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British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne leaves 11 Downing Street in London on July 13, 2016. AFP

Rory Stewart gives disenchanted account of UK politics in new book

The new book by Rory Stewart, an erstwhile member of parliament, is quite a hefty tome. At well over 400 pages, it would have benefited from some judicious editing.

Bryn Haworth 10 October 2023
A newly-elected Member of the British Parliament taking the Oath of Allegiance. Very little has changed in how a Parliamentary session appears today, except the clothing and the admission of women as MPs. From ‘The Graphic - An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper’ from 4th March 1882. (Getty)

A Brief History of Political Shifts in Britain

Like its friend across the Atlantic Sea, the United Kingdom has had a long history of a two-party democratic system. While today people associate the two-party system with the Conservative Party and…

Ali El Shamy 26 April 2019
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Trump has few good options on Iran

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As the US and Iran head to talks in Geneva, competing forces are pulling Trump in opposite directions. There are only two "good" scenarios in front of him, and neither will be easy to achieve.

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Donald Trump answers a Supreme Court rebuke with new tariff threats

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The immediate economic impact will be more uncertainty

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Ex-Prince Andrew's arrest rocks the British monarchy

20 February 2026

His arrest is the first for a British royal in modern history and comes after it was revealed he had passed confidential state documents to US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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The Kuwaiti collector preserving Fairuz's legacy

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Faris Al-Muhanna dreams of one day creating a digital archive to safeguard the history and memory of Lebanon's most iconic artist for future generations

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SDF presence in Munich raises eyebrows in Ankara

18 February 2026

Despite having signed an agreement to integrate into the Syrian state, its leaders attended a key security conference in Germany as a separate delegation from Damascus, in a move that unnerves Türkiye

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