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- Feature · 14 June 2026 · By Yara Mansour
The airstrike paradox: why precision weapons can't win this war
Years of coalition bombing have reshaped the battlefield against Islamic State—but not the outcome.
- Briefing · 12 June 2026 · By Yara Mansour
The global economy's most expensive chokepoint
Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz has become the largest energy disruption since the 1970s—and the shockwaves extend far beyond oil.
- Leader · 12 June 2026 · By Yara Mansour
The ICJ ruling on Gaza changes little — and Israel knows it
Provisional measures and legal condemnation mean nothing without enforcement, and the world has shown no appetite to force compliance.
- Leader · 11 June 2026 · By Yara Mansour
The Hague's Gaza Ruling: A Legally Binding Order Israel Ignored Within Hours
The ICJ's directive to halt operations in Rafah revealed not jurisprudence's strength but its impotence when powerful states choose defiance.
- Briefing · 11 June 2026 · By Yara Mansour
The American navy is playing with fire in the Strait of Hormuz
Washington's military manoeuvres through the world's most combustible chokepoint risk escalating a crisis it claims to be defusing.
- Bench · 10 June 2026 · By Yara Mansour
The Flamingo Revolution: How Gen Z is Rewriting Protest in the Balkans
Albania's youth-led uprising over a luxury resort marks a generational rupture in how post-communist Europe organises dissent—and it's spreading.
- Briefing · 10 June 2026 · By Asha Lindqvist
Istanbul's consulate attack exposes the fiction of Turkish-Israeli security trust
Both governments called it terrorism, yet nearly 200 arrests and conflicting casualty reports reveal how little Ankara and Jerusalem actually share intelligence.
- Leader · 10 June 2026 · By Yara Mansour
The Genocide They Dare Not Name
Western leaders privately acknowledge what they refuse to say publicly: Israel's campaign in Gaza crosses the line.
- Briefing · 09 June 2026 · By Asha Lindqvist
The Istanbul consulate attack marks a dangerous new phase in Middle East conflict
When regional powers abandon restraint for visible, deniable violence on diplomatic soil, the rules of engagement have fundamentally changed.
- Leader · 09 June 2026 · By Asha Lindqvist
Mindanao's deadly fault line strikes again—fifty years on, nothing learned
The Cotabato Trench killed thousands in the 1970s. Now it has claimed at least 41 more lives. Why is the same seam still catching the Philippines unprepared?