Opinion Team

Two recent podcasts in the US hosted by progressive media stars and featuring leading Democratic lawmakers brought home…

On Tuesday, a court in Syria handed down death sentences to former president Bashar Al Assad, his brother…

University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday’s resignation – following allegations of plagiarism and scrutiny of his research practices,…

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In his meeting last week with President Donald Trump, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun went out of his way…

In Catia La Mar, on Venezuela’s shattered Caribbean coast, an exhausted rescue volunteer confronted soldiers carrying rifles: “Why…

Iran’s absolutist position on the Strait of Hormuz has taken a long time to be seen for what…

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Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara’s foreign travel has become one of the most visible features of Syria’s post-Assad…

Few politicians do frustration quite like Donald Trump. During a telephone interview with CNBC on June 1, the…

For a great many people, their main direct engagement with artificial intelligence is the ubiquitous chatbot. Common on…

The morning of Saturday, February 28 has become etched in the memory of all of us who live…

In the US, the elite consensus on Israel is a structural problem