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Mahir Ali
As Sudanese make their demand for democracy, there’s blood in the Nile
In both instances, what proved crucial was the reluctance or refusal of younger military officers to go on the rampage against fellow citizens.
13 Jun 2019 3:25 AM
Will China one day erect a memorial to Tiananmen martyrs?
The students in Tiananmen Square were joined by many other Beijing residents, and it is estimated that their numbers swelled to a million.
06 Jun 2019 12:05 AM
Young, female, articulate: The tribe taking up the Left baton
That remains extremely unlikely, but no one can seriously claim that they haven’t made a difference.
16 May 2019 2:53 AM
US-sponsored coup a flop, Venezuela will chart its course
The transmitted images were framed in such a way as to disguise the paucity of the personnel.
09 May 2019 12:05 AM
Seeger’s legacy of song and struggle is now a century old
The Torn Flag isn’t among Pete Seeger’s particularly memorable tracks.
02 May 2019 1:24 AM
Lanka had no Christchurch linkage, so why was it targeted?
Sri Lanka has requested, and been offered, international help in investigating the atrocities.
25 Apr 2019 12:14 AM
After elections in Israel, future seems bleaker for Palestinians
It is often said that the ability to indict a sitting PM elevates Israel above other semi-democracies in West Asia, such as Egypt or Turkey.
18 Apr 2019 12:17 AM
Can Mexico’s Amlo deliver what Zapata had died for?
The movement took its name from a key figure in the revolutionary tumult that consumed Mexico in the second decade of the 20th century.
11 Apr 2019 5:22 AM
Zulfikar had left behind a legacy of lost opportunities
There can be little doubt that the manner in which the PPP approached the 1977 election was profoundly problematic.
04 Apr 2019 12:05 AM
Every putative Brexit solution has problems attached to it
May hesitated to put her deal to a parliamentary vote, and when she did it went down to the largest defeat for a govt motion in more than a century.
28 Mar 2019 12:16 AM
Islamophobic terror as vile as jihad, don’t underplay it
In Australia, though, efforts are already afoot to preserve the scope for Islamophobia, which is an even bigger trend across Europe and in the US.
21 Mar 2019 1:50 AM
Algeria govt has a lot to answer for
A long civil war followed, a devastating contest for ascendancy between Islamist insurgents and the state in which civilians paid the highest price.
14 Mar 2019 12:38 AM
Dream of world Communism: Simply a fantasy a century back?
The founding congress of the Third International almost didn't achieve its objective, though.
07 Mar 2019 1:18 AM
Corbyn biases, anti-Semitism behind UK Labour exodus
Jeremy Corbyn's elevation to party leader was greeted with horror by some of those familiar with his empathy for the Palestinians.
28 Feb 2019 2:23 AM
Why Warsaw failed to fulfil its objective of isolating Iran
That obviously does not prevent him, alongside so many other prominent anti-Semites, from perceiving Israel as a shining ideological exemplar.
21 Feb 2019 12:20 AM
Thailand frees Arab dissident, but democracy takes a beating
Anyhow, Ubolratana rapidly withdrew her candidacy and, for good measure, was officially disqualified this week.
14 Feb 2019 1:54 AM
Afghanistan is not headed towards peace after US exit
There can be no question the Afghan Taliban regime that began consolidating its power in the mid-1990s was atrocious in every sense of the word.
07 Feb 2019 12:17 AM
Venezuelans will mostly be pleased over Maduro’s exit
US-led sanctions and sharp fluctuations in the price of oil, Venezuela’s key export, have justifiably been blamed for the catastrophe.
31 Jan 2019 12:32 AM
Brexit may be Britain’s worst crisis since World War II
The most worried segments of the public have lately been stockpiling food and medicines, just in case.
24 Jan 2019 12:00 AM
Remembering Red Rosa: The ‘inspiration’ behind Lenin?
Germany was transformed on the eve of the November 1918 armistice, largely through direct action by soldiers, sailors and workers.
17 Jan 2019 12:15 AM
Columns
There are problems, of course, some of them unstated, some overstated.
The problem with this demand is that it is the craving of the injured ego as well as injured bodies of the doctors on strike.
BJP rebel Shatrughan Sinha, who joined the Congress shortly before the Lok Sabha elections, is said to be miffed with his new party.
A sensible policy would be to have talks on our terms and agenda at a time of our choosing.