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Zohran Mamdani becomes first Muslim mayor of New York

The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances

Tarek Rashed 04 November 2025
US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris on last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on August 22, 2024. Robyn Beck / AFP

Kamala Harris’s mission to ‘Save America’ will be put to the test

The euphoric Democratic National Convention did its job and the party is united on the task at-hand. The US Vice President must now prepare for her big TV debate against Donald Trump in a fortnight

Aqeel Abbas 26 August 2024
Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz has been chosen by US Vice President Kamala Harris to be her running mate for the presidential election in November. Yusra Na'im

Tim Walz: the governor increasing Kamala Harris’s appeal

Minnesota's Democratic leader has been chosen to help the Party win the White House. If it does, he will be Vice President. What does this 60-year-old former geography teacher add to the campaign?

Aqeel Abbas 11 August 2024
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Lebanon-Israel talks: diplomacy under bombs

20 May 2026

Beyond Israel's immediate security aims lies a much larger struggle over Lebanon's future—one that will unfold over years, in multiple stages, and cannot be reduced to a simple question of force.

Michael Horowitz
Lamine Yamal raises the Palestinian flag during Barcelona's celebrations of their Spanish League title in Barcelona, ​​2026. AP
Culture & Social Affairs

How Gaza pushed Israel out of Europe’s moral order

18 May 2026

Football star Lamine Yamal's hoisting of Palestine's flag, and the Eurovision audience's booing of Israel's contestant, show how Israel has lost its PR edge

Shadi Alaa Aldin
Axel Rangel Garcia
Politics

Why the US clings to a failed siege strategy in Cuba

15 May 2026

Crippling US sanctions on Havana were designed to force regime change, but six decades of crippling embargo have only cemented it

Stefanie Butendieck Hijerra
A gas facility off the Suez Desert Road outside Cairo, Egypt, on 1 September 2020.
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Business & Economy

Egypt repays energy firms with an eye on self sufficiency

19 May 2026

Cairo hopes to gain the trust of partners through its regular payments to energy firms, so that they will be more inclined to invest in gas exploration activities

Sharif Mohammad
Mark Smith
Politics

The philosopher king of Palantir: Alex Karp says the quiet part out loud on X

18 May 2026

The tech CEO's manifesto, where he champions US military dominance and the use of AI weapons, has been described by some as the 'ramblings of a supervillain'

Bryn Haworth

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