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US Navy sailors send signals to an E-2D Hawkeye aircraft, 124th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, as it walks on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, on 28 February 2026.
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Documents & Memoirs

Could the US-Iran war spark World War III?

Is the world on the brink of a global conflagration? The US-Israel attack on Iran has sparked panic in some quarters. A Telegraph headline on 7 March…

Christopher Phillips 17 March , 2026
Pakistan turns to austerity as US-Iran war drags on AFP / Reuters / Al Majalla
Business & Economy

Pakistan turns to austerity as US-Iran war drags on

With energy shortages and no sign of an end to the war in the Gulf, Pakistan has launched an emergency austerity campaign to ration provisions. On 9…

Kaswar Klasra 17 March , 2026
A girl shows a peace sign, as Syrians gather to mark the anniversary of the 2011 uprising against the ousted President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, on 15 March 2026. REUTERS / Yamam Al Shaar
Politics

One year on, Syria's National Dialogue promises fall flat

More than a year ago, Syria’s National Dialogue process was presented as a cornerstone of the country’s political transition after the fall of the…

Haid Haid 17 March , 2026
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas speaks from a podium at an event on philosophy and politics at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin, on 23 November 2007.
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Culture & Social Affairs

Remembering Jürgen Habermas: the last guardian of the Enlightenment 

This is a direct translation of an article that originally appeared in Arabic.On 14 March, the world bid farewell to German philosopher and…

Abdullah F. Alrebh 16 March , 2026
Opinion

Hezbollah's attack on Israel is the final nail in its coffin

Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel in aid of Iran after the launch of the US-Israeli Operation Epic Fury are the final nail in the coffin for the group…

Lina Khatib 16 March , 2026
A member of The Organisation of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle stands in front of a shrapnel-scarred wall of a damaged building, following an Iranian drone attack on their base near Erbil on 9 March 2026. OZAN KOSE / AFP
Politics

Iranian Kurdish camps in Iraq wait in the wings

Dressed in military fatigues, with a personal weapon slung at her side, Afsana Rahimi greeted us with poise and calm assurance at the main gate of…

Rustum Mahmud 16 March , 2026
There are few good alternatives to the Hormuz Strait Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

There are few good alternatives to the Hormuz Strait

Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser has been far from alone in warning of the “catastrophic consequences” for the world energy market if Iran…

Marcelle Nasr 16 March , 2026
Global oil prices soar amid US-Iran war
Cartoons

Global oil prices soar amid US-Iran war

Fares Garabet 15 March , 2026
A waiter walks past the statue of Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa in front of the famous A Brasileira café in Lisbon, on 14 July 2021. Patricia de Melo Moreira / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Pessoa and Sufi luminous solitude

This is a direct translation of the article that originally appeared in Arabic.There is a small moment known to those who choose solitude of their…

Bahaa Iy'ali 15 March , 2026
Opinion

From Bashar al-Assad to Mojtaba Khamenei

In the early 1990s, Bashar al-Assad was living in London. His days were spent in laboratories, his spare hours in cafés and nightclubs. The ‘doctor’…

Ibrahim Hamidi 14 March , 2026
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Syria takes on Iran’s proxies

12, Nov 2026

Our cover story this week explores the opportunities and risks accompanying Syria's shift from being a corridor of Iranian influence to a state intent on containing it

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Business & Economy

Jensen Huang is out. His successor has the toughest job in tech

13, Nov 2026

A company built around one man must now learn to run without him

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Politics

Why the midterms complicate Trump's search for an Iran deal

14, Nov 2026

Democratic control of Congress will increase scrutiny of the war and its economic costs, but could also make the concessions needed for a lasting agreement with Tehran more difficult to deliver

Neil Quilliam and Alice Gower
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AI in medicine: can a selfie tell how long we might live?

15, Nov 2026

Artificial intelligence can analyse facial features for clues to biological ageing and cancer survival, but further validation is needed before clinical use

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The Democrats’ old guard faces a progressive revolt 

15, Nov 2026

Following an historic landslide, a new progressive wave is calling for establishment figures to step aside and make way for new blood who better represent the future direction of the party

Tarek Rashed

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