Israel's forced starvation campaign and the inexplicable routing of aid lorries through crowded areas compound an already dire humanitarian and security crisis. Critics say it's intentional.
Billions of dollars in federal funding have been withheld from universities where Gaza protests were staged, ostensibly for reasons of antisemitism. What will the impact be?
Full of rage, the Canadian-Egyptian writer spares no one in his latest book, especially America's progressives, whose professed values should have them as riled as the author is over Israel's genocide
AI technology has had a huge impact on warfare in recent years, yet the systems are fallible, and concerns are growing, not least in terms of ethics and legality
The US-based writer does not hold back in what he pens for American readers, nor is he censored. There is just one word that he is forbidden from using.
Reconstruction projects will not be able to rely solely on direct grants and loans. Recovering economies will have to create conditions to attract regional and international investment as well.
From kidnapping Venezuela's president to proposing the annexation of Greenland, Trump appears to be the most 'imperialist' leader the US has had in decades
From Yemen and Syria to Sudan and Libya, there is a concerted effort to reassert state authority and thwart moves toward the proliferation of quasi-states and fragmentation
A decisive Syrian military campaign, coupled with diplomatic pressure from Türkiye, the US, and Israel, has forced the SDF into a far-reaching integration deal with Damascus
This could be a decisive year for Beijing as long-running strategies collide with harsher geopolitical realities. The outcomes will shape global power balances well beyond 2026.