Tue 18 November 2025: Reviving old myths to fuel new divides The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, continues to symbolize India’s cultural identity and artistic brilliance. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore once called it “a teardrop on the cheek of time.” This masterpiece in white marble, a UNESCO World Heritage Site maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), attracts […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: From Gaza to Darfur, we are told we are witnessing “humanitarian crises” and “failures of diplomacy”. But this language obscures the reality of more than two decades of war that has raged in Sudan, that has only now pierced the veil of global consciousness. Gaza and Darfur are not aberrations. They […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: The al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM wants to incite popular discontent and pressure Mali’s military government, experts say. A months-long siege on the Malian capital, Bamako, by the armed al-Qaeda affiliate group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has brought the city to breaking point, causing desperation among residents and, according to analysts, placing […]
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Thu 06 November 2025: My message to the U.S. government is simple: Release Sami immediately – and reaffirm that America’s strength lies in defending freedom of speech, not silencing it. My name is Soumaya Hamdi. I am a mother of three children and a travel entrepreneur. On Oct. 26, my husband, British journalist Sami Hamdi, was abducted […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: Two stories of abuse have repeatedly captured the UK’s attention. The first relates to Prince Andrew’s friendship with financier Jeffrey Epstein, even after Epstein was convicted for sex offences. The second is the group-based child sexual abuse in Rotherham, Rochdale and other cities. Prince Andrew has come under mounting pressure over […]
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A file picture shows Iranian women walking outside the Grand Bazaar in Tehran. AFP Mon 03 November 2025: Some elements of the Iranian state are in favour of relatively relaxing social controls, while others wish to cede no ground. Tehran, Iran – President Masoud Pezeshkian unveiled a “Gen Z adviser” about a month ago, posing […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Israel has contracted three US public relations companies to help it win back American hearts and minds. Israel has contracted at least three public relations companies to bolster its image online and among the United States’ Christian right, filings under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) show. According to US Department […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: As Lebanon approaches parliamentary elections in May 2026, the country stands at a crossroads. Hizballah, the mighty image of Lebanese politics and Middle Eastern resistance, has been left battered and isolated politically after its latest confrontation with Israel. But even in its weakened position, the organization remains defiant—retaining its weapons and […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: In what is being described as “historic”, the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) organised a massive protest march outside the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad on Friday, directly challenging the organisation’s ideological stronghold. Led by the VBA and joined by local Ambedkarite political groups and organisations, the protest drew […]
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Wed 22 October 2025: When Donald Trump sent a last-minute invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the Sharm el-Sheikh ceasefire summit, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stopped his private plane from landing in Egypt. While the Turkish presidential plane circled above, officials say Erdoğan pushed Cairo hard, threatened to boycott the event, and rallied other Muslim […]
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