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Venezuela Vs US: Is Maduro paying the price for his support of Gaza?

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Eman Abusidu

No bridges with genocide: Why Indonesians must reject the Israel–Indonesia Futures Program

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

A priest, a rabbi and a sheikh stand together against Zionism in Istanbul

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Adnan Hmidan

The men no one sees: How quiet suspicion robs a life of its dignity

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Deborah Wolf

A belated admission of leaving Iraq to fail

A belated admission of leaving Iraq to fail

Twenty-two years after the invasion of Iraq, a new American voice has emerged to concede that the war was not just a political miscalculation, but...

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Karam Nama

UN Resolution 2803: International mandate for America’s plan in Gaza

UN Resolution 2803: International mandate for America’s plan in Gaza

The United States worked to gradually secure an Arab-Palestinian consensus that would produce a UN resolution granting international legitimacy to...

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

Indonesia and the UAE deepen cooperation through steady, low-profile moves

Indonesia and the UAE deepen cooperation through steady, low-profile moves

Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have spent the past several months expanding their cooperation through a series of regional and...

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Zohran Mamdani vs. Benjamin Netanyahu: Could a local arrest of Israel’s PM in New York be legally possible under international law?

Zohran Mamdani vs. Benjamin Netanyahu: Could a local arrest of Israel’s PM in New York be legally possible under international law?

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has repeatedly stated that he would instruct the NYPD to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he set...

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Dr Mohammad Yousef

Gaza ceasefire – A pause by name, while atrocities continue unabated

Gaza ceasefire – A pause by name, while atrocities continue unabated

The world has acknowledged and observes yet another blank ‘ceasefire’. To the people of Gaza, the word has no meaning. Ceasefires in Gaza do not...

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Ranjan Solomon

The Abraham Accords gambit: Washington’s high-stakes balancing act in the Middle East

The Abraham Accords gambit: Washington’s high-stakes balancing act in the Middle East

As Israeli forces continue operations in Syrian territory, a public rebuke from President Donald Trump-the incursions are...

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

UN resolutions on Gaza and the Golan: Global legitimacy under pressure, but no path to real peace

UN resolutions on Gaza and the Golan: Global legitimacy under pressure, but no path to real peace

The two recent United Nations resolutions one calling for an end to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and another reaffirming Syria’s...

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Peiman Salehi

The UN never gets to the root of the problem

The UN never gets to the root of the problem

The UN General Assembly has passed another non-binding resolution which is unlikely to dent Israel’s colonial expansion in colonised Palestine. Any...

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Ramona Wadi

Yasmine Belkaid’s ever-growing capital

Yasmine Belkaid’s ever-growing capital

My personal physician — one of Britain’s most renowned doctors and recipient of one of the highest honours from the late Queen Elizabeth II —...

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Karam Nama

Deliberate contradiction: How the West plays dumb and kills people in Gaza

Deliberate contradiction: How the West plays dumb and kills people in Gaza

First, let’s dissect this puzzle. On 29 February 2024, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent shockwaves when he informed lawmakers in the House...

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

How Israel poisoned Gaza’s agricultural land for years to come

How Israel poisoned Gaza’s agricultural land for years to come

Israel’s campaign in Gaza has not only levelled most of the built environment — satellite analyses in 2025 show damage to the vast majority of...

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

Beware: Blood diamonds are funding Israel’s war crimes

Beware: Blood diamonds are funding Israel’s war crimes

Last week the 2025 chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, had an article published extolling the benefits of the...

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Sean Clinton