Politics & Society

Lebanon’s political elites are using displacement and humanitarian crisis to delay elections again

18 April 2026
Despairing at the state of the world? The ancient Greeks and Romans knew the feeling

18 April 2026
Trump welcomes Columbus to the White House – and reignites America’s history wars

18 April 2026
How will the Iran war change the Middle East? We asked 5 experts

18 April 2026
All The President’s Men at 50: one of the finest films about investigative journalism ever made

18 April 2026
How might the Strait of Hormuz be reopened? Here are 3 scenarios

18 April 2026
Slopaganda wars: how (and why) the US and Iran are flooding the zone with viral AI-generated noise

18 April 2026
The US-Israel ceasefire with Iran presses pause on a costly war, but can peace last?

18 April 2026
Middle East conflict: this ceasefire may have made Iran stronger

18 April 2026
Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia emerge as a new regional power bloc amid Iran war

18 April 2026