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Comment: The impunity with which the US waged their invasion of Iraq paved the way for a culture of statebuilding based on more of the same, writes Ruba Ali Al-Hassani.
Comment: As one of Britain's few black horticulturists, I'm glad to see Kew initiate conversations about how Britain's imperial past impacts our society today, writes Juliet Sargeant.
French philosopher Michel Foucault 'sexually abused boys in Tunisia'
French-American professor Guy Sorman accuses fellow intellectual Michel Foucault of being a "paedophile rapist".
A look at the crises that closed Suez
The Ever Given crisis is not the first one the Suez canal had to endure, with days and sometimes years of canal's closure.
'Islamo-leftism': a word to smear and silence French academics
Comment: French academia is under attack from an increasingly right-wing government looking to discredit researchers whose findings it considers ...
Tories are opposing cuts to aid for wrong reasons
Comment: Conservative opposition to Rishi Sunak's foreign aid cut has laid bare the distinctly unhumanitarian nature if its existence, writes Malia Bouattia.
Walid al-Muallem: The legacy of Assad's Goebbelsian late FM
Comment: Sam Hamad reflects on the legacy of Walid al-Muallem, Assad's foreign minister who died this week, after he spent the past decade ...
Filipino bands feel the pain amid coronavirus in Dubai
Filipino bands, a mainstay of nightlife across the Gulf and Asia, face an uncertain fate as the Covid-19 pandemic draws crowds away from clubs.
Russia's experimental Covid-19 vaccine comes to Egypt
Comment: Russia's Covid-19 vaccine has been developed with an unsurprising lack of transparency, and Sisi's willingness to distribute it is ...
A shameful free pass for war crimes in Iraq
Comment: The 'Overseas Operations Bill' denies justice to victims of torture perpetrated by British armed forces, and contravenes international ...
Imperialism, patriarchy and the history of Palestinian LGBTQ activism
The New Arab Meets: Palestinian scholar Dr. Sa'ed Atshan to discuss his new book 'Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique'.
The erasure of Yarmouk refugee camp
Bombed, starved and besieged, Palestinian residents of Yarmouk refugee camp now face being permanently displaced as the Assad regime ...
When We Were Arabs: A Jewish Family's Forgotten History
Book Club: Massoud Hayoun's intimate memoir weaves family history with politics in a powerful exploration of Arab Jewish identity.
Freedom of speech and the exceptional case of Palestine
Comment: Too many 'progressives' are unwilling to extend their anti-racist and anti-colonial values to support for Palestine, writes Randa ...
Long-Bailey slipped up, but exporting Israeli violence is unacceptable
Comment: Sacking Long-Bailey for making a factual mistake about an otherwise verified practice is a low-down attempt to punish Labour's left, ...
UN rights council to investigate systemic racism following protests
UNHRC will investigate systemic racism and discrimination against Black people, stopping short of a more intensive investigation singling out the US.
We need real solidarity, not Keir Starmer's empty gestures
Comment: Given Labour leader Keir Starmer's track record of complicity with repressive policing and state racism, taking a knee is an empty ...
Iran boosts Venezuela ties with new coronavirus aid shipment
Venezuela's Planning Minister Ricardo Menendez said Iran gave vital medical supplies and testing kits to help Venezuela against its fight ...
Nigel Farage compares anti-racist movement to the Taliban
Farage has compared BLM activists to the Taliban.
How Palestine solidarity became a litmus test in Germany
Comment: Germany's attempt to muzzle thinker and philosopher Achille Mbembe on the grounds of anti-semitism amounts to an extension of Israeli ...
Khamenei posts picture showing pro-Iran leaders praying in Jerusalem
Social media users were quick to ridicule Iran's latest propaganda content - a painting of an imagined gathering of Iran-backed leaders at the ...
'True friend' China helps Algeria battle coronavirus
With 1,171 officially declared cases, including 105 deaths, Algeria is worse hit than its North African neighbours Tunisia and Morocco, and its ...
Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution
Book Club: Nadia Yaqub's Palestinian Cinema in the Days of Revolution delves into the political dynamics of Palestinian film.
It's not Extinction Rebellion that's the problem, it's Prevent
Comment: Criticism of Prevent for briefly including Extinction Rebellion misses the point - it's a racist, scheme that fosters fear and ...
Iran signalled it could expel Britain's ambassador in case of further "interference" in its affairs.
If realised, the move would be the first time US troops with armoured vehicles enter Syria.
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