Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever.
Acting in the name of a self-centred version of...
I’ve been aware of statelessness as a desperately important and under-reported problem for years, first writing about it in 2017. It fascinates me in large...
A missile strike, an attack that opened the United States–Israel military campaign against Iran on 28 February 2026, destroyed the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab, in southern Hormozgan province of Iran.
The assault occurred during the school day. Classrooms were full. More than 165 young children were killed, the majority of them girls between the ages of seven and twelve.
Five years after returning to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban’s rule remains as ultra-extremist as ever.
Acting in the name of a self-centred version of...
