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Remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi: The struggle for justice continues

A tribute to the 26-year-old activist, writer, and friend whose life and death reveal both the brutality of Israeli military violence and the failures of US officials to seek accountability.

Remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi: The struggle for justice continues

Remembering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi: The struggle for justice continues

Zangezur Corridor, a century-long artery between rivalry and resilience

Zangezur Corridor, a century-long artery between rivalry and resilience

Zangezur Corridor, a century-long artery between rivalry and resilience

Anchored by Türkiye, the Zangezur Corridor promises new east–west connectivity. But whether it drives cooperation or rivalry depends on Washington and Beijing.

By Huseyin Nurlu

Beyond the West: The SCO’s quest for a multipolar world

Beyond the West: The SCO’s quest for a multipolar world

Beyond the West: The SCO’s quest for a multipolar world

The just-concluded summit in China’s Tianjin laid the roadmap for the bloc to chart its own path, away from the pulls and pressures of the US-led West.

In Gaza, Israel's genocidal war is depriving young Palestinians of food and education

In Gaza, Israel's genocidal war is depriving young Palestinians of food and education

In Gaza, Israel's genocidal war is depriving young Palestinians of food and education

Delaying education until “after the crisis” risks irreparable loss, hinders learning, and deepens trauma.

By Talal Alhathal

Erdogan at SCO summit signals Türkiye's new role in Eurasian balancing act

Erdogan at SCO summit signals Türkiye's new role in Eurasian balancing act

Erdogan at SCO summit signals Türkiye's new role in Eurasian balancing act

Ankara’s pragmatic diplomacy makes it uniquely placed to act as the bridge between the West and East. Erdogan’s China trip precisely underlined this fact.

By Djoomart Otorbaev

The world’s media falls silent in solidarity, Gaza’s journalists are silenced forever

The world’s media falls silent in solidarity, Gaza’s journalists are silenced forever

The world’s media falls silent in solidarity, Gaza’s journalists are silenced forever

Nearly 200 outlets across 50 countries are protesting Israel’s war on journalism. For those of us still reporting under fire in Gaza, solidarity is welcome, but accountability remains absent.

By Husam Maarouf

Behind The Headlines

Has the West shut the door on Iran nuclear talks in haste?

Has the West shut the door on Iran nuclear talks in haste?

Has the West shut the door on Iran nuclear talks in haste?

Sabena Siddiqui

Behind the Flags: How England’s ‘grassroots’ patriotism masks a far-right agenda

Behind the Flags: How England’s ‘grassroots’ patriotism masks a far-right agenda

Behind the Flags: How England’s ‘grassroots’ patriotism masks a far-right agenda

Yousra Samir Imran

UK Muslims targeted in plot that barely made headlines

UK Muslims targeted in plot that barely made headlines

UK Muslims targeted in plot that barely made headlines

Sunniya Ahmad Pirzada

Eight years after genocide, the Rohingya remain abandoned to starvation and silence

Eight years after genocide, the Rohingya remain abandoned to starvation and silence

Eight years after genocide, the Rohingya remain abandoned to starvation and silence

Once promised protection and justice, the Rohingya now face a collapsing refugee response in Bangladesh, deliberate starvation in Myanmar, and abandonment by the international community.

By Maung Tun Khin

Myanmar to Gaza: Impotence of courts in preventing genocides and punishing perpetrators

Myanmar to Gaza: Impotence of courts in preventing genocides and punishing perpetrators

Myanmar to Gaza: Impotence of courts in preventing genocides and punishing perpetrators

Eight years after Myanmar’s army launched a violent campaign to erase the Rohingya, the global community has done little to bring the perpetrators to book.

By Natalie Brinham, Maung Zarni

A flawed policy: The US war on drugs in Latin America criminalises people

A flawed policy: The US war on drugs in Latin America criminalises people

A flawed policy: The US war on drugs in Latin America criminalises people

Washington’s strategy of using force in its war on drug cartels is not working. Because it’s a flawed concept that targets civilians.

By Alfonso Insuasty Rodriguez

Israel’s E1 plan turns the two-state solution into a two-state illusion

Israel’s E1 plan turns the two-state solution into a two-state illusion

Israel’s E1 plan turns the two-state solution into a two-state illusion

Thousands of Palestinians face displacement and fragmentation as Israel approves construction that severs the occupied West Bank. World leaders must choose between words and action.

Operation ‘falling lion’: Israeli spy agency Mossad’s collapse in Türkiye

Operation ‘falling lion’: Israeli spy agency Mossad’s collapse in Türkiye

Operation ‘falling lion’: Israeli spy agency Mossad’s collapse in Türkiye

Turkish intelligence has not only exposed and dismantled Mossad’s covert networks but done so openly, redefining modern counterespionage with transparency, precision, and strategic dominance.

By Huseyin Nurlu

A nation at the crossroads: Pashinyan’s ‘Real Armenia’ and what it means for the Caucasus

A nation at the crossroads: Pashinyan’s ‘Real Armenia’ and what it means for the Caucasus

A nation at the crossroads: Pashinyan’s ‘Real Armenia’ and what it means for the Caucasus

As Yerevan charts a new course, opposition is mounting from the Church and diaspora, illustrating the challenge of redefining national identity in a post-war era.

By Huseyin Nurlu

Why the outrage now? Annihilating Gaza was Netanyahu’s endgame from day one

Why the outrage now? Annihilating Gaza was Netanyahu’s endgame from day one

Why the outrage now? Annihilating Gaza was Netanyahu’s endgame from day one

Western leaders knew Israel’s plans for Gaza all along — their outrage now is less about morality than about politics, public pressure, and damage control.

By Muhammad Shehada

Spotlight

Ozan Ahmet Cetin

The limits of global AI control and what it means for the world order

The limits of global AI control and what it means for the world order

What's next for Ukraine? Trump and Putin leave the world guessing

What's next for Ukraine? Trump and Putin leave the world guessing

Mehmet Emre Kahraman

Dominance to dependence: How the US–China AI race is shaping the future

Dominance to dependence: How the US–China AI race is shaping the future

Sona Muzikarova

Can a Trump-Putin deal without Zelenskyy achieve peace in Ukraine?

Can a Trump-Putin deal without Zelenskyy achieve peace in Ukraine?

Spotlight

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

Once pledged equality and belonging in the aftermath of Partition, India’s 200 million Muslims now face legal, political, and cultural exclusions that erode the very foundations of the republic’s secular promise.

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

Azerbaijan, Armenia and the road to peace in the South Caucasus

The US-brokered truce also opens a new window for Türkiye to increase cooperation in the region.

Azerbaijan, Armenia and the road to peace in the South Caucasus

Azerbaijan, Armenia and the road to peace in the South Caucasus

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

Once pledged equality and belonging in the aftermath of Partition, India’s 200 million Muslims now face legal, political, and cultural exclusions that erode the very foundations of the republic’s secular promise.

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

After 78 years, India’s Muslims are being written out of citizenship

Azerbaijan, Armenia and the road to peace in the South Caucasus

The US-brokered truce also opens a new window for Türkiye to increase cooperation in the region.

Azerbaijan, Armenia and the road to peace in the South Caucasus

Azerbaijan, Armenia and the road to peace in the South Caucasus