Morocco is entering a more assertive phase of its foreign policy, buoyed by international backing that has strengthened Rabat’s confidence and encouraged it to revisit questions of territorial sovereignty beyond the Western
A modern padel club in western Dubai advertises itself as a destination for competition, fitness, and luxury. Every Friday evening, players gather on climate-controlled courts to compete in one of the world’s
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When political slogans are repeated loudly enough and frequently enough, they can begin to sound like established historical truth. This is precisely what has happened with the narrative surrounding Balochistan, Pakistan’s largest
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Desperate residents and rescue teams continued searching for survivors across Venezuela on Friday as the death toll from twin earthquakes climbed above 900, with foreign assistance only beginning to reach some of
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Xiang Biao has become an unusual intellectual figure in China: an academic whose ideas have reached a mass audience. Although much of his career has unfolded abroad, the Chinese anthropologist has developed
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Across the Middle East, the scale of destruction has created one of the most daunting reconstruction challenges in modern history. Hospitals, schools, homes, power networks and water systems have been reduced to
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The public debate surrounding the detention of former State Intelligence Service (SIS) Director Major General (Retd.) Suresh Sallay has entered a new phase following an exchange of open letters between his wife,
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Australia’s landmark attempt to restrict children’s access to social media is facing enforcement challenges, with a large majority of users aged between 12 and 15 reportedly continuing to access online platforms despite
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Taking an invention and claiming it as yours is called intellectual property, based on practices followed by US and European businesses. But what happens when your neighbor argues that inventions can’t be
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The events unfolding are murky — it is unclear which direction the nation is heading. Since the introduction of provincial governance and the office of governor, Sri Lanka has not previously witnessed
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Two decades ago, I was in South Africa with the Malawian economist Thandika Mkandawire (1940–2020). We were talking about his generation of scholars, who came of age during the national liberation movements.
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