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When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate
ByShams Ali* September 25, 2025

A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like meI was about 13 when my family decided to marry me off to a man of 29. I cried, I resisted. The pain was doubled because even at that age I was a…

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We are sailing to Gaza. Here’s why | David Adler
ByDavid Adler September 25, 2025

Governments have failed the people of Gaza. Now, ordinary people are taking humanitarian matters into their own hands – and putting their lives on the lineRight now – as presidential planes touch down in New York City for the UN general assembly – a fl…

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We are sailing to Gaza. Here’s why | David Adler
ByDavid Adler September 25, 2025

Governments have failed the people of Gaza. Now, ordinary people are taking humanitarian matters into their own hands – and putting their lives on the lineRight now – as presidential planes touch down in New York City for the UN general assembly – a fl…

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Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya trial
ByAngelique Chrisafis in Paris September 25, 2025

Former French president cleared of other charges in relation to alleged pact with Gaddafi regime The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a trial in which he and aides were accused of making an alleged…

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Sarkozy will ‘sleep in jail but with head held high’ after Libya conviction
ByAngelique Chrisafis in Paris September 25, 2025September 25, 2025

Former French president receives five-year prison sentence for criminal conspiracy over pact with Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy said he would “sleep in jail but with my head held high” after receiving a five-year prison sent…

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‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem September 25, 2025

Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexityWhen the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Jerusalem this month, the itinerary his Israeli hosts laid on involved more archaeology…

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‘Tunnel vision’: how Israel is using archaeology for political ends
ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem September 25, 2025

Scientists say Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history shorn of all complexityWhen the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited Jerusalem this month, the itinerary his Israeli hosts laid on involved more archaeology…

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Yemen needs two-state solution as no prospect of ousting Houthis, says southern leader
ByPatrick Wintour in New York September 25, 2025

Aidarous al-Zubaidi says Houthis will not be dislodged by bombing and path to political settlement is blockedYemen needs its own two-state solution, the president of its Southern Transitional Council (STC) has said, warning that there is currently no p…

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The origins of today’s conflict between American Jews over Israel
ByMark Mazower September 25, 2025

In the early years, American Jewish support for Israel was a fraught issue. The turning point was the six-day war of 1967, which solidified a strength of feeling that has only recently begun to fractureEven before it existed, Israel was on American mi…

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Escaping Gaza City, while reporting on its destruction – podcast
By September 25, 2025

Malak A Tantesh on fleeing the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza and becoming a reporter in the most dangerous place on Earth for journalistsMalak A Tantesh is a journalist in Gaza. On 16 September, the day Israel began its full-scale ground offensive G…

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