The collapse of the rules-based order is not confined to the land: we’re imperilled as centuries of maritime cooperation sink beneath the waves
The US military campaign to protect merchant shipping fr…
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Changing face of the Peloponnese: backdrop to The Odyssey braces for tourism surge ⊕
Tracing a journey across the Peloponnese, taking as its starting point the locations of Christopher Nolan’s new film. As the region faces mounting tourism and development pressures, the environment i…
77 days ago
What happens when we lose a language? ⊖⊖
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A staggering 44% of human languages are endangered – with culture, tradition and whole ways of understanding the world at stake
We are lucky to know anything at all about the Ubykh language. In the 18…
3 months ago
A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank ⊖
The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question
Taybeh, a small hilltop town in the heart of the West Bank is one o…
4 months ago
Country diary: A wildflower display of astonishing richness | Mark Cocker ⊕⊕
Drosopigi, the Mani, Greece: This rocky region’s abundance of flora takes the breath away – not least a long and winding trail of Chios chamomile
The Greek name for this southernmost tip of the Pelopo…
Who are the Kurds and why does Trump want them to join the war on Iran? ⊖
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
A nationless ethnic group of more than 30 million people, their homegrown militia has a reputation as an effective fighting force
The Kurds are one of the biggest ethnic groups in the world without th…
5 months ago
White House deletes JD Vance’s social media post referring to Armenian genocide ⊖
US vice-president’s post marks first time Trump administration used the word to describe the massacres
The White House has deleted a social media post in which the vice-president, JD Vance, referred t…
6 months ago
Nine bedrooms, seven untimely deaths: can ‘cursed’ Venice palace finally attract a buyer? ⊕⊕
Palazzo Ca’ Dario, empty for years, has failed to find a new owner, with local legends suggesting it is jinxed
It ought to be an estate agent’s dream. Primely positioned on the banks of the Grand Cana…
‘A gift that cannot be sold’: the Palestinian family fighting to save their West Bank farm ⊕
For more than three decades, the Nassars have battled Israeli efforts to reclassify their property as ‘state land’
In 1916, Daher Nassar, a Christian Palestinian farmer living south of Bethlehem, made…
7 months ago
Libya looks to its past to build a new future as national museum reopens ⊕
It is hoped the institution can help foster new bonds in a fractured nation, but such optimism will be a stretch for some
It was a night at the museum like no other. As the staccato sound of firecrack…