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Iran, Gaza and the politics of counting the dead

There is a crisis of belief in Western media, one that has little to do with evidence and everything to do with whose deaths align with the...

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Ahmad Ibsais

Why Somalia drew a line with the UAE

By any objective measure, the decision taken by Somalia’s Cabinet on January 12 to annul all agreements with the United Arab Emirates was neither...

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Ali Omar

Trump’s neo-con turn on Iran

On Saturday, just under two weeks into the protests that are now sweeping Iran, United States President Donald Trump took to his social media...

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Belen Fernandez

Gaza’s forcibly disappeared must not be forgotten

It has been three months since the “ceasefire” took hold in Gaza. In this time, Israel has predictably refused to comply with its obligations under...

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Yusuf El-Mbayed

Why Iran is not repeating 1979

Iran is living through one of the most dangerous moments in its post-revolutionary history. Nationwide protests have become sustained rather than...

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Saeid Golkar

Why is Bosnia sending troops to Gaza?

Last week, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s tripartite presidency approved the participation of Bosnian troops in the international stabilisation mission...

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Harun Karcic

Integration of armed factions remains one of Syria’s biggest challenges

When Syria’s civil conflict ended in December 2024 with the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, hundreds of thousands of citizens were still bearing...

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Charles Lister

An urgent appeal to save the lives of Palestine Action hunger strikers

To the government of the United Kingdom:   We, the undersigned, write to you today as survivors of state violence. We are a collective of former...

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Former Hunger Strikers

Israel’s ban on NGOs operating in Gaza will be devastating

I work for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organisation that has been present in Gaza for more than 77 years. AFSC began...

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Yousef M Aljamal

Why the once loyal bazaar merchants are now protesting in Iran

In his first public remarks since mass protests broke out in Iran, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei sought to draw a sharp line between what he deemed...

10.01.2026 60

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Kayhan Valadbaygi

Trump is right. Europe is in crisis

After years of public criticism directed at Europe, US President Donald Trump put together a National Security Strategy (NSS) that reflected his...

10.01.2026 50

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Zeljko Jovanovic

Spain’s socialist exception is running out of time

The far right’s success in last month’s regional elections in Extremadura, Spain, was inevitable. After a series of corruption and sexual...

10.01.2026 40

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Claudio Gallo

In search of Sweden’s lost empathy

We should have come out of the holiday season in Sweden jolly, rested and ready for a happy new year. But we didn’t. We should have finished the...

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Adnan Mahmutović