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German rearmament unnerves Europe
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German rearmament unnerves Europe

Fares Garabet 16 August 2026
Timothy Zurabishvili dives into the darkness of man Deena So'Oteh
Culture & Social Affairs

Timothy Zurabishvili dives into the darkness of man

Antoine Jockey 10 August 2026
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L), Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy attend a meeting in Kyiv on September 11, 2024. Leon Neal / AFP

Will Ukraine get the green light to strike deep into Russia?

Zelensky ramped up the pressure on Washington and London this week when he called on Britain and America to make a "strong decision" by letting him use long-range missiles

Con Coughlin 14 September 2024
Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024, during the 'Enough is Enough' demonstration held in reaction to the fatal stabbings in Southport on July 29. Peter Powell / AFP

How rising racism and divisive politics stoked a summer of social discontent in Europe

Knife attacks in Germany and widespread far-right violence in England mark a new style of threat, but the problem itself is old

Khattar Abu Diab 10 September 2024
Michel Barnier's appointment has dashed far-left hopes of dominating the new French parliament Al Majalla

Michel Barnier: Can France's new 'no-nonsense' PM restore order?

His appointment is seen as a belated attempt by Macron to head off the mounting challenge his government faces from Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally

Con Coughlin 08 September 2024
A family of migrants flee the Moria camp after a fire broke out, on the island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020. Angelos Tzortzini/AFP

New book on one of Europe's largest refugee camps recounts a shocking tale of injustice

Greek writer Lauren Markham's book 'A Map of Future Ruins' reveals the toxicity of borders, the myth of racial superiority, and exclusionary practices

Osama Esber 07 September 2024
Barbara Gibson

This day in history: Black September strikes Munich Olympics

On 5 September 1972, a murky Palestinian militant group with alleged links to Fatah carried out an unconventional operation against Israeli athletes. Could Hamas take a page out of the same playbook?

Sami Moubayed 05 September 2024

The rise of the far right in Germany

Fares Garabet 05 September 2024
Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leaders Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla hold a press conference after state elections in Saxony and Thuringia, in Berlin, Germany September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner

Far-right gains in East Germany send shockwaves across Europe

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, whose approval ratings are at a historic low, is now facing calls to dissolve the national government and call a fresh general election

Con Coughlin 04 September 2024
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the entrance of the Mariinskyi Palace, in Kyiv, on August 23, 2024. AFP

All in the hug: After embracing Putin, India’s Modi visits Kyiv

Six weeks after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of acting against peace, the two men met in the Ukrainian capital

Shakir Husain 26 August 2024
Fares Garabet

Syurpryz: the word for 'surprise' in both Ukrainian AND Russian!

Fares Garabet 15 August 2024
French artist and performer Abraham Poincheval stands in a closed giant glass bottle on a canal near the Stade de France in Paris on July 25, 2024. Ludovic Marin/AFP

Message in a bottle: social isolation via human installation

By confining himself in a narrow, transparent space near the main stadium for the Olympic Games, Abraham Poincheval tried to highlight an under-highlighted problem. Did he succeed, or is he mad?

Sawsan Jamil Hasan 09 August 2024
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Iran's new war cabinet is really an old one

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The appointments show how Tehran is drawing lessons from successive wars and preparing for a prolonged period of insecurity

Alex Vatanka
US political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 18 July 2024. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
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Tucker Carlson: America’s right-wing insurgent-in-chief

12 August 2026

The former Fox News presenter, who now wields more influence over US politics than he did at the network from 2009-23, is now a vehement critic of Trump in recent months, in part over Israel

Kamal Alam
 Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters arrive after eight hours of walking in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, Ethiopia, on 29 June 2021. Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP
Politics

Why clashes in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are ominous

11 August 2026

Both the government in Addis Ababa and armed Tigrayan independence fighters have their supporters, from as near as next door to as far away as Tel Aviv

Amr Emam
Sara Padovan
Business & Economy

Why cotton fibres could be key in the global arms race

13 August 2026

War is driving demand for munitions, and the fibres from cotton seeds are used to produce artillery shells. With only a few producers, demand is soaring.

Abdulfattah Khattab
Lina Jaradat
Culture & Social Affairs

Preserving Amazigh heritage: from oral tradition to AI

15 August 2026

The spoken word has kept a key component of Algeria's social mosaic alive for generations, but now technology is stepping in to do the heavy lifting

Noureddine Bessaadi

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