Domicide: the destruction of homes in Gaza reminds me of what happened to my city, Homs
Oct 27, 2023 14:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views
This article accompanies an episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast featuring an interview with the author, Ammar Azzouz. The Israeli bombardment of Gaza following the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7 has...
Oct 27, 2023 14:55 pm UTC| Sports
This week, two of the original members of Australias 1971 ping-pong diplomacy team are returning to Beijing to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Half a century ago, few could...
Despite its inflammatory rhetoric, Iran is unlikely to attack Israel. Here's why
Oct 27, 2023 14:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from multiple fronts if it does not halt its relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip. This warning is widely interpreted as a declaration of intent for Iran to enter the...
Why the Israel-Gaza conflict is so hard to talk about
Oct 27, 2023 14:53 pm UTC| Insights & Views
With the intensification of war in the Middle East, comes an intense polarization within our institutions. A historian whose family was taken hostage by Hamas, and a geographer with family in the West Bank, get together to...
Oct 27, 2023 14:53 pm UTC| Politics
There was some worrying news for Volodymyr Zelensky this week when the US House of Representatives finally elected a new speaker. Mike Johnson, a Republican congressman from Louisiana, has consistently opposed US funding...
Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria
Oct 25, 2023 14:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Israel appears to be preparing for the next phase of its military operation: a ground campaign to crush and destroy Hamas, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put it. Israel has signaled that it might be...
From messages on bombs to keychains made from downed Russian jets: Crowdfunding the war in Ukraine
Oct 24, 2023 09:26 am UTC| Business
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, its expectations of a quick and decisive victory evaporated quickly as Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces proved more capable and resilient than...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight