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UK’s Burnham prioritizes domestic focus

Andy Burnham’s first few days in Downing Street involved extensive introductory phone calls with world leaders. However, the UK’s new prime...

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Israeli election will be the most toxic in its history

From the moment the sixth Benjamin Netanyahu government — and, one hopes, the last — was formed, the only question given its personalities,...

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In India, fear has switched sides

In India, fear has switched sides

Twelve years, one month and 24 days after Narendra Modi was sworn in, the words “Modi must resign” were uttered full-throatedly for the first time...

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Pakistan has joined China’s AI body. Now comes the hard part

Pakistan has joined China’s AI body. Now comes the hard part

Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar spent last week in a Shanghai signing room, putting Pakistan’s name to the founding charter of the World Artificial...

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The Gulf’s AI economy won’t wait for Pakistan

Earlier this year Pakistan crossed a milestone it had chased for a decade: its freelancers earned a record $1.76 billion, up 78 percent in a single...

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America’s decades-old bipartisan consensus on Israel has been shattered

America’s decades-old bipartisan consensus on Israel has been shattered

Last week, more than 100 House Democrats voted to cut off military aid to Israel. Though the amendment failed because some Democrats and almost all...

22.07.2026 10

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Syrian people must not be failed again

Syrian people must not be failed again

Syria has weighed on my mind for a long time: 15 years of trauma for its people and 15 years of failure in international engagement. I was directly...

22.07.2026 10

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A turning point for African industrialization

Africa’s richest person, the Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, has built the world’s largest single-train oil refinery in Lekki, on the...

20.07.2026 20

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Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions

Wole Hammond and Ellen Davies As Europe faces repeated, dangerous heatwaves, the question is no longer whether rich countries need climate adaptation....

18.07.2026 20

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Silicon valley didn’t buy democracy, it rented the ballot

Silicon valley didn’t buy democracy, it rented the ballot

Venture capital once exercised much of its political influence through lobbying and conventional campaign donations. Now some of its biggest players...

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Macron gives Syria’s reconstruction a vital boost

Macron gives Syria’s reconstruction a vital boost

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Damascus last week was the first by an EU head of state since the fall of the Assad government in 2024....

17.07.2026 20

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The Church of England has taken a long-overdue step on Palestine

The Church of England has taken a long-overdue step on Palestine

The General Synod of the Church of England has committed itself to engaging seriously with major statements and appeals by Palestinian Christians,...

17.07.2026 20

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Yemen is edging closer to renewed confrontation

Yemen is edging closer to renewed confrontation

In the space of just a few days, Yemen appeared to be slipping out of its fragile de-escalation and back into the heart of regional tensions. The...

16.07.2026 10

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‘Safe passage’: The fatal ambiguity at the heart of the Hormuz MoU

‘Safe passage’: The fatal ambiguity at the heart of the Hormuz MoU

Barely three weeks into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) meant to end a war, the United States is once again blockading Iranian ports, the two...

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I served in Balochistan. It’s time to admit what isn’t working

When I joined the Police Service of Pakistan in 1988, my first posting as ASP was in Ziarat, Balochistan. Newly married, I jokingly called it my...

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What AI governance demands

One way to represent the artificial intelligence age is with a steep curve and a gradual slope. The curve rises almost vertically: models rapidly grow...

15.07.2026 60

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Even if the Iran war ends, the next fossil fuel shock is already on its way

Mads Flarup Christensen As hostilities between the United States and Iran reignite, global attention has shifted again to the immediate risks of the...

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Netanyahu’s real strategy for Gaza

Here is the bottom line: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of ordering an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, either before his country’s...

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Degrees help qualify — skills help you rise

The world is changing faster than ever-and today’s rapid pace may soon seem slow compared to what’s coming next. The disruptive technologies are...

13.07.2026 20

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The architect of Qatari autonomy

For most of its modern history, Qatar was a place that things happened to. It was a quiet peninsula prized for its energy resources and consulted...

