Tue 08 April 2025: A systematic disinformation campaign backed by influential people like Elon Musk is stoking a new fire in Syria as the country strives to emerge from the shadows of Assad’s notorious regime. Last month, colleagues and I gathered in Istanbul for a workshop titled ‘Syria: Religion in Revolution, War, and Displacement’. As […]
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Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty. Sun 06 April 2025: When the accused are Hindu and the place of worship attacked Muslim, bombs suddenly become ‘gelatin sticks’ and no properties linked to the accused are demolished. What would happen if there was a terror attack at a place of worship in India? It would be all over our […]
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Sat 05 April 2025: India’s Hindutva government has taken a controversial step by passing amendments to the waqf (Islamic endowment) law, which appears to be a blatant attempt to seize control of waqf properties, including mosques and other religious sites. The new Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, passed by both Houses of Parliament on 2 and […]
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Mon 31 March 2025: Political and economic uncertainty as well as fear of Trump orders are driving Americans to seek other citizenships. In an era of political volatility and rising global uncertainty, a growing number of Americans are seeking second passports as a safety net against future instability. According to citizenship and residency advisory firms […]
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Thu 27 March 2025: Europe has rarely found itself in as much of a bind as it faces now, arguably since the conflicts, territorial breakups and political transitions of the 1990s. Amid a perceived rising military threat from Russia, the faltering of Ukraine’s cause on the world stage and the withdrawal of the critical support […]
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Thu 27 March 2025: Trump is following Musk’s lead in branding post-apartheid South Africa a country riddled with racial discrimination. They are wrong. As a white South African man now living in the United States, I am acutely aware of the oversized role played by Elon Musk and a few other white men with strong […]
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Sun 23 March 2025: US Africa Command (USAFRICOM) has deepened its interest in Libya following the developments in the country after the military attack launched by the House of Representatives-affiliated leadership on the capital, Tripoli, in 2019. One of the most dangerous consequences of this attack was the direct military presence of foreign forces, particularly the Russians […]
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Sat 22 March 2025: When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, it rapidly became one of the world’s most visited websites and, upon its eventual release in the app store, the most downloaded app. Since then, nearly every company has been racing to integrate Generative AI into their products—whether as standalone applications, embedded features, or even standalone […]
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Thu 20 March 2025: The “Arab NATO” initiative, which has been discussed increasingly in diplomatic circles in recent years, has once again become a hot topic in the relationships between Arab countries and the United States. Washington and Tel Aviv insist that this plan can guarantee the security of Arab nations, but can their claims […]
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Wed 19 March 2025: Shutdown of US-funded news outlets ends more than 80 years of uncensored news broadcasts in China. Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese state media and pro-China commentators have welcomed the de facto shutting down of Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) following the latest budget cuts by the administration of United States President […]
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