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After the headlines fade: Gaza, abandoned while the genocide persists

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Dr Ramzy Baroud

Netanyahu’s veto: The Peace Council that cannot bite

Netanyahu’s veto: The Peace Council that cannot bite
yesterday 17

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Karam Nama

The dangerous parallels between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2026

The dangerous parallels between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2026
yesterday 33

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Documents reveal US-UK longstanding clash over the International Criminal Court

Documents reveal US-UK longstanding clash over the International Criminal Court
yesterday 30

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Amer Sultan

After UNRWA, what breaks next?

After UNRWA, what breaks next?
yesterday 28

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Indonesia should not join Trump’s Board of Peace

Indonesia should not join Trump’s Board of Peace
yesterday 30

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

“All that’s left of you”: The film that arrived too late and just in time

“All that’s left of you”: The film that arrived too late and just in time
yesterday 45

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Jamal Kanj

Kashmir and the normalisation of exclusion in India

Kashmir and the normalisation of exclusion in India
previous day 10

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Jawad Khalid

Netanyahu’s childhood friend breaks silence, warning of “ruined state” and personal obsessions

Netanyahu’s childhood friend breaks silence, warning of “ruined state” and personal obsessions
previous day 43

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Decades of oblivion and Trump’s Board of Peace

Decades of oblivion and Trump’s Board of Peace
previous day 20

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Ramona Wadi

Houthi naval mines: Yemeni fishermen also pay the price

Houthi naval mines: Yemeni fishermen also pay the price
previous day 11

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Mahmoud Assamiee

Gaza vanishing: Trump’s Board of Peace

Gaza vanishing: Trump’s Board of Peace
previous day 31

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

Gaza, the Board of Peace and multilateralism’s moral hour

Gaza, the Board of Peace and multilateralism’s moral hour
previous day 19

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Gulf rivalry on Egypt’s shores

Gulf rivalry on Egypt’s shores
previous day 47

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Mahmoud Hassan

The Gaza Board for Peace is Humpty Dumpty diplomacy -Assembled for spectacle not for restoration

The Gaza Board for Peace is Humpty Dumpty diplomacy -Assembled for spectacle not for restoration
previous day 43

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Ranjan Solomon

The guilty cannot fix the world

The guilty cannot fix the world
monday 35

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Karam Nama

On Palestine, Indonesia’s 2026 foreign minister’s statement repeats the two-state lie

On Palestine, Indonesia’s 2026 foreign minister’s statement repeats the two-state lie
monday 30

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The presidency as theatre: America’s age of False Fronts

The presidency as theatre: America’s age of False Fronts
monday 34

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Tehran falters while Riyadh rewrites regional stability

Tehran falters while Riyadh rewrites regional stability
monday 56

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

How to protest correctly: Notes from Iran, warnings from Pakistan

How to protest correctly: Notes from Iran, warnings from Pakistan
monday 52

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Junaid S. Ahmad

The American paradox: A nation simultaneously ascending and descending

The American paradox: A nation simultaneously ascending and descending
monday 58

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Epstein: When the life of an asset becomes expendable (Part 3)

Epstein: When the life of an asset becomes expendable (Part 3)
monday 51

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Jamal Kanj

Sending troops under the ISF risks making Indonesia complicit in Gaza’s occupation

Indonesia is being invited not to keep the peace in Gaza, but to help launder an injustice. The proposed International Stabilization Force (ISF), a...

monday 25

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

The new mandate: Recolonisation, “peace” boards, and the architecture of erasure

The new mandate: Recolonisation, “peace” boards, and the architecture of erasure
18.01.2026 40

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Ranjan Solomon

The decline of the imperialist strategy against Iran

The decline of the imperialist strategy against Iran
18.01.2026 16

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Sayid Marcos Tenório

The myth of a fractured Iran: Why pressure consolidates the civilisational state

The myth of a fractured Iran: Why pressure consolidates the civilisational state
18.01.2026 59

