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Soldiers wearing masks walk past beds at a temporary hospital located at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the outbreak of coronavirus in the Queens borough on April 10, 2020 in New York City. (Getty)
Science & Technology

Why the World Lost to the Pandemic

The day before President Joe Biden’s inauguration,the United Statescrossed a tragic milestone, marking 400,000 deaths from COVID-19. Biden has since…

Yanzhong Huang 06 February , 2021
Politics

Yes, Obama is in the White House

When Joseph Biden was elected as the 46th president of the United States of America, many across the political sphere wondered how much influence…

Elie Fawaz 06 February , 2021
A nurse holds the arm of a patient infected by coronavirus (COVID-19) at the Gilberto Novaes Municipal Field Hospital on May 21 2020 in Manaus, Brazil. (Getty)
Science & Technology

The Brazil Variant is Exposing the World’s Vulnerability

Even in a year of horrendous suffering, what is unfolding inBrazilstands out. In the rainforest city ofManaus, home to 2 million people, bodies are…

James Hamblin 06 February , 2021
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Culture & Social Affairs

The Apps Helping Women Combat Sexual harassment in the Middle East

As sexual harassment rates rise in the Middle East, governments, civil society organizations and social entrepreneurs have started to develop apps…

Menna A. Farouk 06 February , 2021
A soldier stands guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyidaw on February 1, 2021, after the military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup. (Getty)
Politics

Myanmar’s Coup Was a Chronicle Foretold

OnFebruary 1, Myanmar’s newly-elected parliament was slated to be sworn in for its coming five-year term. But in the predawn hours before the…

Sebastian Strangio 06 February , 2021
The suspended Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump appears on an iPhone screen on January 08, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. (Getty)
Business & Economy

The Great Free-Speech Reversal

There is a rich historical irony to the fact that today, conservatives are the ones who argue most forcefully that the decisions by private companies…

Genevieve Lakier 06 February , 2021
Foreign Policy Tests Arrive Early for Biden
Politics

Foreign Policy Tests Arrive Early for Biden

Less than one month into President Biden’s administration, serious foreign policy challenges have come to the fore. Biden is poised to make his first…

Joseph Braude 06 February , 2021
-	Anti-government protesters chant slogans during a demonstration in the centre of Lebanon's impoverished northern port city of Tripoli on January 31, 2021. (Getty Images)
Culture & Social Affairs

Tripoli Protests and the Collapse of Lebanon

Protests turned into violent riots last week in Lebanon’s Tripoli when clashes erupted between security forces and protesters, leading to more than…

Hanin Ghaddar 06 February , 2021
Nancy Pelosi: The Most Powerful Female Politician in US History
Politics

Nancy Pelosi: The Most Powerful Female Politician in US History

Nancy Pelosi is the 52nd Speaker of the House of Representatives, having made history in 2007 when she was elected the first woman to serve as…

Majalla 31 January , 2021
Activists of Jamiat Ulema-e Islam Nazryate party shout as they celebrate the signing agreement between the US and the Taliban during a rally in Quetta on March 1, 2020. (Getty)
Politics

The Myth of a Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan

President Joe Biden is now the fourth American leader to oversee the U.S. war in Afghanistan. He inherits a fragile peace process that members of his…

Laurel Miller 31 January , 2021
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Why a cornered Iran is also a problem for China

02 May 2026

Even when appeals to open the Hormuz Strait come from a close ally like Beijing, they fall on deaf ears in Tehran. But hope is not yet lost.

Xiaotong Yang
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Business & Economy

Global airfares soar amid ongoing US-Iran turmoil

04 May 2026

Airspace closures, rising fuel costs, shifting flight maps and delayed aircraft deliveries have repriced flights around the world, with some travel routes hit worse than others

Abdel-Rahman Ayas
A man holds a flag featuring the late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and the new leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran on 29 April 2026. Majid Asgaripour / Reuters
Politics

Real Iran splits and the myth of division

04 May 2026

The argument is over the price and presentation, not the basic instinct to preserve the system

Alex Vatanka
A Lebanese guard stands in front of  Magen Abraham, the last Jewish synagogue in Lebanon at Wadi Abou Jmil, Beirut's former Jewish neighbourhood, in the war-devastated city centre. JOSEPH BARRAK / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

New book recalls Beirut’s once-vibrant Jewish quarter

01 May 2026

Veteran Lebanese journalist Nada Abdelsamad transports readers back to the time when Beirut's Jewish quarter, known at the time as Wadi al-Yahud, was thriving

Abdul Rahman Mazhar Halloush
Turkish fighter jets fly over a warship in Kyrenia, in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. AFP
Politics

How the Iran war changed Türkiye’s security calculus

05 May 2026

Ankara's national security priority is no longer Kurds or Gülenists, but Israel. Likewise, in Tel Aviv, Türkiye is increasingly seen as a future Israeli adversary. Both are preparing accordingly

Rustum Mahmud

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