In Gaza, death does not come all at once. It comes in instalments | Israel-Palestine conflict
When I heard about the killing of Mohammed Noufal and his colleagues from Al Jazeera, my first thoughts were with his sister, Janat. I knew…
The upcoming elections will not help stabilise Syria | Opinions
In early August, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) exchanged fire with Syrian government forces near Manbij in Kurdish-majority northeastern Syria. The tensions in the…
The Alaska summit was a spectacular distraction | Opinions
Say you are the president of the United States and the relationship with a significant chunk of your political base has become less than blissfully…
The Alaska summit was not a ‘new Munich’, but it could be a ‘new Yalta’ | Russia-Ukraine war
These days, the Russian army has a hard time scoring any major successes. Its soldiers face a grinding slog in Ukraine, dying by the hundreds,…
African courts may pave the way for holding social media giants to account | Social Media
In April 2025, the Human Rights Court in Kenya issued an unprecedented ruling that it has the jurisdiction to hear a case about harmful content…
The conscience of humanity is being tested in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
The humanitarian tragedy unfolding in the Gaza Strip must not be perceived merely as a conflict confined to a narrow strip of land; rather, it…
Superman’s new job at ICE is the perfect American plot twist | Cinema
Last week, actor Dean Cain, known for portraying Superman in the 1990s TV show Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, announced that he…
Why is India so scared of my book on Kashmir that it has banned it? | Human Rights
On August 5, 2019, the Indian government stripped the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state of its special status under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution,…
Israel is occupying Gaza to clean up the crime scene | Israel-Palestine conflict
If you read the Western press this morning, you may come to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s desire to take military control over…
THE POWELL ANNOUNCEMENT : General’s O.C. Kin Support Decision : Reaction: Sister and niece concede stress had been building. Opinions among Nixon Library crowd are sharply divided.
Lisa Berns, the niece of retired Gen. Colin L. Powell, passed by a newsstand in Los Angeles over the weekend and found herself reacting with…
Wildfires are inevitable, but we can learn to control them | Climate Crisis
We are midway through summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and we are witnessing another severe wildfire season. In May, wildfires were burning throughout Russia’s Far…
Israel’s starvation denial is an Orwellian farce | Israel-Palestine conflict
For more than 21 months, much of the international media danced around the truth about Israel’s war on Gaza. The old newsroom cliche – “if…
How RFK Jr’s vaccine funding cuts fit with Trump’s vision | Donald Trump News
United States Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has announced that the US is to cut funding for mRNA vaccine development –…
Trump and the global rise of fascist anti-psychiatry | Mental Health
Despite spending more on psychiatric services and prescribing psychiatric medications at a higher rate than almost any other nation, mental health in the United States…
Who counts in America? Trump wants to decide | Donald Trump
Do undocumented immigrants count as people?Anyone watching as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents increasingly bypass due process to detain and deport unauthorised immigrants might…
Decolonising knowledge: A call to reclaim Islam’s intellectual legacy | Religion
Over the last century, both Muslim and non-Muslim thinkers have centred their reformist discussions on decolonisation. The sheer volume of books, articles, and seminars on…
Accepted but trapped: Why won’t the UK evacuate its students from Gaza? | Gaza
In September 2025, I am supposed to start a new life, not in war-torn Gaza, but in a lecture hall in the United Kingdom. After…
Respecting the human right to sleep? Dream on | Health
When I was a freshman at Columbia University in 1999, the professor of my Literature Humanities course shared some personal information with my class, which was that…
Palestinians won’t tolerate war profiteering in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict
On July 17, I was in a market in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza looking for any affordable food item to buy when I saw…
The real reason the West is warmongering against China | International Trade
Over the past two decades, the posture of the United States towards China has evolved from economic cooperation to outright antagonism. US media outlets and…