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Asma Mohammed (C), an activist with Uncommitted Minnesota, addresses media during a watch party during the presidential primary in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024. AFP
Politics

Super Tuesday showed how Gaza is shaping the tight race for the White House

The headline outcomes of one of the biggest days in the US electoral calendar—Super Tuesday—concluded without any major surprises.Nonetheless, early…

Aqeel Abbas 12 March , 2024

A bleak Ramadan for Palestinians in Gaza

AFP
AFP

Palestinian children carry traditional "fanous" lanterns in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024.

AFP
AFP

People sit by the fire at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024.

AFP
AFP

A Palestinian child plays with sparklers in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024.

AFP
AFP

Children play at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024.

AFP
AFP

Palestinians walk past stalls set up in a street in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 10, 2024.

AFP
AFP

A Palestinian youth plays with a sparkler in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024.

AFP
AFP

Children play at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on March 10, 2024.

Reuters
Reuters

A child holds a lantern as displaced Palestinians prepare their tents for Ramadan, amid Israel's ongoing war on Gaza on March 9, 2024.

AFP
AFP

A Palestinian child plays with a sparkler in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 10, 2024, the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

From casual chats to commercial trades and confidential information, the transport and targeting of data under the Red Sea is a major issue. Can the Houthis cripple the world's communications? Dave Murray
Business & Economy

Make or break: Houthi underwater cables carry more than just megabits

In recent years, intricate webs of pipes and cables have been laid not just on land but along the beds of seas and oceans.While underwater (or…

Marco Mossad 11 March , 2024
X CEO Elon Musk (right) Sam Altman, and OpenAI CEO (Left), face to face in an open legal battle. AFP
Science & Technology

Dissecting discord: The unravelling of the Musk-Altman OpenAI partnership

In the wake of OpenAI’s launch in December 2015, co-founders Sam Altman and Elon Musk embarked on a journey to create a non-profit company dedicated…

Abdel-Rahman Ayas 11 March , 2024
Ramadan in Gaza
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Ramadan in Gaza

Fares Garabet 11 March , 2024
Opinion

In Gaza, if bombs and hunger don't kill you, aid airdrops can

The decision to begin aid airdrops into Gaza is the latest in a series of failures by the international community to 'help' the Palestinian people…

Khaled Kassar 11 March , 2024
The stories of a musical composer, a physicist, and a Nazi leader are competing for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. Laura Salafia
Culture & Social Affairs

Ten biopics up for an Oscar. But what makes this genre so popular?

A musical composer and orchestra conductor, a physicist, and a Nazi leader, three historical figures whose cinematic biographies are among the…

Samer Abou Hawwach 10 March , 2024
The EU naval mission will help provide security for shipping in the Red Sea but will not partake in air strikes on Houthis in Yemen, who vow to stop attacks when Israel ends its war on Gaza. Pep Boatella
Politics

Defence-only naval force reflects deepening EU divisions

Creating a dedicated European Union naval protection force to operate in the Red Sea may help improve security along the key shipping route, but it…

Con Coughlin 10 March , 2024
The gaming industry is having to recalibrate after the lockdown boosted user and revenue figures. Shutterstock
Business & Economy

The ‘Zoom boom’ left gaming giddy. Now it's sobering up

Just as the health effects of COVID-19 can linger on years later, so too are the economic effects of the pandemic continuing to cause ripples.When…

Khaled Kassar 10 March , 2024
A still image from the film 'Four Daughters' Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival
Culture & Social Affairs

'Four Daughters' explores themes of femininity under the Islamic State

On 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street-side fruit seller, had his produce confiscated by a municipal inspector. Bouazizi was only…

Ibrahim Haj Abdi 09 March , 2024
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Lina Jaradat
Politics

Attacks on Iran make a nuclear bomb more likely

20 June 2025

Iran's nuclear programme is damaged, but its determination is heightened

Eric Brewer
Michelle Thompson.
Business & Economy

What would happen if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz?

18 June 2025

The strait carries up to 20% of the world's oil exports at around 20 million barrels of oil each day. Any closure could cost the global economy greatly, even if only for a short time.

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, while gathering with others during a rally in solidarity with the government against Israel's attacks on Iran on June 14, 2025. ATTA KENARE / AFP
Politics

Iran is further from regime change than Israel thinks

17 June 2025

Israel sees an opportunity to eliminate a strategic regional rival, but the future course of events primarily hinges on what Trump decides to do next

Houssam Itani
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses Iranians on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (portrait), in Tehran on June 4, 2025. KHAMENEI.IR / AFP
Profiles

Ali Khamenei: the guardian of Iran's strategic patience doctrine

21 June 2025

For decades, Iran's supreme leader—first Khomeini, then Khamenei—pursued a strategy of backing regional militias to fight Israel, but with the 'resistance axis' in tatters, Iran is left to fight alone

Arash Azizi
Eduardo Ramon
Politics

How Israel pulled off its unprecedented strike on Iran

18 June 2025

Years of painstaking intelligence work went into the operation that activated vast networks of operatives and involved multiple layers of subterfuge

Michael Horowitz

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