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France has long defended laïcité, or state secularism, as a principle intended to protect both the neutrality of public institutions and the freedom of individual conscience. But the National...

For more than 150 years, birthright citizenship has meant that almost every child born on American soil begins life as an American citizen, regardless of where their parents came from. President...

For years, parents, educators and policymakers have debated what social media is doing to teenagers. The concerns are familiar: how much time young people spend scrolling, what content algorithms...

For decades, school shootings were largely viewed outside the US as a uniquely American crisis. From Columbine to Sandy Hook, Parkland and Uvalde, images of students hiding in classrooms and heavily...

For several years, it appeared that Hollywood was finally moving away from its obsession with extremely thin women. Body positivity became mainstream, plus-size models appeared on magazine covers and...

In late July, around 72,000 migrants from Morocco attempted to enter Ceuta, a small Spanish territory on the North African coast, with large numbers swimming around border barriers to reach European...

What began as an internet joke has evolved into one of the most significant youth-led protest movements India has witnessed in years. The so-called "Cockroach" movement, organised by the Cockroach...

The devastating wildfires spreading across Spain and France should not be viewed as another difficult summer for Europe. They are further evidence that climate change is no longer a future threat but...

France is once again at the centre of a national debate over policing, this time following the National Assembly's approval of a bill that would fundamentally change how fatal police shootings...

The Egypt-Argentina World Cup match could have been remembered as one of the tournament's most entertaining games. Instead, it has become a symbol of something much larger: growing distrust in...

For many people, the sight of a spider scurrying across the living room floor is enough to cause panic. Now imagine that spider being noticeably larger than the ones you remember growing up with....

Oman’s decision to reserve 11 additional seats for women in the Majlis Ash'Shura marks one of the most significant political reforms for women in the country in recent years. By allocating one...

Every World Cup comes with controversy, but few have arrived under political circumstances as divisive as the 2026 tournament in the US. What should be a celebration of football has instead become...

The United Kingdom's move toward designating Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation raises serious questions about how governments define extremism, political violence and dissent. If the...

Europe's latest heatwave should be a wake-up call, temperatures reaching 35°C in parts of France and the United Kingdom would once have been considered exceptional. Today, they are becoming...

For decades, France has promoted itself as a country of opportunity, education and cultural exchange. It has attracted students, workers, researchers and families from around the world, many of whom...

The shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, which left three people dead, was horrifying not only because of the violence itself, but because of what it revealed about the way terrorism is...

At a time when much of Europe is moving towards harsher immigration policies, Spain has taken a different path, one rooted not in fear but in pragmatism and humanity. Earlier this year, the Spanish...

The arrival of the hantavirus stricken cruise ship MV Hondius in the Canary Islands has reignited a fear many people hoped they would never experience again: the fear of another global outbreak...

The reported shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, an event attended by high-profile political figures including US President Donald Trump, his wife and Vice-President J D...