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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...

The sharpest of bullets burns out, but the smallest of words rules forever

All wars begin in the mind. They include the war to answer hunger and thirst, to satiate dreams, to win over love, to ensure harmony and, of course, the...

Settler violence against Palestinians rises

B’Tselm, the Israel human rights organisation in the occupied Palestinian territories has reported that Israeli troops, and border police, armed with guns and diggers, demolished all Palestinian homes and...

Worth the wait

There’s something satisfying about watching a film written off as a failure eventually do well. This week we are taking a look at films which did not do well...

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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.

Editorial

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Meloni rightly longest surviving PM

Italy’s first female, far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has set a unique record of being in office for 1,412 days consecutively, overtaking that of conservative prime minister Silvio Berlusconi,...

America’s economy blues in the spotlight

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America’s economy blues in the spotlight

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Challenging times ahead for Nepal’s young PM

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Nepalese people should follow the instructions issued by Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority after the fresh flood warning and seek shelter in safe areas (“Nepal issues...

Sad episode

The Russian strike near Kyiv, which killed 37 people, reportedly one of the year’s deadliest attacks, made the world sad (“Russian strike near Kyiv kills 37, in one of...

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