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Authenticity is what American voters want

Authenticity is what American voters want

At first glance, Graham Platner and Adam Hamawy share little in common. Platner, an oyster farmer and a United States Marine Corps veteran, carries...

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Josh paul

The retaking of Cuba

The retaking of Cuba

In 1960, Cuba took its docks, sugar and power back from American owners. This May, Washington moved to take them back: it indicted Raul Castro over...

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Jafari s allen

Modi is using a cannon to kill a cockroach

Modi is using a cannon to kill a cockroach

In recent weeks in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s profound insecurity has resulted in the deplatforming of college students...

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Vidya krishnan

The accomplishments of 100 days of war on Iran are undeniable

The accomplishments of 100 days of war on Iran are undeniable

Let us be clear about what happened on February 28. The United States, in concert with Israel, went to war with Iran. It was not the proxy war of...

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Adolfo Franco

Iran after 100 days of war: The triumph of survival

Iran after 100 days of war: The triumph of survival

It has been 100 days since the United States and Israel attacked Iran in a coordinated campaign aimed at regime change. Since April, a tenuous...

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Mahjoob Zweiri

Gaza is being offered coercion, not reconstruction

Gaza is being offered coercion, not reconstruction

For months, Gaza has all but vanished into a diplomatic black hole. While the enclave has endured unprecedented destruction, mass displacement and...

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Said arikat

What the US-Israel war on Iran will not change in the Middle East

What the US-Israel war on Iran will not change in the Middle East

In every major Middle Eastern war, the same illusion returns: the belief that bombs can rewrite history. The US-Israel war on Iran is rapidly and...

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Mohamed Elmenshawy

What Afghanistan’s rotten apples tell us about its non-profit sector

What Afghanistan’s rotten apples tell us about its non-profit sector

In April, I accompanied a friend on a visit to villages in Daikundi province, central Afghanistan. The purpose of the trip was to speak to farmer...

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Hujjatullah Zia

The Horn of Africa needs reconciliation, not new borders

The Horn of Africa needs reconciliation, not new borders

Recent arguments advocating for the international recognition of an integral part of Somalia called Somaliland rest on a series of assumptions that...

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Ali mohamed omar

Remembering Muhammad Ali’s message of peace

Remembering Muhammad Ali’s message of peace

On June 3, 2016, legendary American boxer Muhammad Ali passed away at the age of 74. Ten years after the world said goodbye to him, his voice still...

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Amina j mohammed

Is the Taliban-Russia MoU good for Afghanistan?

Is the Taliban-Russia MoU good for Afghanistan?

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on security cooperation signed by the Taliban and Russia on May 27 has generated considerable discussion,...

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Shahmahmood miakhel

Somalia needs a political settlement before it is too late

Somalia needs a political settlement before it is too late

Somalia is entering one of the most dangerous moments in its recent history without an agreed path towards elections or a political transition. United...

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Afyare Abdi Elmi

Australia, don’t conflate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel

Australia, don’t conflate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israel

Suggestions that criticism of the State of Israel is anti-Semitic in Australia risk hardwiring a dangerous confusion. Questioning the behaviour of a...

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Shahram Akbarzadeh

Ukraine’s forcibly transferred children must not be a bargaining chip

Ukraine’s forcibly transferred children must not be a bargaining chip

It has been more than four years since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, expanding its occupation of Ukrainian lands, which started in...

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Tatiana vorozhko

As Ethiopia votes, its deepening human rights crisis must be addressed

As Ethiopia votes, its deepening human rights crisis must be addressed

Ethiopia will hold its seventh national election on June 1. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) gave a green light for the vote to proceed...

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Mesenbet tadeg

Ethiopia’s election is about affirming national commitment to democracy

Ethiopia’s election is about affirming national commitment to democracy

On June 1, more than 57 million Ethiopians are going to the polls in the country’s seventh national election since the adoption of the 1995...

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Enatalem meles

The Iran war is dividing Muslims in the Philippines

The Iran war is dividing Muslims in the Philippines

The US-Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have had a seismic effect across the world. In Southeast Asia, economies have been...

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Nadhera mohammad qassem

The strait may reopen, but global confidence may not return

The strait may reopen, but global confidence may not return

United States President Donald Trump’s claim that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz has been largely negotiated may calm markets temporarily....

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Marco vicenzino

How the end of the nuclear file could reshape Iran, and the region

How the end of the nuclear file could reshape Iran, and the region

Iran’s decision to act on its long-promised threat to close the Strait of Hormuz has brought United States countermeasures in the form of a US naval...

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Hossein Derakhshan

The Baltics urgently need a de-escalation mechanism; Belarus can help

Recent weeks have seen a significant escalation of military tensions in and around the Baltics. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, which are all NATO...

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Yauheni preiherman

For Gaza, Eid joy is now a form of resistance

This is my third consecutive Eid al-Adha spent displaced, far from my home in Jabalia, in an area that has been designated a “red zone” under...

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Ohood nassar

The West only discovers property rights when the landowners are white

On May 7, Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka announced in parliament that the government would return 67 farms seized during the...

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Tafi Mhaka

Israel is no longer ‘shooting and crying’

In the latest revelations about Israel’s brutal torture of Palestinian prisoners, which include rape and sexual violence, the world got yet another...

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Muhannad ayyash

In Lebanon, everything and nothing has changed since 2000

Twenty-six years ago this week, Israel was forced to end an 18-year occupation of south Lebanon. Much has changed since, yet Lebanon and Israel still...

