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Revealed: Why there is an abandoned Ottoman tomb in remote India

Abdulmecid II, the last caliph, dreamt of resurrecting the caliphate abolished by Turkey

'The last stop of Europe': In a remote Greek port, live like a pasha in an Ottoman palace How did the Ottoman caliphate come to an end?

Starmer's fingerprints - not just the Tories' - are all over Britain's race riots

Why blaming the Israel lobby for western Middle East policies is misguided

How Netanyahu's Washington visit paved the way for regional war

UK Elections 2024

How Gaza sparked a new movement for justice in the UK

Rishi Sunak, his family, and India's far right

Is Israel going the way of the Crusaders?

Israel's war on Gaza

The message of Israel’s torture chambers is directed at all of us, not just Palestinians

Israel's war on Gaza

Francesca Albanese: ICC should seek more arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

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How Trump won: The rise of America’s false prophet

Still fighting the last war: Syria and the Western peace movement

Divide and rule: How the school system sows division among Israel's Palestinians

Different face, same party: The fake detoxification of France's far-right

From Delhi with love: The forgotten voice of Nizamuddin Auliya

It's complicated: Why Iran and Saudi Arabia don't get along

Iran's election: Is it going to be Ahmadinejad versus Rouhani?

The casualties of Obama’s Syria policy

How IS has left France asking: Where do we go from here?

The Saudis, 9/11 and the 28 pages: America has gone to war for much less

After Nice: Grief and disgrace

Egypt's embattled feminism: Fighting violence, harassment and FGM under Sisi

Eyewitness to a coup: How Turkish people power triumphed over brute force

How Tony Blair lied to Parliament to fulfil his war promise to Bush

The cynical exploitation of the Orlando shooting

American air supremacy isn’t what it used to be