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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

Some words never leave us

Some words, regardless of their source, can do for us what whole libraries can’t. Sounds exaggerated, but permit me to share a couple of pages from my ill-kept notebook...

Shaadaab S. Bakht

Israeli attacks on Gaza have been largely ignored

World leaders and global media have been fully preoccupied with the US-Israeli war on Iran launched at the end of February at the instigation of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin...

Michael Jansen

Risky glow

Every few months social media seems to revive a trend that should have been left in the past. This week we are taking a look at “tanmaxxing,” a really...

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.

Andy Burnham PM — now for some hard choices
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Andy Burnham PM — now for some hard choices

As Sir Keir Starmer can tell Andy Burnham when they pass each other going out and coming in, campaigning for office is very different from governing. Mr Burnham has...

Comparing crowds

Comparing crowds

10 Jul 2026
Ward to ward

Ward to ward

09 Jul 2026
FIFA presents...

FIFA presents...

08 Jul 2026
New niche

New niche

07 Jul 2026
'Act' or else!

'Act' or else!

06 Jul 2026
I haven't the heart to tell him...

I haven't the heart to tell him...

06 Jul 2026
Fight still on

Fight still on

04 Jul 2026
Disinformation

Disinformation

03 Jul 2026