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A grinning skull and crossbones is seen on a black flag.

From anime to activism: How the ‘One Piece’ pirate flag became the global emblem of Gen Z resistance

Nuurrianti Jalli, Oklahoma State University

The Ganges River is drying faster than ever – here’s what it means for the region and the world

Mehebub Sahana, University of Manchester

Large river, old buildings
Israeli doctors reveal their conflicted stories of treating Palestinian prisoners held in notorious ‘black site’ Sde Teiman

Merav Amir, Queen's University Belfast and Hagar Kotef, SOAS, University of London

Israeli military personnel outside the secretive Sde Teiman detention centre
A woman holds aloft a green, white and red flag.

UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen

Maha Nassar, University of Arizona

Three men in suits stand next to each other.

Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance

Linggong Kong, Auburn University

A makeshift war memorial.

Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war

Kerry Whigham, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Thailand’s politically influential Shinawatra family is fading from centre stage – for now

Petra Alderman, London School of Economics and Political Science

Thaksin Shinawatra and Paetongtarn Shinawatra outside a court in Bangkok.
There’s a new outbreak of Ebola in Africa. Here’s what you need to know

C Raina MacIntyre, UNSW Sydney; Ashley Quigley, UNSW Sydney; Mohana Priya Kunasekaran, UNSW Sydney, and Noor Jahan Begum Bari, UNSW Sydney

Aman wearing protective clothing stands outside an Ebola treatment center in the remote Bulape Health Zone, Kasaï province
Refugee protection in Egypt: what’s behind the return train to Sudan

Dina Wahba, University of Freiburg and Franzisca Zanker, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute

A boy carrying a large bag in one hand and a packed backpack walking into the doorway of a train with a white exterior.
Bolsonaro joins a rogues’ gallery of coup plotters held to account for their failed power grab

John Joseph Chin, Carnegie Mellon University and Joe Wright, Penn State

A man with folded arms is seen behind blinds
Turkey and the PKK have made historic moves toward peace – now begins the hard diplomatic work

Alpaslan Ozerdem, George Mason University

Two men sit watching a TV at a cafe.
China’s electric vehicle influence expands nearly everywhere – except the US and Canada

Jack Barkenbus, Vanderbilt University

A large ship waits at a port near a parking lot filled with cars.
Men in military uniforms run to a helicopter.

When it comes to wars − from the Middle East to Ukraine − what we call them matters

Jeff Bachman, American University School of International Service and Esther Brito Ruiz, American University School of International Service

Even if Trump succeeds in bringing Putin and Zelenskyy together, don’t expect wonders − their only previous face-to-face encounter ended in failure

Anna Batta, Air University

Two men in suits look downward.
Poland responds to Russian drones incursion by invoking Article 4 of the NATO treaty − what happens next?

John Deni, US Army War College

A man in a hi-vis jacket stands on a road behind police tape and in front of a house with a destroyed roof.
A group of men and women look at a big screen with men walking on it.

A new world order isn’t coming, it’s already here − and this is what it looks like

John Rennie Short, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

A model of an airplane is seen on a wooden desk.

We tracked every overseas trip by world leaders since the end of the Cold War – here’s what we found

Kylie McKee, University of Denver and Collin J. Meisel, University of Denver

Smoke billows in the aftermath of an explosion.

Israeli strike in Doha crosses a new line from which relations with Gulf may not recover

Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University

An designer's impression of the set for the Shostakovich opera Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk showing a woman standing inside a house upstairs.

Sex, Stalin and Shostakovich: the story of the 1934 opera the Soviet leader walked out of

Pauline Fairclough, University of Bristol

Immigrants in Europe and North America earn 18% less than natives – here’s why

Are Skeie Hermansen, University of Oslo; Andrew Penner, University of California, Irvine, and Marta M. Elvira, IESE Business School (Universidad de Navarra)

Farm workers during harvest time
Where next for Khamenei? After war, Iran’s supreme leader is faced with difficult choices

Shirvin Zeinalzadeh, Arizona State University

A man gives a speech.

Foreign policy 101

What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a multipolar world?

Andrew Latham, Macalester College

A fake monster figure stands next to a similar looking one but made of metal, and a third odd creature stands nearby.
The commitment trap: How Israel, Iran and the US risk becoming prisoners to policies

Andrew Latham, Macalester College

An illustration shows the flags of Israel and Iran
Why Kissinger would have been a Fortnite champ − and other foreign policy lessons from the gaming world

Michael A. Allen, Boise State University

A man in glasses sits next to a screen showing a video game
What is a ‘revisionist’ state, and what are they trying to revise?

Andrew Latham, Macalester College

People sit around a large conference table.
A person walks among rubble.

The ‘security guarantee’ paradox: Too weak and it won’t protect Ukraine; too robust and Russia won’t accept it

Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University

China’s insertion into India-Pakistan waters dispute adds a further ripple in South Asia

Pintu Kumar Mahla, University of Arizona

Barbed wire is seen in front of a small boat with people in it.
Iran and Ethiopia have a security deal – here’s why they signed it

Eric Lob, Florida International University

Soldiers standing in formation holding up two flags, one green, the other with red, yellow and red stripes
Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an oppressed majority – a demagogic trick that endures today

Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan

A man in decorated military uniform stands at a podium.
Filipino sailors dock in Mexico … and help invent tequila?

