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General Ghalibaf's gamble: An IRGC veteran takes on Iran’s hardliners to pursue diplomacy

Mohammad Ghalibaf has undergone a striking evolution, the infamous 'jihadist manager' now championing talks with the US despite his own conservative camp’s opposition

Iran ready to 'welcome' US ground invasion as tit-for-tat attacks continue Iran accuses US of violating international law after strike on nuclear plant

Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam

David Hearst

'America killed my son': The Ethiopians bombed by US in Yemen prison strike

International law

Exclusive: President of ICC oversight body confirms no finding of retaliation by Khan

Live

Live: US urges citizens exercise 'increased caution' amid escalation in the Middle East

Israel's war on Lebanon

'This will be your legacy': Aoun seeks financing for Lebanon, pressure on Israel

Nearly 100 US troops injured by Iran strikes, Pentagon says

US appeals court overturns ruling requiring release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi

Ed Miliband, the new UK foreign secretary, on Israel, Iraq, Syria and Iran

Israel's genocide in Gaza

'All we wanted was to bury him': How a Gaza family struggled to recover their dead son

Israel's war on Lebanon

Aoun seeks Trump backing for Israel pullback as south Lebanon ‘pilot zones’ begin

Yemenis turn to 'Ruqyah' faith healers as medical healthcare remains in crisis

Opinion

Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam

David Hearst

How to stop US-Iran conflict from becoming endless war

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Israel normalisation deals

Arab recognition of Israel rewards its relentless land theft

Joseph Massad

Israeli judicial crisis

This racist Israeli law should be renamed 'Death Penalty for Palestinians Only'

Ralph Wilde

Morocco has no gas. So how did it sell the world a $25bn gas pipeline?

Abed Charef

The truth is Burnham’s mea culpa on Gaza was nothing but a change in tone

Barry Malone

Starmer was a fabricator and a fraud. Good riddance

Peter Oborne

Why Europe should stop lecturing China on human rights

Marco Carnelos

Britain's Big Brother state is already here - we just don't realise it yet

Jonathan Cook

After his Iran war debacle, Netanyahu turns fire on state institutions

Abed Abou Shhadeh

The world must stop Israel's unprecedented assault on Palestinian children

Noam Peleg

Israel's genocide in Gaza

How the Israeli Medical Association politicised medicine to defend genocide in Gaza

Ghada Majadli

After Ireland partially bans trade with Israeli settlements, the UK must go further

Hannah Bond

World Cup 2026 shows Arab unity is alive and well

Feras Abu Helal

Why the US-Iran escalation over Hormuz will not be the last

Mohamad Elmasry

Here's what Burnham must do if he really wants to reset Labour's Palestine policy

Ben Jamal

Nato survived the Ankara summit - but it still lacks a second fist

Omar Ashour

Andy Burnham has rightly spoken out on Labour's Gaza shame. Now comes the hard part

David Hearst

Starmer’s parting gift of billions for the military is a chain around Burnham's neck

Tom Blackburn

How Scott Bessent's 'economic statecraft' aims to justify US coercion

Marco Carnelos

My father made Palestinian theatre an act of resistance

Alaa Tartir

Nato summit: How a fractured alliance is fuelling a permanent war economy

Anas Altikriti

World Cup 2026: How Fifa is publicly endorsing US imperialism

Coll McCail

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Why Britain must sanction Netanyahu

Peter Oborne

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Nearly 100 US troops injured by Iran strikes, Pentagon says

Iran war: Trump must change course now to avoid another Vietnam

David Hearst

Smotrich says US fighting Iran is ‘best for us’ and Israel will not join

Iran hits US bases in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan after 10 nights of US attacks

General Ghalibaf's gamble: An IRGC veteran takes on Iran’s hardliners to pursue diplomacy

Israeli media says Turkey was ready to intervene over Kurdish incursion into Iran

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How to stop US-Iran conflict from becoming endless war

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Israel's genocide in Gaza

UK politicians call for sanctions on Israel as Starmer's Gaza legacy slammed

Israel's genocide in Gaza

British surgeon launches legal challenge over NHS use of IHRA definition

Israel's genocide in Gaza

She was told her missing fiance was killed in Gaza. A year later, he returned alive

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Pen America chief resigns, accuses literary institution of erasing Palestinians

Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Israel's genocide in Gaza

Israel's death towers: Gaza civilians killed by remote attacks during ceasefire

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Hamas decision to dissolve Gaza government is a nod to Trump, expert says

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Gaza's breast cancer patients face immediate mastectomies as doctors plead for end to blockade

World Cup 2026

'You can't display that': Palestinian flags become a target at US World Cup games

War, racism and Trump: Has corruption overshadowed the World Cup?

Muslim footballers are challenging Europe's identity debate at the World Cup

Did hydration breaks derail Arab teams' World Cup campaigns?

World Cup 2026: Israel loves Argentina but do Argentinians actually love them back?

World Cup 2026 shows Arab unity is alive and well

Feras Abu Helal

How the World Cup brought out the best and worst of America

UAE Fifa official 'solely' responsible for overturning Balogun ban

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Coll McCail

Iraq's World Cup return exposed the gulf with football's elite. Closing it will take years

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Mostafa Mohamed

US Politics

John Esposito, would-be Catholic priest turned renowned scholar of Islam, dies aged 86

'The Middle East is coming together': Trump hosts handpicked Iraqi leader in Washington

ICC arrest warrants

Rubio says US will dismantle ICC 'brick by brick'

Erdogan gifts Trump gold-plated revolver during Nato summit

US appeals court overturns ruling requiring release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi

US: Democrats stall crucial defence budget in protest against Trump policies

Trump's former campaign manager running multimillion dollar pro-Israel influencer campaign: Report

How Scott Bessent's 'economic statecraft' aims to justify US coercion

Marco Carnelos

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Infantino’s Middle East playbook: How Fifa boss uses geopolitics on the World Cup stage

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Israel's genocide in Gaza

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The Israeli unmaking of the Ibrahimi Mosque

Israel's genocide in Gaza

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Academic Freedom

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As genocide continues in Gaza, the West Bank is pushed into a new Nakba

Mohamed Salah changed Liverpool. English football changed him

Palestinian prisoners speak out about how they were raped in Israeli jails

Syria after Assad

How Turkey helped engineer Ahmed al-Sharaa's rise to power

Real Talk

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Iyad el-Baghdadi: Israel as an ethno-nationalist state, won't last beyond the 2030s

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Israel's genocide in Gaza

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David Hearst

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Israel's genocide in Gaza

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David Hearst

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Anas al-Sharif was murdered for being Gaza's voice

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Not just Israel: The Arabs and Europe are complicit in starving Gaza

Soumaya Ghannoushi

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From Damascus to Gaza, Israel’s plan to fragment the region may end up uniting it

Soumaya Ghannoushi

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Britain once jailed suffragettes. Now it jails Palestine activists

Soumaya Ghannoushi

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Israel attacks Iran

Israel's failure to subdue Iran shows it can no longer dictate the regional order

David Hearst

Israel attacks Iran

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Soumaya Ghannoushi

International law

By threatening the ICC, David Cameron disgraced Britain

Peter Oborne

Iran-Israel tensions

By allowing Israel to bomb Iran, Trump is pushing Tehran to go nuclear

David Hearst

Israel's genocide in Gaza

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