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Rami G Khouri

The Mali crisis could have a dangerous spillover effect

It has been almost nine months since rebel groups imposed a fuel blockade on Mali’s capital Bamako. In late April, the conflict escalated further....

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Mohamed el hajj mahmoud el talib

The world urgently needs a US-Iran deal now

As negotiations between the United States and Iran appear to move towards a possible breakthrough, the stakes extend far beyond diplomacy between two...

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Ilan Kapoor

Syria cannot heal without a rebuilt health system

Last week, European Union and Syrian officials met in Brussels for high-level talks on the country’s reconstruction. The EU’s support for...

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Valerie docher

The GCC should insure itself against the next Strait of Hormuz crisis

The crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran has affected the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at different levels. Oman has...

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Nikolay Kozhanov

The pollution that outlives war

War is measured first in lives lost, families uprooted and neighbourhoods reduced to rubble. But there are also deadly consequences that are often...

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Felix horne

India is being left to die in the heat

India is experiencing an extraordinary summer. Across the country, temperatures have crossed 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit), inching...

22.05.2026 90

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Vidya krishnan

Israel’s arrogance is becoming the evidence in the case against it

On Wednesday, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir posted a video showing Israeli security officers abusing Sumud flotilla activists who...

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Mohamad Elmasry

Canada is using its borders to police Palestine solidarity

This past weekend, international scholars and speakers invited to the Muslim Association of Canada’s (MAC) annual convention in Toronto reportedly...

21.05.2026 70

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Faisal kutty

This is the face of Israel

This week, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, posted a video on social media of himself taunting flotilla activists held by...

21.05.2026 70

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Yara Hawari

The crises caused by the Iran war will hit the world in four waves

If tomorrow Iran, the United States and Israel were to announce a peace deal and the Strait of Hormuz were to reopen, the war would not be over. Wars...

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Umair waqas

Massie defeated: The Israel lobby’s pyrrhic victory in Kentucky

US Representative Thomas Massie lost his Republican primary on Tuesday after one of the most expensive and politically charged congressional campaigns...

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Said arikat

The world cannot afford to fail women, children and adolescents

In too many parts of the world, giving birth still comes with more fear than hope: a clinic without electricity, a nurse without supplies, a mother...

19.05.2026 90

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Cyril ramaphosa

The US, Israel and the normalisation of scandal

In late April, the Hondurasgate platform and the Spanish media outlet Canal Red began leaking incriminating audios regarding recent machinations by...

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Belén Fernández

China-Russia relations are as strong as ever thanks to Trump

Days before Donald Trump was elected for his second term as US president in 2024, he pledged to “un-unite” Russia and China as he accused his...

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Leonid Ragozin

The Gulf does not have to choose Iran or Israel

One of the most dangerous ideas in today’s Middle East is the claim that Gulf states must choose between Iran and Israel. This framing is...

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Abdulla banndar al-etaibi

The strike that changed the geometry of war

On September 9, 2025, Israel struck Qatar. There was no battlefield, no front line. Instead, the target was a sovereign state hosting negotiations...

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Nawaf Obaid

Amid the fertiliser crisis, Africa has a chemical-free option: Agroecology

More than two months into the US-Israel war on Iran, it appears we are veering towards another global food crisis. The conflict is driving up the...

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Ange-david baïmey

Britain is losing the ability to tell anti-Semitism from dissent

Sir Mark Rowley’s recent comments that some pro-Palestinian demonstrations in London send a message “that feels like anti-Semitism” are the...

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Ahmed Najar

How David Ben-Gurion got the Palestinians wrong in 1948

When European Jewish settlers embarked on brutal ethnic cleansing to establish Israel in 1948, they thought the Palestinian population would be the...

15.05.2026 90

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Refaat Ibrahim

In the UK, Muslim votes are treated as a problem to be managed

Britain’s politics is in turmoil. The Labour government is consumed by an open leadership crisis, with the Prime Minister facing demands from more...

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Naomi Green

The class politics of modern outbreaks

No one can stop the wealthy from taking their holidays. Whether coasting down snowy mountains or rubbing shoulders with fellow elites on luxury...

13.05.2026 60

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Edna Bonhomme

Why Trump decided to back Iraq’s prime minister-designate, Ali al-Zaidi

The decision by United States President Donald Trump to back Ali al-Zaidi as Iraq’s next prime minister may have surprised some quarters. But when...

13.05.2026 100

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Trump needs Xi much more than Xi needs Trump

In the past few months, the geopolitical chessboard has tilted dramatically, setting the stage for a highly anticipated yet asymmetrical summit...

13.05.2026 60

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Wenran jiang

The crisis is Sudan is much worse than what is acknowledged

I recently visited Khartoum for the first time since the war started. It quickly became clear to me that the world still doesn’t fully comprehend...

12.05.2026 90

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Zia salik

The Global Sumud Flotilla is sailing on, here is why

Imagine the following scenario: you are scheduled to board a sailing boat as part of a large fleet carrying humanitarian aid. Some boats in the fleet...

11.05.2026 90

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Antonis vradis

Things are not going so well for Russia

The annual ritual that is the Victory Day Parade in Moscow serves a dual purpose. It reminds Russia’s citizenry and the Kremlin’s audience across...

11.05.2026 100

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Dimitar Bechev