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Perfectly appropriate: Trump, Infantino and the FIFA Peace Prize

He craves it, and, to some extent, his desire was satisfied. President Donald Trump did get a peace prize. Not the peace prize picked out by...

yesterday 20

Dr Binoy Kampmark

When Middle Eastern solidarity meets an unexpected Indonesian rebuff

Catastrophic floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s Sumatra island in late November and early December after days of torrential rain. The...

yesterday 20

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Inside Europe’s largest crackdown on humanitarian aid: The ERCI trial

“Borders have a scent”, Seán Binder told me once, recalling the salt and burned plastic that drifted across Katia’s shores on Lesvos during the...

yesterday 6

Tatiana Svorou

The environmental impacts of Israeli bombs in Lebanon

Between October 2023 and October 2024, Israel carried out 195 white phosphorus strikes across southern Lebanon, including in populated areas,...

yesterday 6

Summer Rella Hamzeh

If Gaza resistance ends: What history tells us about the Palestinian fate

US President Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is reportedly set to be announced before the year’s end. This news coincides with increasing...

yesterday 6

Dr Ramzy Baroud

When soft power hardens

For decades, Gaza has been viewed primarily through the language of hard power: siege, bombardment, occupation, and overwhelming military...

previous day 40

Eko Ernada

Why are divorce rates rising in Egypt?

Around 274,000 divorce cases were recorded in Egypt in 2024, marking a 3.1 per cent rise compared to 2023, according to government data. The...

previous day 40

Mahmoud Hassan

Erasing roots, stealing seeds and engineering flight

The recent raid by Israeli forces on the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in Ramallah—during which young female employees were...

previous day 30

Dr Oroub El-Abed

No legitimacy for Trump in Gaza nor for the “Peace Council”

On last November 17, the UNSC approved a resolution submitted by the United States on the day after in Gaza. The resolution, numbered 2803,...

previous day 10

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

The UN exposes its failed humanitarian paradigm

The UN is exposing how its humanitarian paradigm, always destined to failure, has failed. The Global Humanitarian Overview assessment , notes that...

previous day 10

Ramona Wadi

Sick Europe

Europe is no longer a fully sovereign partner in the international order. Nor does it pose a real threat. Instead, it has become a suspended...

previous day 10

Karam Nama

When soft power hardens: Gaza, reconstruction and the politics of aid

For decades, Gaza has been viewed primarily through the language of hard power: siege, bombardment, occupation, and overwhelming military...

previous day 10

Eko Ernada

Is it Ethiopia or Egypt that flaunts hegemonic ambitions?

It has been over two years since Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s claim of Ethiopian “natural rights” to the Red Sea. Has Ethiopia...

previous day 10

Debesai Tesfu

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

Across Europe, countless men from the Middle East and North Africa live under quiet, persistent suspicion. Moroccans, Iranians, Palestinians, and...

monday 30

Deborah Wolf

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

In a direct message to the American people, President Nicolás Maduro warned, “Do you want a new Gaza in South America?” His statement came in...

monday 20

Eman Abusidu

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

The gathering in Istanbul was neither ordinary nor familiar. Nothing about it felt routine. On the shores of a city whose history is still being...

monday 30

Adnan Hmidan

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

The Israel–Indonesia Futures Program, scheduled for January to May 2026, is promoted as a leadership initiative linking Indonesians and Israelis...

monday 30

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

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...

07.12.2025 40

Karam Nama

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...

07.12.2025 50

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

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...

07.12.2025 10

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?

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

07.12.2025 10

Dr Mohammad Yousef

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...

06.12.2025 60

Ranjan Solomon

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...

06.12.2025 50

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Perfectly appropriate: Trump, Infantino and the FIFA Peace Prize

Dr Binoy Kampmark

When Middle Eastern solidarity meets an unexpected Indonesian rebuff

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

Inside Europe’s largest crackdown on humanitarian aid: The ERCI trial

Tatiana Svorou

The environmental impacts of Israeli bombs in Lebanon

Summer Rella Hamzeh

If Gaza resistance ends: What history tells us about the Palestinian fate

Dr Ramzy Baroud

When soft power hardens

Eko Ernada

Why are divorce rates rising in Egypt?

Mahmoud Hassan

Erasing roots, stealing seeds and engineering flight

Dr Oroub El-Abed

No legitimacy for Trump in Gaza nor for the “Peace Council”

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

The UN exposes its failed humanitarian paradigm

Ramona Wadi

Sick Europe

Karam Nama

When soft power hardens: Gaza, reconstruction and the politics of aid

Eko Ernada

Is it Ethiopia or Egypt that flaunts hegemonic ambitions?

Debesai Tesfu

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

Deborah Wolf

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

Eman Abusidu

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

Adnan Hmidan

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

Dr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat

A belated admission of leaving Iraq to fail

Karam Nama

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

Dr Sania Faisal El-Husseini

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

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?

Dr Mohammad Yousef

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

Ranjan Solomon

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

Jasim Al-Azzawi