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“We only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down!” Adolf Hitler, On the eve of his attack on the Soviet...
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the escalation in the Middle East represents “a serious threat to international peace and...
A report presented to the UN Human Rights Council last month noted that Israel destroyed 92 per cent of Gaza’s housing units and displaced over 90...
After days of silence, Indonesia has finally issued a statement on the war between the United States, Israel and Iran. The response, however, is...
A recent Reuters investigation citing internal Israeli military assessments offers an unexpected snapshot of post-war Gaza administration – one that...
Donald Trump said he was “disappointed” by Iran’s choice of Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader. The remark was vintage...
Wars can distract, and for leaders in political purgatory, they can be particularly useful. It remains to be seen whether the UK’s increasing...
I am intrigued by the writing of Mr. Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Ms. Shafa Kalila Aryanti titled “Indonesia’s cabinet secretary is sanitizing...
Public concern in Egypt is rising over the continuation of the Israeli-American war on Iran, amid fears of economic repercussions and difficult...
The election of Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran represents far more than a simple...
Washington acts like it knows what it wants from Iran, but it is moving in the opposite direction: a war without a clear goal. There are many...
American taxpayers are still hemorrhaging from the made-for-Israel war in Iraq, a war audaciously offered as one that would “pay for itself.”...
Off the coast of Fujairah, the scene is not dramatic so much as unsettlingly ordinary: tankers waiting, crews watching, port agents reworking...
Iran is pursuing a multi-layered strategy—military, economic, political, and diplomatic—to raise the cost of war and prevent regime change....
The former Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani called for the formation of a strategic defence alliance bringing together...
Indonesia’s cabinet secretary, Teddy Indra Wijaya, recently attempted to defend the government’s position on the situation in the Gaza Strip. His...
It is well known that Christian fundamentalists in the United States are among Israel’s most important supporters. It is also widely recognised that...
Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil” is one of those concepts polite society cherishes because it flatters the audience. It reassures comfortable...
Since the night Israeli warplanes struck Tehran and killed senior Iranian officials, the region has lurched from retaliation to rupture — missiles...
When Caroline Levitt says that the United States is “steadily moving toward control of Iranian airspace” within four to six weeks, she is talking...
The explosions now echoing across Iran, Lebanon, and parts of the Gulf are not merely the sounds of another Middle Eastern war. They also reflect a...
The infamous Epstein files do not merely pulse with the sordid details of one man’s depravity; they are the autopsy report of a dying moral order....
Donald Trump has made the “America First” doctrine central to his political campaign and presidency. His presidency has been presented as a...
International Women’s Day is often marked by speeches about equality and symbolic gestures celebrating women’s progress. But these rituals ring...
The Arab Gulf states today find themselves in one of the most uncomfortable strategic positions in modern Middle Eastern politics. They are neither...
What do the US Congress, Nicolás Maduro, the riots in Iran, Jeffrey Epstein, and the destruction of Syria have in common? Zionism and Israel have...
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the central figure in the country’s political and religious...
There is a dangerous, academic notion currently haunting the halls of Washington and Tel Aviv: the idea that a fractured Iran, carved into a...
Villainous lunacy is abundant these days as the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States continues. The rationale for this illegal...
The escalating confrontation involving the United States, Israel, and Iran is often interpreted through the narrow prism of security threats, nuclear...
Nickolay Mladenov, former UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Affairs and now High Representative for the Board of Peace, is no stranger to...
The Al-Quds Day has been commemorate for almost 50 years on the last Friday of Ramadan, around the world. Can you tell us more about the London, the...
Opposing a war on Iran is not an emotional stance, nor is it an alignment with Tehran’s theocratic regime—a regime that has been cruel enough to...
As the region continues to endure the escalating Israeli-American war against Iran, international calls to halt the confrontation are growing louder....
On the morning of 28th February, I woke to an emergency alert telling everyone in Qatar to stay indoors. Moments later came the sounds, blasts,...
General Dan Cain, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, delivered a private warning to President Trump with the bluntness that democracies depend...
In international politics, starting a war is often easier than ending one. History has repeatedly shown that great powers can pull the trigger with a...
When people from abroad ask me what’s going on with Trump’s second term, I tell them that he is unlike other US presidents who were strongly...
If you are not paying attention to the dramatic developments between China and the United States, you must understand that something consequential has...
The new round of conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran is not a distant story confined to the Middle East. It carries immediate risks...
Humanitarian aid for Palestinians has always been a macabre game which the international community has played so well, to the point that aid and death...
The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President Donald J. Trump. While...
The Middle East stands again at the lip of an abyss, and the tremor is not regional – it is global. The reported killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader...
In the complex landscape of international politics, consistency of principle often forms the foundation of a leader’s moral authority. For Ukrainian...
As Lebanon approaches parliamentary elections in May 2026, the country stands at a crossroads. Hizballah, the mighty image of Lebanese politics and...
The martyrdom of Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei does not represent the end of an era, but the transformation of the Islamic Revolution into an even deeper,...
The Iranian dictator is dead, his repressive regime is being bombed into submission, and now the world can look forward to peace and stability. It...
For three days now, Iran has been under sustained bombardment. American and Israeli military power — long rehearsed through sanctions, covert...
Indonesia’s recent offer to mediate between Washington and Tehran might sound ambitious — but numerous factors suggest it is aspirational optics...
February 28, 2026. Another attack, another breach of the United Nations Charter. A gross violation of international law. As usual, a violation...