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Unexpected agony
Why Sri Lanka was targeted is unclear.
Mahir Ali
Israel’s destiny
The two-state solution has been dead for years.
A rebel’s cause
The soldiers pretended to salute Zapata but then took aim.
The lost leader
Forty years ago tonight, ZAB’s life was decisively snuffed out of him.
Divide and misrule
There’s a series of problems attached to every putative Brexit solution.
Extreme prejudice
A deep-set desire to instigate a ‘clash of civilisations’? Tick.
Rattled in Algiers
It’s never too late to demand change.
Century-old hopes
The founding congress of the Third International almost didn’t achieve its goal.
Built-in biases
When it comes to Palestinians, the dynamic changes.
New Warsaw pact?
The current masterminds of US foreign policy are bent upon regime change.
Thai reversals
Al Araibi should not have been incarcerated in the first place.
Peace in our time?
Afghans have paid a high price for foreign interventions.
Maduro’s options
No good has ever come from US interventions.
Dogged by Brexit
Crashing out without a deal remains the likeliest prospect.
Deep red Rosa
Socialist Rosa Luxemburg was murdered
a century ago.
Patriarchy blues
In contention here is the right not to be discriminated against.
Not a good start
The Bangladesh poll was a sour note at the end of a generally dismal year.
Out of Syria
Trump has much else to worry about this Christmas season.
Australian asininity
If you try to please all, you please no one.
Macron’s retreat
Arrogance is a characteristic common to every Fifth Republic president.