12.07.2026 20

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The US is building a new pressure architecture against Iran

Was Trump’s presence at the NATO summit in Turkiye, amid escalating anti-Iranian rhetoric and orders to attack Iran, simply participation in a...

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Ankara NATO summit reveals push for stronger Gulf ties

On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8, NATO foreign ministers and top Gulf officials held a special session to discuss the...

11.07.2026 30

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Indus Water Treaty matters: Signpost to catastrophe

The Indus Waters Treaty between Pakistan and India, applauded by the world for decades as the gold standard for water sharing, is under threat of...

09.07.2026 30

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The Responsibility to Protect doctrine can be resurrected

The United Nations General Assembly met yesterday at its headquarters in New York to discuss the responsibility to protect (R2P) doctrine and the...

07.07.2026 30

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1,000 days of carnage in Gaza

Do you know anyone who seriously imagined that Israel’s onslaught in Gaza that recommenced on Oct. 7, 2023, would last 1,000 days? That was yet...

07.07.2026 40

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The pitfalls of institutionalising US military aid to Israel

US Senator Tom Cotton and pro-Israel allies are pursuing problematic legislation that has largely gone under the radar of most mainstream media. If...

07.07.2026 30

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Ukraine is flexing its drone muscles and winning the asymmetric war against Russia

Recent Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil refineries have forced several facilities to suspend operations for maintenance. In response, Moscow has...

06.07.2026 30

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The Real AI Skills Gap

Artificial intelligence is reshaping different industries across the world but there is no even access to digital knowledge. To make sure that...

06.07.2026 40

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Release Dr Hussam Abu Safia immediately!

Dr Hussam Abu Safia’s life is in imminent danger. This is what his lawyer Nasser Odeh said after visiting him on Thursday in an underground...

05.07.2026 30

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In South Asia, America has stopped asking India for permission

Last month, the United States military renamed its Indo-Pacific Command back to Pacific Command. The Pentagon claimed it was just a return of history,...

05.07.2026 40

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How to train today’s youth to thrive in the AI era

As we transition into the early stages of the artificial intelligence-driven era, it is important to discern and cultivate skills that will underpin...

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The need to restore the Gulf front

Abdulrahman Al-Rashed The Arab Gulf states face security and existential challenges that may be greater than anything they have experienced before,...

03.07.2026 40

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How recent conflicts are shaping India-GCC ties

The conflicts in the Middle East over the last two and a half years have not only wreaked extraordinary death and destruction across the region, but...

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At the World Cup, the media has set up a moral checkpoint

“Why is it that African teams and Middle Eastern teams have to answer for what their governments are doing but European teams don’t?” South...

30.06.2026 30

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The next British PM should steer clear of Starmer’s shameful legacy

“I think Israel does have that right.” When British Prime Minister Keir Starmer resigned last week, an old but forever damning clip resurfaced....

30.06.2026 30

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Pakistan brokered the peace. Western media saw only oil

When the United States and Iran reached their peace deal, Donald Trump marked the moment on Truth Social with nine words: “Ships of the world, start...

30.06.2026 30

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US-Israel rift has been brewing for some time

There is perhaps nowhere further removed from the horrors of war unfolding across the Middle East than the tranquility of Lake Geneva, its surrounding...

30.06.2026 40

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Iraq’s corruption crackdown is a start, not a solution

As charge d’affaires of the United States embassy in Iraq some years ago, I shocked US and Iraqi officials when I said the US Federal Reserve should...

30.06.2026 30

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JD Vance’s 2028 strategy is starting to take shape

In a recent interview with the New York Times, Vice President JD Vance denied that there was an “intense rivalry” between him and Secretary of...

30.06.2026 40

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The US-Iran MoU: A mirage of an agreement

The memorandum of understanding (MoU) the United States and Iran have signed is not a peace treaty. It is not even a credible framework for one. A...

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