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The US attack on Venezuela and the collapse of international law

The intervention exposes how great-power geopolitics have hollowed out the UN Charter system.

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Gaza and the unravelling of a world order built on power

The UN’s response to Gaza exposes how the post-war system serves power over law.

epa12578943 Internally displaced Palestinians walk among the ruins of destroyed buildings in the Al Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 08 December 2025, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Around 1.9 million people in Gaza, nearly 90 percent of the population, have been displaced since the Israel-Hamas conflict began in October 2023, according to the UN. EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

Gangster geopolitics and Israel’s annexation plans

The Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank shows a shocking disregard for international law.

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The US won’t pivot away from the Middle East

Neither realist arguments nor ethical considerations will lead to a US disengagement from the Middle East.

Smoke and flame rise after what fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces said were US-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij where ISIL are positioned, in Aleppo [REUTERS]

What’s different about the Brussels attacks

The retaliatory capacities and strategy of non-Western adversaries are traumatising the West.

Hundreds of people come together at Place de la Bourse in Brussels to mourn [AP]

UN General Assembly is failing but let’s not give up

The assembly may seem irrelevant to ongoing world conflicts, but it is a gesture towards some kind of global democracy.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the UN General Assembly [AP]

Who is the winner of Turkey’s elections?

The ruling AKP should present a clear leadership path to overcome existing problems and political polarisation.

RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN AND AHMET DAVUTOGLU

Iran ‘open letter’ may jeopardise peace

Republican senators acted irresponsibly by writing an open letter to the leadership of Iran.

Senate Republican leadership speaks to members of the news media following a Democratic policy lucheon

The pope, writer Rushdie and Charlie

There are many compromises that can be made to ensure maximum freedom of expression while acknowledging certain limits.

A Muslim man holds a placard, reading 'Not in my name' in eastern France [AFP]

Towards a post-Oslo phase

Downgrading the significance of the UK vote on Palestine is part of Israel’s tactical response.

Palestine has already been accorded recognition by 134 states, writes Falk [Getty]