Trump’s Gulf gamble: Oil, leverage and shifting alliances
Trump’s Gulf tour blends economics and geopolitics, reviving petrodollar ties and reshaping US strategy amid Israel's war on Gaza and growing Gulf-China links.
Al-Golani, from Al-Qaeda’s cloak to Zelenskyy’s shirt
With a neatly trimmed beard and a Zelenskyy-style button-up, Al-Golani sheds his jihadist past—emerging as a central player in Syria’s shifting power game.
This isn't a call for despair but an invitation to rethink our approach. We need to adopt radical solutions like redefining our relationship with the global financial system
Ashraf Omar: A glimpse into the life of an 'ordinary guy'
I wondered how I'd profile an ordinary guy whom I had followed his political cartoons, I thought his life wouldn't offer much for his fellow journalists to paint a portrait for him
Against women’s work: Social media panders to fragile masculinity
Social media fuels a war on working women, masking fragile masculinity as morality while blaming women for economic collapse instead of confronting real power structures.
Ants and their slaves: Slavery isn't exclusive to humans
They have no consciousness as we know it, yet some ants have built societies where slavery is essential to survival. What does that say about evolution—and us?