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US’s RFK Jr claims Arabs ‘don’t produce science’: Why he’s very, very wrong
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has claimed Arabs have not made contributions to math, science or literature.
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Israel returns 22 stolen ancient artefacts to Greece
The cultural exchange comes amid strengthening ties between the two countries.
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What is ‘Herod’s Pool’, and why is Israel developing it in the West Bank?
Israel is developing a reservoir on land in the occupied West Bank, with water syphoned off from Palestinians.
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Deja Vu: Did the fall of al-Andalus reshape Europe forever?
Deja Vu traces Europe’s Muslim history from al-Andalus to today. Why are Muslims still treated as outsiders?
Remains of Bulgaria’s Czar Samuel return ‘home’ after 1,000 years
The emperor is a symbol of Bulgarian national identity whose repatriation stoked tensions with Greece.
‘Trauma still there’: A decades-old standoff returns to Northern Ireland
Families who lived through one of the Troubles’ worst flashpoints fear its legacy is reaching another generation.
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Lebanese in Brazil, Brazilian in Lebanon
Their families left Lebanon generations ago. For some Lebanese Brazilians, Lebanon’s pull never disappeared.
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Jews and Muslims lived together for centuries. Did Zionism tear them apart?
On Deja Vu, Rabbi Haim Sofer explores the history of the Neturei Karta movement’s opposition to Zionism.
State funeral honours Hong Kong’s first post-colonial leader Tung Chee-hwa
Selected by Beijing in 1996, Tung Chee-hwa’s tenure shaped post-colonial Hong Kong during a turbulent political era.
Michelle Bachelet exits UN chief race after low poll support
Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet ends her bid to be the first woman to lead the United Nations.
![Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet speaks during the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2017 [File: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/getty_6aaf29fa7b-1789864442.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Rare Ethiopian manuscript stolen by British forces triggers restitution row
The Gondar Gospel belonged to the library of Emperor Tewodros but was seized in a battle decades ago.
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