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Justice Ginsburg was instrumental in championing women's rights issues in the United States.
Significant challenges remain to ensure long-awaited intra-Afghan peace talks produce a breakthrough in the decades-long conflict.
Aegean angst: Greece and Turkey's dangerous Eastern Mediterranean game
Tensions between Greece and Turkey have ignited a geopolitical storm in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Syrian refugees still 'finding their way' in Sweden
Sweden - traditionally homogenous and now with a high-skilled labour market - can be challenging for refugees arriving from war-torn countries.
UAE adds Israel to its coalition of anti-democratic allies
Comment: UAE-Israel normalisation should be understood in a broader context of illiberal, anti-democratic actors solidifying their global ...
Biden administration would provide Israel aid without condition: Harris
Harris appeared to dismiss attempts by fellow Democrats to have aid to Israel withheld over rights violations against Palestinians.
Sarsour is a steadfast ally, Biden shouldn't forget that
Comment: Biden's campaign must make space in the Democratic tent for anti-racist and progressive ally, Linda Sarsour, writes Mitchell Plitnick.
Needing election boost, Trump prepares to dominate party convention
President Donald Trump will seek to revive his re-election hopes this week at the Republican Party's largely online convention.
Joe Biden welcomes 'historic' Israel-UAE peace deal
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden welcomed the deal as a 'brave act of statesmanship'.
Pro-Palestine Democrat wins reveal weakening influence of Israel money
Comment: A string of defeats for pro-Israel candidates shows that Israeli support is not enough to overcome the progressive wave taking over the ...
Ilhan Omar wins Minnesota primary
Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar batted away a challenger and retained her title.
Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris as his running mate
Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate, making her the potentially first Black woman Vice President.
Man shot outside White House, Trump evacuated
US Secret Service agents shot and wounded a man who was apparently armed outside the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump said just ...
World surpasses 20 million coronavirus cases
The coronavirus pandemic chalked up another horrific milestone as the world surpassed 20 million recorded cases of infection from the tiny ...
Coronavirus: US hits 5 million cases as Trump criticised
The United States reached the extraordinary milestone of five million coronavirus cases as President Donald Trump was accused of flouting the ...
Biden 'removed condemnation of Israeli occupation from campaign'
Biden allegedly told his advisors not to include “any reference to Israeli occupation” into a draft of his campaign’s platform days before it was released on July 15.
Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins
Biden has pledged to demolish Trump policies on Day One, including reversing Trump’s ban on immigration from mainly Muslim countries and restore ...
Hearing for Trump's Pentagon nominee cancelled over Islamophobic tweets
Anthony Tata, Trump's pick for a senior Pentagon role, had his confirmation hearing cancelled due to criticism over past Islamophobic tweets, ...
Sisi the so-called secularist sets his sights on Al-Azhar
Comment: Not content with an already severely restricted public sphere, Sisi has moved to bring this 1,000-year-old Egyptian centre of learning ...
US Democrats deny motion to acknowledge Israeli occupation
The US Democratic National Committee voted overwhelmingly against a measure pushing for more critical language towards Israel in the party's ...
Trump could lose reelection in 100 days
Trump faces possible humiliation at the hands of Biden, a man he derides as "sleepy" and mentally incompetent, yet who leads by double digits in ...
House votes to repeal Trump's 'anti-Muslim' travel ban
The measure targeting the 'Muslim ban' is seen as a symbolic victory as it is highly unlikely to advance in the Senate.
The race for Biden's foreign policy agenda
Comment: Progressives must make a concerted effort at real influence in a potential Biden administration, narrowing the space for the Never ...
US will likely stay in Afghanistan, regardless of election
Comment: Though Biden talks about 'ending endless wars', he would likely prolong and even expand the drone programme and US presence in ...
There is growing opposition to US arms deals with Saudi Arabia.
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