Baby Zohran Mamdani with my brother-in-law, Feizel Mamdoo, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Congratulations Mr Mayor!

The Republicans can't win with Trump - or without him His power may already be waning

Can't win with Trump or without him. The Republicans' dilemma @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/repu...

U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials

U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/w...

Please donate! The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network supports brilliant Arab women journalists doing vital work.

The Marie Colvin Center is hosting Robin Barnwell, 2025
Scripps Howard Fund award winning
director of A Year of War, Israelis and Palestinians, at the Wang Center, 1pm, Wed October 8, @stonybrooku.bsky.social . All welcome.

Opinion | The message is clear: anybody who crosses the President does so at their peril

🖋️ @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social ➡️ Read more: trib.al/P0EPsND

As a Sarah…

Putin denies justice for Marie Colvin by harbouring Assad French authorities have issued arrest warrants for the former Syrian president, his brother and henchmen over the killing of the Sunday Times journalist in 2012

Putin denies justice for Marie Colvin by harbouring Assad

www.thetimes.com/article/2471...

Only 25 people can solve Syria’s darkest puzzle. They’re dentists Tens of thousands of people were tortured and murdered by the Assad regime. Now an unlikely alliance has begun the monumental task of identifying them

Only 25 people can solve Syria’s darkest puzzle. They’re dentists - sobering story about the disappeared by @christinalamb.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/99ad...

Plenty of admiration and no deal in sight - Trump's summit was a failure A red carpet reception and a ride in Trump's car - that's about as much we got from the supposedly blockbuster summit

Coy flirting, fraternal greetings and nothing to show for it. Now it's over to Zelensky when Putin could stop the war tomorrow inews.co.uk/opinion/admi...

Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike - Committee to Protect Journalists New York, August 10, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled to learn of the killing today of Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and M...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza.

Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF.

#NotATarget

Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

JD Vance has a choice: be Trump’s puppet president or become irrelevant It is greatly in the President's interest to line up an eager and compliant heir

JD Vance has finally made it to South Park as Trump's mini-sidekick in ...here's my column on why he's stuck in the role of puppet in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/jd-v...

The person most excited for a Kamala Harris comeback? Donald Trump It's the same-old same old from the Democrats

A Kamala comeback? It's the same-old, same-old from the Democrats. My column in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/pers...

Syria returns to bloodshed: ‘I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’ Members of the Druze minority are telling of executions, allegedly by gunmen from government forces, after clashes between opposing groups

Syria returns to bloodshed: ‘I’m a mother who saw her sons killed’. A devastating report by @christinalamb.bsky.social

www.thetimes.com/article/eb67...

"The American media might have cowed to Trump over Epstein - but the British won't," writes @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social

Read more: https://trib.al/qYAmiXk

How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar al-Assad.

How Syria’s Dictator Buried His Victims - superb investigation by @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Play nice, then bully: Trump maps out the long game with Iran The US President is positioning himself as the only man who can broker peace, once the bombing stops

Play nice: then bully. Trump maps out the long game with Iran. My column on the Israeli attacks. inews.co.uk/opinion/play...

Goodbye for now to a very special group of communication and journalism students. I’ll be seeing some if you in Sweden! @stonybrooku.bsky.social

A round of applause for these talented journalism masters students 👏👏👏👏@stonybrooku.bsky.social

Trump's critics could very soon look like chumps After hitting the buffers a few times, it's possible we are about to see some of his policies pay off

Beware! Trump's critics could look like chumps @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Riots would be a gift to Trump - and propel him into an indefinite presidency The White House is itching for the revival of Antifa

Trump is itching for the revival of Antifa @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/riot...

Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s charming press chief with a mean-girl glint The White House press secretary is a Maga loyalist who is tipped to become the US president’s chief of staff

Our now in the stylish new Observer observer.co.uk/news/profile...

Delighted to see @lauracummingart.bsky.social and Robert Harris puffed on the front page. The picture is a work of art in itself…

Trump, Vance and why their next big prize is the Catholic Church US President will be at the Vatican for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday, reflecting the growing importance of the Catholic vote to Maga

Opinion | Trump, Vance and why their next big prize is the Catholic Church

Trumpworld thinks it is time to Make the Vatican Great Again

🖋 @sarahbaxterstm.bsky.social

JD Vance will soon learn he is as disposable as Mike Pence The President loves to divide and conquer

Could he fumble the ball? JD Vance will soon learn he is as disposable as Mike Pence
inews.co.uk/opinion/jd-v...

This is Trump's Joe Biden hour: his credibility is collapsing It's remarkable how fast presidents can squander their political capital

When trust is lost, it's hard to recover. This is Trump's Joe Biden moment - my column in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...

Agreed!

He’ll never admit it – but Trump is embarrassed by the Signal leak The gaffe is eating away at his credibility

Trump is Teflon but his officiaks arent. Signalgate isnt over yet inews.co.uk/opinion/hell...

Always distrusted Last Tango. Exploitative not arthouse

Gutless and clueless, the Democrats are paralysed by Trump The official opposition is AWOL

Gutless and clueless, the Democrats are paralysed by Trump - out now in @theipaper inews.co.uk/opinion/gutl...