Sun 22 May 2022: The Arab and Islamic world, with its Sunni majority, did not look at the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran through a sectarian lens. Ayatollah Khomeini was seen as a leader standing up against the oppression of the Shah, Western domination and Israeli influence. Despite the bitterness of the Iran-Iraq […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: India’s top court and a court in Varanasi hear petitions filed by Hindu groups claiming a Mughal-era mosque has relics of Lord Shiva. India’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s order banning mass prayers at a 17th-century mosque in northern India after a survey team said it found relics of […]
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Thu 19 May 2022: China, the US and India must take more decisive steps in the face of challenges in reaching net-zero emissions targets as they are responsible for more than half of all global emissions, experts say. The most important commitment of governments to limit global warming to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level is […]
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Sun 15 May 2022: Like many others, I was surprised and upset to hear about the UK’s new deal to offload its responsibility to tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The plan is for Rwanda to process and host such refugees indefinitely. I have spent 12 years researching and working with refugees in East Africa, […]
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Tue 10 May 2022: There are many impacts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine that have been almost forensically analysed over the past month. From the laying bare of the European community’s blatant racism and selective solidarity to the threat to international order, the subject has been drained and the cow can no longer be […]
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A convoy crosses a bridge in Termez, now part of Uzbekistan, during the withdrawal of the Soviet Red Army from Afghanistan, on May 21, 1988. VITALY ARMAND/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Mon 09 May 2022: Russia’s lack of progress in its war against Ukraine has been noted by analysts since it launched a second phase focusing on […]
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Fri 29 April 2022: Mercenaries have become increasingly influential as states across Africa find their armies unable to limit the widening reach of armed groups. Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan every year, traders from neighbouring towns flock to the popular cattle market in the central Malian town of Moura. That ritual continued this […]
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Sun 10 April 2022: A defining feature of South Africa is the level of inequality in almost all spheres of society. Nowhere is this more observable than in the schooling sector. It’s not unusual to find wealthy schools, comparable to the best anywhere in the world, within 5km of poor schools. Some blame for this inequality […]
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Fri 08 April 2022: Pakistan is going through a constitutional crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan avoided a no-confidence vote on Sunday which was initiated by opposition legislators late last month in an attempt to oust him amid accusations of economic mismanagement and spiralling inflation. In response, Khan claimed that a “foreign conspiracy” was being […]
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The influence that Russia has in Serbia is not downsizing, it’s actually been growing throughout the years,’ Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani said. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wed 06 April 2022: In interviews with Al Jazeera, Kosovo’s president and Bosnia’s defence minister share their concerns about regional security and Moscow-friendly Serbia. As Russia’s influence grows in the Western Balkans […]
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