There is another war Israel is waging – one that is not making headlines

20.01.2026 70

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Mariam Barghouti

Greenland is not just a territorial concern. It is a reckoning

20.01.2026 70

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Ahmad Joumaa

In Iran, the US-Israeli addiction to hybrid warfare is on full display

19.01.2026 50

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Jeffrey Sachs

The UK is now willing to undermine British institutions to protect Israel

19.01.2026 80

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Ahmed Najar

The threat against Greenland shows that we need to stop appeasing Trump

18.01.2026 50

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Trine Pertou Mach