I’m writing this piece well into US President Donald Trump’s new war with Iran, which, with the help of Israel, has already killed more than 2,000 civilians, including 175 schoolgirls and staff; ...

Shamim Mafi, a US permanent resident living in California, was arrested for allegedly brokering millions of dollars in Iranian weapons sales to conflict zones like Sudan. Prosecutors say she worked ...

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained, you will also suffer a defeat. If you know ...

Wars are usually judged by who wins and who loses on the battlefield. The Iran War is not. The conflict surrounding Iran is producing a different kind of outcome. Its most significant effects are not ...

In early March 2026, US President Donald Trump called Kurdish leader Mustafa Hejri, the head of the Iranian Democratic Party. The purpose of this call, according to the sources, was to push Kurds to ...

The Indian government has recently launched a series of measures aimed at increasing the accountability of social media platforms. Such measures include requiring companies to label AI-generated ...

Pakistan does not have many painless economic choices left. Years of debt pressure, weak investment and recurring balance-of-payments stress have forced the state into a cycle of short recoveries ...

The IRS recognizes Fair Observer as a section 501(c)(3) registered public charity (EIN: 46-4070943), enabling you to claim a tax deduction.

In the first part of this conversation, I followed the lead of Shane Harris —The Atlantic’s staff writer specialized in national security, intelligence and foreign policy — who recounted in a ...

Today, the Taliban controls Afghanistan not only through force, but through what they allow the world to see. In recent years, following the Taliban’s return to power, a noticeable trend has emerged ...

Indonesia’s energy transition faces a financing bottleneck, with coal retirement stalled despite strong climate commitments. A small, concessional financing deal with the Japan Bank for International ...

The term “Singularity” refers to the point at which AI surpasses human intelligence and begins to improve itself faster than humans can understand or control. Once that threshold has been crossed, ...