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Rare Twin Suicide Attack Kills at Least 23 in Baghdad

Rare Twin Suicide Attack Kills at Least 23 in Baghdad

A twin suicide bombing killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 50 in a Baghdad market on Thursday, the first such attack in years, security…

19 January , 2021
An Iranian man, wearing a protective face mask, walks down a street in the capital Tehran during the COVID-19 epidemic
Science & Technology

What the Pandemic Revealed About the “Axis of Resistance”

Political Shiism – or what the Iranian regime refers to as “the axis of resistance,” have been establishing itself in the region, and spreading its…

Hanin Ghaddar 15 January , 2021
Mike Pompeo alleged that Iran has become a new "home base" for Al-Qaeda worse than Afghanistan
Politics

The Al-Qaeda-Iran Relationship

As the Trump administration winds down, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed a New York Times report that Al-Qaeda's second-in-command was killed…

Al Majalla - London 15 January , 2021
Nancy Pelosi presides the US House of Representatives vote on the impeachment of US President Donald Trump at the US Capitol, January 13, 2021
Politics

This Impeachment Is Different

On Wednesday afternoon,Donald Trump, the third president in American history to be impeached, became the first to be impeached twice. TheHouse of…

David A. Graham 15 January , 2021
Hackers managed to insert malicious code into a software product from an IT provider called SolarWinds Corp., whose client list includes 300,000 institutions
Politics

The SolarWinds Hack Doesn’t Demand a Violent Response

The SolarWinds hack – now attributed to Russia by U.S. government representatives including Mike Pompeo – has caused enormous damage. Perhaps it…

Elisabeth Braw 15 January , 2021
Flags of NATO member countries hang at the Parliament Square at the last NATO Summit in London, on December 2, 2019.
Politics

The EU is the Military Ally the United States Needs

Tensions over anemic European defense spending have long suffused transatlantic relations—and since 2014, they have become all-consuming, crowding…

Max Bergmann 15 January , 2021
Released students from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, Nigeria after an attack by Boko Haram
Politics

Don’t Discount America’s Interest in Keeping Africa Safe

The Defense Department’s coming near-total withdrawal of troops from Somalia follows its 2019 re-assessment of its force posture in Africa, aimed at…

Maj. Scott D. Adamson 15 January , 2021
Bleached coral on the Great Barrier Reef thought to have been caused by heat stress as a result of global climate change
Science & Technology

Reviving the Great Barrier Reef

"I recommend getting inside the net. It's very good for you," jokes marine ecologist Peter Harrison. "It's good for your skin, it's good for your…

Donna Lu 15 January , 2021

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Readers peruse the vast collection at Shaoyang library in Hunan, which has a mirrored ceiling. (Getty)

Jan 10

A father carries his daughter as they approach the Croatian border in an attempt to cross into the European Union. The family crossed into Croatia only to be pushed back into Bosnia by police a few hours later. There are currently some 3,000 refugees with children sleeping in abandoned houses and temporary accommodation in sub-zero temperatures in northern Bosnia. (Getty)

Jan 10

A patient is carried on a stretcher by healthcare workers outside Santa Maria hospital. Portugal reported a record 10,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours this week and the government warned hospitals were under ‘enormous pressure’ from the resurgence of the pandemic. (Getty)

Jan 10

Migrants from Eritrea, Egypt, Syria and Sudan are assisted about 110 miles north of the Libyan coast by aid workers from the Spanish NGO Open Arms, after fleeing Libya onboard a precarious wooden boat. (Getty)

Jan 10

Children play at a muddy refugee camp. (Getty)

Jan 10

Cars drive in a snow-covered landscape on the Nordhelle mountain near Meinerzhagen.(Getty)

The Year That Changed the Internet
Science & Technology

The Year That Changed the Internet

For years, social-media platforms had held firm: Just because a post was false didn’t mean it was their place to do anything about it. But 2020…

Evelyn Douek 08 January , 2021
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Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

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
Sara Padovan
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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