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Hezbollah obeys Israel but defies Lebanon’s sovereignty and people

The recent confirmation that Hezbollah is no longer present south of the Litani River marks a pivotal moment in Lebanon’s long and painful struggle...

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US pressure on Venezuela and the return of a dangerous hemisphere doctrine

The United States’ escalating actions against Venezuela have triggered growing alarm across the international community, not only because of their...

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How will 2025 be remembered in the Middle East? A year many will want to forget

History is rarely kind to years marked by unrestrained violence, political cynicism, and international hypocrisy. In the Middle East, 2025 is already...

thursday 10

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Russia seeks to deepen strategic footprint in Africa, Lavrov says cooperation has ‘huge potential’

Russia is positioning Africa as a central pillar of its evolving foreign policy, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declaring that...

22.12.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Gulf emerges as cornerstone of Trump’s new National Security Strategy

The Trump administration’s newly released National Security Strategy marks a decisive break from the assumptions that have guided US foreign policy...

21.12.2025 10

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Diaspora voting and the fracture at the heart of Lebanon’s political system

$Diaspora voting and the fracture at the heart of Lebanon’s political system$

The recent boycott of Lebanon’s parliamentary plenary session by the Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb Party is far more than another episode of...

20.12.2025 8

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EU summit exposes deep divisions over plan to use Russian assets for Ukraine

European Union leaders gathered in Brussels this week under the shadow of one of the most contentious financial and legal debates the bloc has faced...

19.12.2025 30

Suraiyya Aziz

US–South Africa diplomatic tensions escalate after refugee processing raid in Johannesburg

A diplomatic dispute between Washington and Pretoria has intensified after South African authorities raided a facility in Johannesburg involved in...

19.12.2025 20

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Italy and GCC forge mediterranean partnership for trade, energy, and connectivity

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s participation in the recent Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Bahrain marked more than a diplomatic...

16.12.2025 10

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Deadly shooting at Hanukkah celebration shocks Sydney, leaves twelve dead

Sydney was plunged into shock and mourning on the evening of December 14 after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach left at least...

15.12.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Democrats release new Epstein estate photos, reigniting political and transparency battles

US House Democrats have released approximately 100 previously unseen photographs obtained from the estate of the late financier and convicted sex...

14.12.2025 20

Suraiyya Aziz

Italy’s new battle to free children and mothers from mafia control

For decades, Italy’s sprawling criminal syndicates – from Sicily’s Cosa Nostra to Calabria’s ’Ndrangheta – have survived not just through...

12.12.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Trump’s high-stakes gamble: How Ahmad Al-Sharaa became Washington’s most unexpected partner

When US President Donald Trump traveled to the Middle East in May, few expected the trip to produce a diplomatic turning point between Washington and...

11.12.2025 60

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GCC redefines regional security amid a transforming Middle East

The final communique of the 46th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, held in Bahrain’s capital Manama on December 3, stands as one of the most...

10.12.2025 10

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Sudan’s uneven reconstruction risks becoming its next major conflict zone

Sudan’s war has not ended, yet the country is already rebuilding. Amid active frontlines, mass displacement, and a humanitarian collapse,...

09.12.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Putin’s India visit: The strategic reset behind the top 10 expected deals

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day visit to India on December 4, 2025, marks one of the most consequential diplomatic engagements between...

07.12.2025 20

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Greece’s trial of humanitarian workers exposes deepening criminalization of solidarity in Europe

When 24 humanitarian workers appear before the Mytilene Court of Appeals on December 4, they will not simply be defending themselves against serious...

05.12.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Georgia’s inquiry into BBC chemical agent allegations deepens political turmoil

Georgia’s political landscape has been jolted once again as authorities open a sweeping investigation into a BBC Eye report alleging that police...

03.12.2025 7

Suraiyya Aziz

Lebanese bank faces US civil suit amid lingering fallout from nation’s financial collapse

More than five years after Lebanon’s financial system imploded, the consequences continue to reverberate far beyond the country’s borders. What...

02.12.2025 9

Suraiyya Aziz

Labour’s budget reveals a government still trapped in short-termism

Labour’s latest autumn budget, delivered with much fanfare by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, may have seemed at first glance a careful balancing act of...

02.12.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

How sweeping sanctions missed a key business partner of a major Asian crime boss

When the United States and the United Kingdom jointly announced what they described as “sweeping sanctions” against the sprawling Prince Group...

30.11.2025 10

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Ukraine tightens the net: Sanctions 56 ships in crackdown on ‘stolen’ grain exports

Ukraine has launched one of its most assertive economic countermeasures yet against Russia’s wartime operations, unveiling a sweeping sanctions...

30.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Ethiopia battles Marburg virus outbreak amid Africa’s worsening public-health crises

Ethiopia is now facing one of the most dangerous viral threats known to modern medicine, as the Marburg virus continues to spread in parts of the...

28.11.2025 20

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Lebanon, Hezbollah, and the gathering storm: A nation caught between war and collapse

Lebanon stands once again on the edge of a precipice it knows all too well. The country’s fragile political system, broken economy, and deep...

25.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Turkish probe targets fintech firms linked to Ozan Özerk’s corporate network

Turkey has opened a sweeping money laundering investigation into companies owned by Cypriot-Norwegian fintech entrepreneur Ozan Özerk, marking the...

