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Eighteen candidates will contest a first round of presidential elections in Peru.
The blockage caused by the grounding of the Ever Given held up an estimated $400 million per hour in international trade. Insurers are expected to cover up to $100 million.
Of Necessity and Wanting: A kaleidoscopic portrayal of Karachi
Book Club: Sascha Akhtar's novel is a collection of interconnected short stories about three different women set in Pakistan's cosmopolitan hub of Karachi.
Oil spill off Israel reaches south Lebanese beaches
The Lebanon Diving Center detail their efforts on cleaning up South Lebanon's tainted shoreline following a massive oil spill off the coast of ...
Muslim engineer falsely reported to Prevent wins payout
A Muslim engineer was falsely accused of holding 'extremist' views and reported to Prevent, which he took to a tribunal and won a case for ...
French-Algerian actor angers Moroccans with comments on women
French-Algerian actor Bouhlel Brahim and two others have caused outrage in Morocco with disparaging comments about women and children.
How America's 'maximum pressure' pushed Iran closer to China
Analysis: The US policy of 'maximum pressure' has helped China gain greater leverage in the Middle East, where American influence continues to ...
Silence Is a Sense: War, migration, trauma and healing
Book Club: Silence Is a Sense is a poignant and profound story of a Syrian refugee left so traumatised by war and migration that she no ...
Exploring generational trauma with The Arsonists' City
Book club: The Arsonists' City is a gripping novel about an Arab-American family facing its trauma and demons after taking a reluctant ...
BBC reporter leaves China, says 'too risky'
A BBC correspondent had to leave China for Taiwan after facing pressure from authorities over his reporting on Xinjiang rights abuses and the ...
Qatar races mounting virus toll with vaccine drive
With the number of infections rising, Qataris are calling for another lockdown, to prevent the spread.
Turkish police detain dozens of student protesters
"We are not silent, we are not afraid, we do not obey."
We Are Bellingcat: The emergence and growth of OSINT
Book Club: We Are Bellingcat details an insider's account of the emergence and growth of OSINT and new forms of citizen investigations.
Iran threatens US Army base, top general: reports
Two senior US intelligence officials have told the Associated Press that Iran has made threats against an army base in Washington DC.
Red Line: The use of chemical weapons in Syria
Book Club: Joby Warrick's new book takes a detailed look at the use of chemical weapons in Syria and the extraordinary efforts to rid ...
Eman Quotah's Bride of the Sea
Book Club: Eman Quotah's Bride of the Sea is a truly striking debut that explores Middle Eastern-immigrant story in a delicate and captivating light.
White supremacist propaganda surged in 2020, report says
The Anti-Defamation League has reported a rise in the amount of white supremacist propaganda released in the US last year.
Footballer Aboutrika to remain on Egyptian ‘terror’ list
Egypt's government has accused the iconic footballer of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, which Aboutrika denies.
Book Club: Michael Kenney's The Islamic State in Britain: Radicalization and Resilience in an Activist Network uses a social science ...
Saudi prince adds French side Chateauroux to football portfolio
Saudi Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad has acquired French football club Chateauroux.
Millionaire Saudi prince to buy French club
Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad, a Saudi millionaire, decided to buy the French Chateauroux second division club
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Sonia Nimr's Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands
Book Club: Sonia Nimr's fantastical story reads like a series of folktales in which the circles of life come together when the struggle ...
Ahmet Seyhun's Competing Ottoman Ideologies
Book Club: Ahmet Seyhun's Competing Ideologies in the Late Ottoman Empire and Early Turkish Republic tackles the topics of Islamism, ...
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