If we are to take seriously the reporting of the media, this week a devil was unleashed in the core of Europe. The tension had been building but the growing risk had hitherto been successfully contained. No more.
It started as an intense military battle, costing over a thousand Iranian lives and billions of dollars in damage to Iran’s economy, military and internal infrastructure, as well as to the infrastructure of the Gulf’s Arab countries.
The momentum of China’s uneven 2025 recovery continued into the first six months of this year, but amid a decline in many sectors. Fixed asset investment fell 2.6% year-on-year by the end of 2025, and continued to fall into the first two quarters of 2026. Accurate data has yet to be collated.
There is something deeply unsettling about the way the Indonesian government is signaling its priorities. When an earthquake struck East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), the government, state-owned enterprises and Danantara opened a public fundraising drive as part of Indonesia’s Independence Day celebrations.
Operations Chief of Staff Cheyenne Torres and Anila Ali, president of the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council, discuss the importance of moderate religious leadership, historical examples of coexistence and the role of education in strengthening pluralism.
Zolani Tete was almost home. On Friday evening, August 21, the former world boxing champion sat in his car in Mdantsane township, South Africa, waiting for the gate to his residence to open. Two men wearing balaclavas emerged from another vehicle and opened fire.
Over the past year, in several parts of the world, children have gone to school in the shadow of war, and too many have not made it home. In Gaza, schools and universities have been destroyed or damaged on a devastating scale. In Ukraine, schools continue to be damaged by missiles and drones.
US President Donald Trump has long held that NATO was costing the US “too much money.” As a presidential candidate in 2016, he pointed out that “NATO was set up when we were a richer country” and the time had come for Europe to share more of the costs of this longstanding alliance.
Fair Observer’s Chief Strategy Officer Peter Isackson and Devina Mehra, Founder and Chairperson of First Global, discuss whether artificial intelligence is creating a dangerous investment bubble.
In my previous column, after examining the meaning of expert intelligence and the possible relationship between the way humans and AI approach the question of “understanding the world,” the chatbot and I agreed that attempting to quantify intelligence can only be a vain and misleading endeavor.
As we just passed the six-month milestone of the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, US President Donald Trump posted a claim on his Truth Social website that the war was “Mission Accomplished.” Paired with an AI-generated image contrasting his alleged success with the widely mocked “Mission A…
Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh discusses how the Trump administration’s emerging “Donroe Doctrine” seeks to redefine American strategy in the Western Hemisphere. Drawing on the 2025 US National Security Strategy, he traces the historical evolution of the Monroe Doctrine before examining how concerns ove…
To make sense of the world or indeed anything in the world ordinary citizens must strive to capture, interpret and react to the thinking of a class of people who have achieved recognition as reliable experts or proximate witnesses to some form of truth about the world.
Sudan’s civil war is not a simple clash between rival generals. It is the continuation of an Islamist project that began in 1989, when the Muslim Brotherhood seized power through a military coup and turned Sudan into its first openly ruled “model” state.
The Germans, it is said, love to be afraid. They fear recessions, inflation, immigration, climate change, pandemics and, of course, war. They celebrate these fears so fervently that the term “German angst” has made its way into the English language.
In June 2026, Hespress — Morocco’s leading digital news source — published a headline that read: “Murder Case Haunts An African In Al-Darwa.” No nationality was mentioned or geographic detail. Just “an African”, as though Morocco were not itself on the continent.
An unusual race is taking place in the 2026 Brazilian presidential election. On the surface, it seems to be a repeat of 2022’s election, as polls show that the nation is still polarized between two candidates.
Europe’s rearmament plans just gained new urgency following US President Donald Trump’s decision not to deploy its 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force (2MDTF) to Germany in 2026. Announced in July 2024 by the Biden administration, this commitment to Europe most notably included the deployment of ground-laun…
On December 25, 2025, a US Navy ship fired Tomahawk cruise missiles at Islamic State camps in Nigeria’s Sokoto State — the first confirmed use of ship-launched strikes on Nigerian soil, according to United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) and US officials.
The protests that should have changed everything have led Iran into a nightmare few saw coming. In early 2026, as Iranians took to the streets demanding dignity, freedom and a transition from the Islamic Republic’s suffocating grip to a more democratic system, many hoped for a genuine opening toward…
Let me try to tell you what an old man I really am. As a start, imagine this: I still read The New York Times every day on paper. Yes, the paper NYT still exists! Yikes!
When someone accuses a public figure of manifesting “a textbook case of obsession and demonisation,” this Devil’s Advocate deems it time to intervene. Who hasn’t noticed that there are many cases of truly demonic behavior in the world today, committed not only by individuals but especially by govern…
Imagine yourself the quiet owner of a nice two-story home on a large lot in a leafy neighborhood, living next door to a fine, helpful neighbor who would give you a cup of sugar or shovel your driveway in winter if you were ill.
Strengthening farm incomes and building more resilient livelihoods should be central to India’s shift towards less water-intensive crops, as growing water scarcity and rising temperatures place increasing pressure on the country’s agricultural resources.
