the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
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Thu, 16/01/2025 - 16:00
The country’s women turned a movement into an uprising, but then were pushed aside.
Thu, 16/01/2025 - 15:24
The new government in Damascus could follow in Iran’s fundamentalist footsteps, but it’s not a foregone conclusion.
Thu, 16/01/2025 - 13:00
The ousted Syrian regime financed its war machine by producing and trafficking Captagon.
Thu, 16/01/2025 - 12:00
States often reveal a new weapon of war during peacetime to substitute for more direct military confrontations.
Thu, 16/01/2025 - 00:32
Deepening engagement between India and the Taliban as well as Pakistan and Bangladesh, respectively, represents a new chapter in an old rivalry.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 22:09
The Israeli government still must ratify the agreement, but top negotiators are optimistic.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 21:52
The Israeli leader has yet to comment on the deal, which would free 33 hostages and surge aid into Gaza.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 21:34
Beijing is happy with anything that helps Russia win and costs it nothing.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 19:00
Biden has been pushing for an agreement for more than a year.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 17:01
Premature returns come with profound risks for refugees and are counterproductive to Syria’s long-term stability.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 16:02
What Mark Zuckerberg’s change of heart on misinformation means for the world.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 11:32
After successfully brokering a deal between Ethiopia and Somalia, Ankara is trying to end Sudan’s civil war.
Wed, 15/01/2025 - 06:11
DJI has ended enforced no-fly zones in U.S. markets.
Tue, 14/01/2025 - 22:46
Internal pressure from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s closest allies could still threaten the talks.
Tue, 14/01/2025 - 21:45
The Supreme Court seems poised to uphold a law that will ban the Chinese-owned app unless it is sold.
Tue, 14/01/2025 - 21:45
An unsparing look at the outgoing U.S. president’s international legacy.
Tue, 14/01/2025 - 20:31
The president-elect’s expansionist statements about Greenland and Canada may be a passing whimsy, but they will exact a cost.
Tue, 14/01/2025 - 18:37
The economic costs are high, but the president-elect believes he has a mandate for dramatic changes to immigration policy.
Tue, 14/01/2025 - 16:30
Syrians embrace a fresh start, but uncertainty around the future—and the past—lingers.
Tue, 14/01/2025 - 15:47
Biden’s pro-Kurdish track record in the Senate and vice presidency didn’t extend to his time in the White House.
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