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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...

There’s no pride in prejudice

We are all enormously worried as democratic sanity is being torn apart with impunity by the exploitative power of the politics of prejudice. A lot of people have been...

Israel could ‘threaten’ Republicans’ grip on Congress

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu would have served Israel's national interests better if he had refrained from addressing the United Nations General Assembly. Jewish, Israeli and Palestinian groups rallied across...

Dress for you

There seems to be no winning when it comes to how women are supposed to look at a certain age. This week we are taking a look at why...

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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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Burnham must stop campaigning, begin work

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Burnham must stop campaigning, begin work

Labour’s slogan for this week’s party conference is “Hope Again”, which is very much the sort of mood and language — “vibes” — in which Andy Burnham specialises; it...

A new European settlement will take time

27 Sep 2026

A new European settlement will take time

26 Sep 2026

Candidates shouldn’t avoid face-to-face debates

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Letters To The Editor

Hopeful statement

The world needs peace. The latest statement from the President of the only superpower country, the United States of America, Donald J. Trump, in which he said he expects...

Cruising high

Tom Cruise’s new film ‘Digger’ has become the talk of the town as its world premiere in London was celebrated with a royal...

28 Sep 2026

Heavy rain

People in Thailand should pay close attention to the instructions issued by the Bangkok authorities, who have declared a flood disaster across parts...

27 Sep 2026

Don't look now

As one of the more than eight billion unknown, unseen, basically anonymous, people on this planet I wonder why some people are so enthusiastic, or desperate, to be seen....

A dumb idea

The suggestion, an instruction in the US, that Artificial Intelligence now be called 'Super Intelligence' seems silly and pointless. I however, as child of the sixties, first think of...

Important visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington has raised hopes for economic stability, as both leaders are looking for more business opportunities despite their deep underlying rivalry (“Trump welcomes...

Write with honesty

The Diana fever has not come to an end, despite Lady Diana having passed away more than 29 years ago in an unfortunate road accident (“Earl Spencer's Princess Diana...

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