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Mahir Ali

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Uncle Sam at 250

Uncle Sam at 250

Who can confidently say that worse might not lie ahead?

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No tears for Keir

No tears for Keir

What will Andy Burnham bring to the role of PM?

24.06.2026 60

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Birthday treats

Will the tentative deal survive until Friday?

17.06.2026 90

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Just don’t object

The West is bent on intimidating those who stand up for rights.

10.06.2026 100

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Lebanon’s ordeal

The first step would be to settle the Palestinian question.

03.06.2026 60

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Plot to kill Cuba

Cuba’s status as the next target remains intact.

27.05.2026 80

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Tough in the Gulf

The Gulf states may be petrified at the thought of more hostilities.

20.05.2026 90

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Looming knight-fall

The Starmer project wasn’t built to last.

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Antisemitism panic

Opposing genocide reduces the likelihood of a backlash.

06.05.2026 90

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Imperial decadence

There’s no such thing as an eternal empire.

29.04.2026 70

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Trumped again?

The US-Israeli folly will weigh heavily on the region.

22.04.2026 100

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Hungary for change

Magyar’s majority may enable him to reverse some of the damage.

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Voices of America

Robeson and Ochs are reminders of a US that could have come to pass.

08.04.2026 100

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Himalayan hopes

Will Nepal’s new government live up to expectations?

01.04.2026 70

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Scope for peace

Is Trump really looking for an off-ramp?

25.03.2026 150

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Hind to Hormuz

More bangs, and Hind too falls silent.

18.03.2026 100

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Silence of the lambs

Why is criticism of the illegal war on Iran so muted?

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Warmongers Inc

The ME is being ruptured rather than restructured.

04.03.2026 100

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The Epstein effect

Starmer’s fall might not mean much.

11.02.2026 80

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Can Cuba survive?

The socialist island’s old friends are running scared.

04.02.2026 80

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Great white hopes

Neither Trump nor Carney offers a solution.

28.01.2026 100

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Arctic posturing

Europe struggles to hold on to Greenland.

21.01.2026 100

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Iranian nights

Iran seems to be on the brink — but of what?

14.01.2026 150

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Wild, wild west

Can any power now kidnap a head of state?

07.01.2026 150

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Scrappy new year?

There are no guarantees of goodwill or peace.

31.12.2025 100

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Going, going, gone

Has Latin America’s pink tide receded beyond a point of no return?

24.12.2025 80

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Bondi bloodbath

The crime in Australia must not serve as a distraction.

17.12.2025 100

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Go fly a kite

The answers we need might be blowing in the wind.

10.12.2025 100

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Haunted states

Spain isn’t alone in grappling with its ghosts.

03.12.2025 90

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Multilateral woes

Do global institutions mean anything anymore?

26.11.2025 100

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BBC vs King Con

The broadcaster is defensible, unlike Trump.

19.11.2025 90

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More Zo, please

There’s a beacon of hope in New York.

12.11.2025 90

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Another genocide

Sudan’s nightmare seems endless.

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Gunboat hypocrisy

Peacemaker Trump doubles as warmonger.

29.10.2025 100

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Lest we regret

The country remains devoted to its ‘first love’.

22.10.2025 200

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Nobel aspirations

The recipient is hardly worthier than Trump.

15.10.2025 90

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Deal or no deal?

Trump’s ‘peace plan’ doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

08.10.2025 100

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A poet’s odyssey

Tony Harrison was a towering literary presence.

01.10.2025 90

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UN: struggling at 80

The UN’s Palestinian failure looms large.

24.09.2025 150

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Brazil’s unusual 9/11

‘Tropical Trump’ got his comeuppance.

17.09.2025 150

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What’s it good for?

Trump’s predilection for war is alarming.

10.09.2025 100

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Chinese checkers

China knows how to play the long game.

03.09.2025 100

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Killing time

Canberra just might be focused on placating Israel.

27.08.2025 150

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Land for peace?

Save Ukraine, but don’t stop there.

20.08.2025 150

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Marking time

Pakistan’s journey has been troubled since the 1950s.

13.08.2025 100

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Hiroshima horrors

We can’t live with nuclear weapons.

06.08.2025 100

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Enabling genocide

Verbal objections mean next to nothing.

30.07.2025 100

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MAGA meltdown

Trump can’t help complicating his travails.

23.07.2025 100

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Shut up & bear it

Few Israelis seem to be bothered about the daily toll in Gaza.

16.07.2025 100

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The past is prelude

Indira’s Emergency was a warning for India.

09.07.2025 100

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