Stephen Acabado, University of California, Los Angeles

A young woman arranges bottled tequila in a factory.
Is Sudan’s war the reason for South Sudan’s economic crisis? What’s really going on with oil revenue

Jan Pospisil, Coventry University

A large plume of black smoke rising, with a crane in the background
Nations are increasingly ‘playing the field’ when it comes to US and China – a new book explains explains why ‘active nonalignment’ is on the march

Jorge Heine, Boston University

Three men in suits stand next to each other.
PKK’s decision to disband shows the benefit of engaging in politics rather than an armed struggle

Rebecca Lucas, RAND Europe

A young man sitting on the shoulders of another man holds up a portrait of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in a demonstration in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir
Germany steps up to replace ‘unreliable’ US as guarantor of European security

Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham

German chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky walk along a red carpet followed by a man in military uniform.

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Divers with a statue that is being hoisted from the ocean

New finds shed light on Canopus – the ancient Egyptian port city lost to the sea

Claire Isabella Gilmour, University of Bristol

A woman with a red headscarf and wrapped in a red blanket walks on a concrete road under a car garage ceiling of lights. to the left are women sitting down in a line

For Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, ‘reproduction is like a death sentence’

Masaya Llavaneras Blanco, Western University

Israel-Gaza latest

Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status − but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences

Asher Kaufman, University of Notre Dame

People sit on the ground holding flags and placards in front of a large clock.
Beyond recognition: the challenges of creating a new Palestinian state are so formidable, is it even possible?

Martin Kear, University of Sydney

Beyond recognition: the challenges of creating a new Palestinian state are so formidable, is it even possible?
Israel’s killing of journalists follows a pattern of silencing Palestinian media that stretches back to 1967

Maha Nassar, University of Arizona

Th body of a person with a 'press' jacket on top is carried by mourners through the streets.
Israel’s attacks on Gaza are putting people with disabilities at extreme risk

Aleta Moriarty, The University of Melbourne

A man pushes an injured Palestinian on a wheelchair in November 2023.
Read more on the war in Gaza

Ukraine-Russia conflict

Russian president Vladimir Putin with China's Xi Jinpijng and India's Narendra Modi at the 2025 summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, September 1 2025.

The west’s image of Vladimir Putin as an untrustworthy ‘monster’ is getting in the way of peace in Ukraine

Francesco Rigoli, City St George's, University of London

A man kneels in the street, making artworks out of old rifles, as passers-by look on.

Kharkiv: what I saw in Ukraine’s ‘unbreakable’ eastern capital

Frank Ledwidge, University of Portsmouth

More on the Ukraine-Russia War

Trump and the world

Donald Trump gestures as he addresses the media at the White House.

US force has been used against drug traffickers before – but Trump’s plan is a dangerous escalation

Luca Trenta, Swansea University

US presidents have always used transactional foreign policy – but Trump does it differently

Patrick E. Shea, University of Glasgow

Ilham Aliyev and Donald Trump sat at a table as they speak to the media.
Trump’s Middle East pivot aims to counter China’s rising influence

Maria Papageorgiou, Newcastle University

Mohammed bin Salman faces Donald Trump with his hands in the prayer position.
Sanctioning ghosts: Why US plans to hit Russia with fresh economic penalties will have little effect

Keith A. Preble, East Carolina University and Charmaine N. Willis, Old Dominion University

A woman takes a picture of another woman next to a display with a hammer and sickle design
Will Trump’s deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan lead to lasting peace?

Brian Brivati, Kingston University

Ilham Aliyev, Donald Trump and Nikol Pashinyan join hands at the White House.

Around the globe

A bridge extending from a barge in the water.

Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasion

Colin Flint, Utah State University

Ethiopia’s 2026 elections: without reforms, the vote may not be free or fair

Bizuneh Yimenu, Queen's University Belfast

Two men and a woman looking at a pile of folded up papers on a table in front of them
Digital imperialism: How US social media firms are using American law to challenge global tech regulation

Yasmin Curzi de Mendonça, University of Virginia and Camille Grenier, Sciences Po

An assembled crowd stands during a ceremony.
China’s dwindling marriage rate is fuelling demand for brides trafficked from abroad

Ming Gao, Lund University

A Chinese couple on their wedding day.
Colombia wants to ban Pablo Escobar and other narco-themed merchandise – here’s why

Ross Bennett-Cook, Leeds Beckett University

A mural dedicated to Pablo Escobar in a neighbourhood in Medellín.
Iran and US to enter high-stakes nuclear negotiations – hampered by a lack of trust

Ali Bilgic, Loughborough University

A woman walks outside the former US embassy in Tehran which is decorated with murals showing US and Iran in negotiations.
China’s new underwater tool cuts deep, exposing vulnerability of vital network of subsea cables

John Calabrese, American University

A man in a fluorescent vest works on a beach.
DeepSeek is now a global force. But it’s just one player in China’s booming AI industry

Mimi Zou, UNSW Sydney

Red flag with one large yellow star and four smaller yellow stars in top right corner.
African Union’s new chair has a long list of tough tasks – what it will take to get them done

Ulf Engel, University of Leipzig

Man wearing grey suit, seating in front of two flags

Scam Factories: An investigation from The Conversation

Scam Factories: the inside story of Southeast Asia’s brutal fraud compounds

Scam Factories: the inside story of Southeast Asia’s brutal fraud compounds

Gemma Ware, The Conversation; Justin Bergman, The Conversation, and Matt Garrow, The Conversation

‘It seemed like a good job at first’: how people are trafficked, trapped and forced to scam in Southeast Asia – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 1

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Buildings under construction in Sihanoukville.
‘Your life becomes a nightmare’: how scam operations exploit those trapped inside – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 2

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

A man who was trafficked to a compound praying.
‘I thought about escaping every day’: how survivors get out of Southeast Asia’s cybercrime compounds – Scam Factories podcast, Ep 3

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

A man who was trafficked to a scam compound.

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