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Mahdi Motlagh

When Damascus spoke to the Kurds, the world listened

When Damascus spoke to the Kurds, the world listened
18.01.2026 61

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

Divide and rule in the Horn of Africa: How the UAE fuels separatism to fracture Somalia

Divide and rule in the Horn of Africa: How the UAE fuels separatism to fracture Somalia
18.01.2026 49

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Suleiman Bashir Mohamed

The psychological profile of a president whose IQ is “off the chart”

The psychological profile of a president whose IQ is “off the chart”
17.01.2026 59

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany

Genocide research institute levels accusations against Germany
17.01.2026 54

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Leon Wystrychowski

When old myths about Iran and Israel are dusted off again

When old myths about Iran and Israel are dusted off again
17.01.2026 24

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Karam Nama

Europe’s border policy on trial: The ERCI case ends in acquittal after seven years

Europe’s border policy on trial: The ERCI case ends in acquittal after seven years
16.01.2026 52

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Tatiana Svorou

​The civilisational shield: Rebutting the architecture of chaos in Iran

​The civilisational shield: Rebutting the architecture of chaos in Iran
16.01.2026 50

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Ranjan Solomon

Growing concerns over UAE plan to expand geothermal investment in Indonesia

Growing concerns over UAE plan to expand geothermal investment in Indonesia
16.01.2026 26

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

After Bondi there are glimmers of hope for those resisting Islamophobia and racism

After Bondi there are glimmers of hope for those resisting Islamophobia and racism
16.01.2026 40

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Ramia Sultan

The predicament of the Islamic Republic: Why 2026 is different

The predicament of the Islamic Republic: Why 2026 is different
16.01.2026 58

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

“Real men go to Tehran” — The Zion-Con fantasy of regime change in Iran

“Real men go to Tehran” — The Zion-Con fantasy of regime change in Iran
16.01.2026 49

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Junaid S. Ahmad

A cruel truce: Israel’s ongoing demolition of Gaza

A cruel truce: Israel’s ongoing demolition of Gaza
15.01.2026 52

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Dr Binoy Kampmark

The UN’s misplaced urgency and loyalties

The UN’s misplaced urgency and loyalties
15.01.2026 41

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Ramona Wadi

Somaliland and the Israeli recognition: A post-mortem of Arab strategic impotence

Somaliland and the Israeli recognition: A post-mortem of Arab strategic impotence
15.01.2026 49

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Dr Mustafa Fetouri

On the looming American–Israeli strike against Iran

On the looming American–Israeli strike against Iran
15.01.2026 48

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Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

The popular uprising in Iran and the role of Western powers

The popular uprising in Iran and the role of Western powers
15.01.2026 46

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Masoud Kamali

What Indonesia’s silence on Iran is meant to preserve

What Indonesia’s silence on Iran is meant to preserve
14.01.2026 17

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Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Iran protests: The tipping point that wasn’t

Iran protests: The tipping point that wasn’t
14.01.2026 21

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Hamid Bahrami

UAE leverages humanitarian aid to advance its interests

UAE leverages humanitarian aid to advance its interests
14.01.2026 17

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Mohamed Suliman

We must act before Palestinian hostages are executed in the world’s worst prisons

We must act before Palestinian hostages are executed in the world’s worst prisons
14.01.2026 16

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Adnan Hmidan

The Arctic ultimatum: Greenland and the end of sovereignty

The Arctic ultimatum: Greenland and the end of sovereignty
14.01.2026 29

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Jasim Al-Azzawi

Teaching international law in an age that no longer pretends to obey it

Teaching international law in an age that no longer pretends to obey it
14.01.2026 87

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Ziyad Motala

Iran exposes the limits of BRICS unity

Iran exposes the limits of BRICS unity
14.01.2026 74

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Kurniawan Arif Maspul

When a state bans compassion, the underground grows

When a state bans compassion, the underground grows
13.01.2026 22

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Ranjan Solomon