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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...

Aysha Taryam

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...

Shaadaab S. Bakht

Smit Machchhar: Global hero of the moment

“All the world loves a hero,” the saying does. At a time they are in short supply, the global hero of the moment is pilot Smit Machchhar. He was...

Michael Jansen

On repeat

Every year we seem to have the same debate: what actually makes a song the sound of summer? Sometimes one track just seems to define the season. This week...

Sarah Taryam

Fatima Almheiri

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

Saibal Chatterjee

Indian national award-winning film critic

Meena Janardhan

Meena Janardhan

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

Move to scrap curbs on jury trials a welcome step
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Move to scrap curbs on jury trials a welcome step

The right to a jury trial is an essential protection against an authoritarian state. Juries may be flawed, but the ability of a jury to return even a perverse...

Still better than Trump

Still better than Trump

28 Sep 2026
Father explains first amendment

Father explains first amendment

27 Sep 2026
Campaign ads anger father

Campaign ads anger father

26 Sep 2026
Gas and diesel become too valuable

Gas and diesel become too valuable

25 Sep 2026
Blue wave becomes green sludge

Blue wave becomes green sludge

24 Sep 2026