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West turns a blind eye as Daesh grow and prosper
As we pass another 9/11 anniversary, people talk about Daesh as if they were a defeated, spent force. In fact, they are a more globalized movement than at any time in their history. ...
How Taliban instability is a risk to Central Asia
More than a year after taking power, the Taliban are beginning to realize that fighting is far easier than governing. As winter approaches and Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis, the government has failed togain international recognition and foreign aid has been reduced to a trickle. ...
Blinken flies in to rally Western support for Ukraine war
President Joe Biden wants to end America's "forever wars", but he is pumping billions of dollars into one that could grind on for a long time. ...
EU clubs together on energy and invites UK
"Gasmageddon" is bearing down on Europe this winter. ...
Ukraine round-up: UN nuclear safety call and Russia 'gets North Korean arms'
The UN's nuclear agency says a security zone should be set up immediately to protect the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. ...
Italy elections: Who's who and how the vote works
For the first time since World War Two, Italy's next leader could come from the far right. ...
Iran wins a battle but must lose the war for Iraq’s independence
With at least 30 dead and hundreds injured in clashes in Baghdad last week, Iraq is on the threshold of civil war. With the country’s survival as an independent nation in the balance, civil society protesters took to the streets pledging renewed mass demonstrations and chanting that “Iran will not rule Iraq.” ...
There is plenty of blame to go around in Libya
For the third time this year, violence returned to the streets of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as prevailing tensions between the North African country’s two parallel authorities boiled over. ...
Why Iraq’s chaos is Turkey’s concern
Clashes between followers of Shiite leader Muqtada Al-Sadr and Iran-backed militias affiliated with the Coordination Framework led by former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki have intensified fears among many Iraqis that the violence would spill into civil war. ...
Truss, Sunak poles apart as UK awaits next prime minister
UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss last month made the remarkable claim that an end is needed to what she calls a failed British consensus that has “peddled a particular type of economic policy for the past 20 years and it hasn’t delivered growth.” ...
Piecemeal assistance not the answer to Tunisia’s woes
A year ago, Tunisians gathered in front of the parliament building to voice their dissatisfaction with the Ennahda party and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, while supporting President Kais Saied’s invocation of an emergency article of Tunisia’s constitution and his dismissal of parliament and several key ministers. As Saied deployed Tunisia’s army onto the streets for the first time since the revolution, his abrasive style earned him the nickname “Robocop” among Tunisians, who were keen that he break the country’s political deadlock. ...
Mousavi exposes how Iran regime’s legitimacy has been undermined
In a letter published this month by Kalema, a website close to Iranian reformists, the leader of Iran’s Green Movement, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, raised two critical questions that have preoccupied the minds of a large number of Iranians. ...
Biden seeks nuclear wedlock, but his unfaithful Iranian groom won’t change
When your bridegroom boasts that he has been cheating on you all the way up to the night before the wedding, there are grounds for giving the forthcoming marriage second thoughts. ...
Six months into Ukraine war, how much longer can European unity hold?
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, one of the genuine geopolitical surprises to many has been the stronger than expected unity the West has shown against Moscow. Seven economics sanctions packages have been announced by the EU alone. ...
How human-like are the most sophisticated chatbots?
Chatbots have hit the headlines over the past few days after a Google engineer claimed that the firm's most advanced system has developed human-like feelings, or become sentient. ...
Climate change: Rich nations accused of 'betrayal' at Bonn talks
Poorer nations say rich ones have betrayed them by dragging their feet on paying for centuries of climate damage. ...
Bitcoin: Why is the largest cryptocurrency crashing?
The first rule of writing about Bitcoin is: don't write about Bitcoin. ...
Why is inflation in the US so high?
Last year, businesses around the world started raising prices at a pace not seen in decades. Among major economies, one country was hit the worst - the United States. ...
Why you may have a thinking digital twin within a decade
Most of us have been told by a friend that we have a doppelganger - some stranger they passed on the street who bore an uncanny resemblance to you. ...
East Africa drought: 'The suffering here has no equal'
In a desolate village in Turkana, Northern Kenya, villagers are praying for rain, but it just won't come. ...
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