23.11.2025 40

Suraiyya Aziz

Sanctions on Russia-based cybercrime hosts mark a new phase in Western crackdowns

In an unprecedented show of technological and diplomatic coordination, the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia have...

23.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Exploited migrants reveal hidden abuse behind Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Metro project

Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Metro was envisioned as a symbol of progress-an ultramodern, 176-kilometer transit network designed to transform mobility in...

21.11.2025 20

Suraiyya Aziz

Philippine cabinet turmoil deepens as two senior officials resign amid flood-control scandal

The Philippine government has been thrust into a new wave of political turbulence as two top Cabinet members-Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and...

19.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Saudi-US summit signals a strategic recalibration far beyond trade and investment

The upcoming visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington marks a pivotal moment not just in bilateral relations, but in the broader...

17.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Poland faulted by rights court for abortion restrictions and legal confusion

The debate over reproductive rights in Poland has once again returned to the spotlight, this time through a landmark judgment by the European Court of...

15.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Exiled Gabonese first lady and son sentenced to 20 years for corruption

A Gabonese court has sentenced former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin to 20 years in prison for corruption,...

14.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Lebanon on edge: State leadership crucial amid Hezbollah, US, and Israel tensions

Lebanon is once again standing at the edge of a precipice, facing a combination of internal fragmentation, external pressure, and geopolitical...

12.11.2025 20

Suraiyya Aziz

Sarkozy’s swift release sparks outrage as Libya scandal reignites

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s abrupt conditional release from prison-less than three weeks into a five-year sentence for criminal...

11.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Dinosaur skeletons and luxury homes seized in expanding Singapore-linked money laundering probe

When Singaporean police stormed a string of luxury residences across the city-state on August 15, 2023, few could have predicted just how far the...

10.11.2025 7

Suraiyya Aziz

The real ‘dark side’ of Zelensky’s Ukraine: Authoritarianism, corruption, and Western complicity

The Western media, for all its self-professed commitment to liberal democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, has a very peculiar blind spot. That...

09.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Global cybercrime crackdown dismantles €300 million credit card fraud network

In a sweeping international law enforcement operation, authorities from across Europe and beyond have dismantled one of the most sophisticated credit...

07.11.2025 9

Suraiyya Aziz

German fraud suspect arrested in Georgia Amid expanding investigation into global scam network

A German national alleged to be part of a sprawling international scam operation run out of Georgia has been arrested in Tbilisi and now faces...

06.11.2025 9

Suraiyya Aziz

Russia and China deepen strategic partnership with new roadmap for multipolar cooperation

In a move underscoring their ever-closer strategic alignment, Russia and China unveiled a new roadmap for bilateral cooperation on November 4,...

06.11.2025 9

Suraiyya Aziz

UK and Europe seek stronger economic ties with the Gulf as global trade realigns

As the United Kingdom faces mounting economic and political challenges at home ahead of its late November budget, its gaze abroad offers a markedly...

04.11.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

UK sanctions Iranian tycoon for allegedly financing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on Iranian banker and businessman Aliakbar Ansari-also known as Ali Ansari-for allegedly funding...

02.11.2025 20

Suraiyya Aziz

Trump’s ‘peace broker’ claim sparks diplomatic firestorm between Washington and New Delhi

At the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea on October 29, US President Donald Trump reignited controversy by claiming once...

30.10.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

Greece and Saudi Arabia forge a strategic alliance linking energy, technology and security

As business leaders gather in Riyadh this week for the Saudi-Greek Business Council, the timing could not be more fitting to reflect on one of the...

29.10.2025 10

Suraiyya Aziz

RSF seizes Sudanese army stronghold in Al-Fashir amid humanitarian catastrophe

Sudan’s devastating civil war has taken another grim turn. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on October 26 that it had captured...

28.10.2025 9

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Kamala Harris hints at 2028 run: A political comeback or an uphill battle?

Former US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has hinted that she may not be done with politics – and possibly not...

27.10.2025 9

Suraiyya Aziz

Labour’s pro-business shift risks turning UK regulators into corporate enablers

When Sir Keir Starmer entered Downing Street in July 2024, many expected the Labour Party to usher in an era of economic pragmatism rooted in fairness...

26.10.2025 60

Suraiyya Aziz

Interpol’s landmark operation catalyst targets crypto-fueled terrorism and cybercrime across Africa

In a sweeping crackdown that underscores the growing nexus between digital finance and transnational crime, Interpol and Afripol have...

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Europe confronts Serbia over corruption, deadly negligence, and media repression

The European Parliament has drawn a sharp line in the sand with Serbia, condemning Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić’s government for what it...

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India’s push to elevate the rupee in global trade marks a strategic shift

India is taking deliberate steps to strengthen the global role of its national currency, the rupee, in international trade. According to government...

23.10.2025 60

Suraiyya Aziz

Nigeria’s mass deportation of 192 foreign cybercrime suspects exposes global fraud network

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has launched one of its largest cybercrime crackdowns in recent memory, culminating in...

22.10.2025 60

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Libya’s descents into a global crime hub as Sahel’s chaos became a worldwide threat

Once viewed as a troubled post-revolutionary state on the Mediterranean’s edge, Libya has now evolved into something far more dangerous: a global...

21.10.2025 60

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