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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a press conference following an extraordinary cabinet meeting about the energy crisis, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on 20 March 2026. PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP
Politics

Why Europe’s response to the Iran war is so disjointed

Khattar Abu Diab 26 March 2026
German philosopher Jürgen Habermas speaks from a podium at an event on philosophy and politics at the Willy Brandt House in Berlin, on 23 November 2007.
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Culture & Social Affairs

Remembering Jürgen Habermas: the last guardian of the Enlightenment 

Abdullah F. Alrebh 16 March 2026
In this file photo taken on April 10, 1998, British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R), US Senator George Mitchell (C) and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern pose for a photograph after signing The Good Friday Agreement. AFP

Northern Ireland's flawed but lasting peace

Far from perfect, the GFA has largely managed to channel energy into politics rather than violence in Northern Ireland

Christopher Phillips 12 April 2023
Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Humza Yousaf, and Scotland's First Minsiter, poses for a photograph after being hi swearing-in ceremony. AFP

How does London view Yousaf’s SNP election win?

Both the Conservatives and the Labour party claim to support the continued union but have done too little when in power to facilitate its continuation

Christopher Phillips 04 April 2023
While national politics gets all the media coverage and limelight, it is often the most local issues that have an impact on the lives of those we serve. Luke Brookes

Power to the people: How municipalities are affecting change

While national politics gets all the media coverage and limelight, it is often the most local issues that have an impact on the lives of those we serve

Bassam Mahfouz 30 March 2023
Newly elected leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Humza Yousaf signs the nomination form to become First Minister for Scotland. AFP

Humza Yousaf: First Muslim leader of Scotland and independence die-hard

Yousaf's narrow victory over his rival owed much to his status as the SNP establishment's preferred candidate, but he will have his work cut out if he is to revive the SNP's flagging fortunes

Con Coughlin 29 March 2023
A trawl through the history of immigrant writing in Italy for more than a generation, including its changing nature and the reasons why the authors felt compelled to voice their thoughts in the first Julien Pacaud

A look at immigrants' rich contribution to Italy's literary scene

A trawl through the history of immigrant writing in Italy for more than a generation, including its changing nature and the reasons why the authors felt compelled to voice their thoughts in the first

Youssouf Waqqas 27 March 2023
BBC TV presenter Gary Lineker prepares to broadcast inside the make-shift television studio ahead of the English FA Cup quarter-final football match. AFP

Sunak achievements overshadowed by Lineker controversy

With the BBC agreeing on Lineker to return to work, Sunak hopes the issue will blow over. But this seems unlikely

Christopher Phillips 14 March 2023

Ammunition shortage in Ukraine war

Fares Garabet 13 March 2023
A members of staff poses for a photograph with a painting entitled Portrait of the artist with a pink background, by French artist Paul Cezanne. Getty Images

Paul Cezanne: The father of modern art 

Many venerated 20th century painters, such as Pablo Picasso, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Gustav Klimt, and Piet Mondrian embraced the Cezannian doctrine

Farouk Yousif 11 March 2023
Italy’s new premier Giorgia Meloni has brought stability to Italy’s turbulent politics which raises the prospect of her fulfilling a broader leadership role in European affairs Andy Edwards

Can Meloni fill Merkel’s shoes?

Italy's new premier Giorgia Meloni has brought stability to Italy's turbulent politics which raises the prospect of her fulfilling a broader leadership role in European affairs

Con Coughlin 10 March 2023
Banner displayed in central Kyiv, Ukraine.Feb. 25, 2023. Shelly Kittleson

Bakhmut holds as battle heats up amid fog and mud

Experts warn that Russian forces may soon either take over or encircle the small city

Shelly Kittleson 09 March 2023
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, dressed in an IRGC uniform, chairs a session in Tehran on 1 February 2026. AFP
Profiles

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf: a possible US partner?

24 March 2026

Reports that the Trump administration is eyeing Iran's parliament speaker as an Iranian 'Delcy Rodriguez' has been dismissed in Tehran as fake news

Alex Vatanka
Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Army Chief and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir pose with US President Donald Trump (C) at the White House in Washington, DC on 26 September 2025. AFP
Politics

Why Pakistan is well-placed to host US-Iran talks

24 March 2026

Islamabad is uniquely positioned to mediate between the warring parties. It also has more than enough reasons to want this war to end.

Kamal Alam
Mark Wallace (L), CEO of the non-profit United Against Nuclear Iran, talks with Rep. Mike Lawler (R) (R-NY) next to a Shahed 136 military drone during a press conference on Capitol Hill on 8 May 2025 in Washington, DC. WIN MCNAMEE / AFP
Business & Economy

Iran and the new arithmetic of war

23 March 2026

Cheap autonomous weapons are overturning the economics of combat—and teaching the United States important lessons.

Fareed Zakaria
Trump holding a Make America Great Again Hat AFP
Politics

Could the US-Iran war deliver Trump his own ‘Suez’ moment?

23 March 2026

The conflict will likely prompt political and economic shifts, even if the extent of those changes may not be known for years.

Christopher Phillips
A displaced woman sits next her tent in an unofficial camp, erected along Beirut’s seafront area on 22 March 2026. DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Beirut's daily grind: between refuge, ruin and routine

23 March 2026

Beirut continues to host exhibitions and sustain cultural life, but in a subdued, robotic fashion shaped by war and emotional numbness

Mimoza Al-Arrawi

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