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From escalation to isolation: Iran’s strategic unravelling in a rebalancing world

It took less than a month for the US-Israel war on Iran to erupt into a crisis of staggering magnitude — one now threatening to destabilize entire economies and...

The sharpest of bullets burns out, but the smallest of words rules forever

All wars begin in the mind. They include the war to answer hunger and thirst, to satiate dreams, to win over love, to ensure harmony and, of course, the...

Settler violence against Palestinians rises

B’Tselm, the Israel human rights organisation in the occupied Palestinian territories has reported that Israeli troops, and border police, armed with guns and diggers, demolished all Palestinian homes and...

Worth the wait

There’s something satisfying about watching a film written off as a failure eventually do well. This week we are taking a look at films which did not do well...

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Fatima Almheiri

Fatima has always been passionate about mental health. She has a Bachelors in International Studies with a minor in Psychology. She joined the With Hope UAE volunteer group in 2019 and she is currently head of communications.

Saibal Chatterjee

Indian national award-winning film critic

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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GOP uses ‘socialism’ to distract and deceive

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GOP uses ‘socialism’ to distract and deceive

The Florida election is awash in ludicrous Republican accusations of socialism. Plans for a hurricane insurance fund are socialist. Ranked-choice voting is socialist. New residents are suspected of being...

07 Sep 2026

Meloni rightly longest surviving PM

06 Sep 2026

We must spend less on welfare, more on defence

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All in the family?

The latest thought, or lack of thought, from the US President Donald Trump team is that some child care subsidies are only for children of married couples. It would seem...

Ray of hope

After more than four years of war between Russia and Ukraine, Russian President Putin’s order to halt attacks on Kyiv for 72 hours...

07 Sep 2026

Kind work

Hats off to the leadership of the United Arab Emirates, which continues to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to those affected by the floods...

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Charismatic actor

Charismatic actor George Clooney deserves to be honoured with the Venice Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. The actor has a huge fan following (“Boyle’s Murdoch story on screen and...

Fake accommodation

The fake accomodation bookings for the UK Prime Minister's house, 10 Downing street, seems like a fun prank that shows the lack of checking on many sites but it...

Wonderful moment

I have been a regular reader of “Gulf Today,” for nearly two decades, and I was extremely happy to see the newspaper at my doorstep on Tuesday morning. It...

Artificial Intelligence user

It seems that more and more job applications are done online and then Artificial Intelligence (AI) decides who it likes the most. It might be best to make sure you include...

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