Gulf ownership of UK assets raise questions over undue influence

The UK government has courted investments from the Gulf to help boost its economy, especially after Brexit. But will it come at a cost?

US Navy’s next-gen naval warfighter is a multi-billion dollar failure

Plagued with every flaw a warship could face, it is difficult to see how the Littoral combat ship was supposed to redefine the US naval standoff with China.

What’s behind the violent sectarian riots in Northern Ireland?

Long ignored by politicians in London, violence in one of Britain's most combustible regions rears its head and endangers a fragile peace.

N. Korea will have 242 nuclear missiles by 2027

Under Kim Jong Un's leadership, North Korea aims to empower its nuclear arsenal by adding 242 nuke missiles and dozens of mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles in the next six years, according to a report.

Prophet Muhammad's female companion built the first Islamic health centre

Rufaida al Aslamiyah devoted all her life to curing the sick and tending the wounded, and she is believed to have founded the first Islamic health centre in Medina.

Kashmir’s resilient tea sellers

A number of Kashmiri women have resorted to setting up tea stalls to cope with the disastrous economic fallout from New Delhi’s annexation in 2019 and the pandemic.

Fuelled by the far-right, domestic terrorism is on the rise in America

Driven primarily by the far-right white supremacists, anti-Muslim and anti-government extremists, domestic terrorism has never peaked this high in the last 25 years, a new study reveals.

Curry: a figment of the British colonial imagination?

In South Asia, the word curry doesn’t really describe much, but is rather an anglicised version of an indigenous word which doesn’t mean ‘curry’.

The US wants to tax multinationals, but who benefits?

A much needed correction in the tax system can end up benefiting the richest countries.

Is Myanmar's army selling the bodies of protesters to their relatives?

Families have reportedly retrieved bodies of family members killed in Myanmar's crackdown, after paying $85 to the military junta.

Where is Donald Trump?

The former president's existence is mediated mainly through press releases, but is anyone listening?

Here’s how Israel hacked Iran’s nuclear facility

Iran’s Natanz reactor’s new centrifuges were targeted in an Israeli cyberattack.