International Women’s Day is for the few, not the many
Every March 8, the world is flooded with glossy campaigns urging us to “accelerate action” and “inspire inclusion”. International Women’s ...
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The real reason behind Trump’s tariffs on Mexico and military buildup
Earlier this week, President Donald Trump’s administration announced the imposition of 25-percent tariffs on imports from Mexico only to roll ...
A new Muslim and African ban by Trump can and must be prevented
More than a month into US President Donald Trump’s second term, his brutal crackdown on immigration and asylum seekers has ...
Why is America afraid of ‘No Other Land’?
On Sunday, the Israeli-Palestinian co-production No Other Land was awarded an Academy Award for best documentary. The Oscar – a ...
An open letter to Trump from former Guantanamo prisoners
The 16 signatories condemn Trump’s order to detain undocumented people in the military prison.We, the undersigned former Guantanamo prisoners, strongly ...
Trump’s attempt to topple Zelenskyy through elections could be catastrophic
On February 28, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a long-awaited meeting with US President Donald Trump in an attempt to ...
Is this the end of Milorad Dodik’s political life?
On Wednesday, the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina handed down a one-year jail sentence to Bosnian Serb leader Milorad ...
Ramadan in Gaza: Ruins and unshakable faith
Ramadan has come to devastated Gaza. While the rest of the world embarks with a festive mood on a month ...
Trump did on live TV what other US presidents would just do in private
Psst. Over here. Over here. You want to hear a trade secret? The bulk of journalists who cover the so-called ...
On a pause from genocide, Israel turns its focus to ethnic cleansing
On Sunday, February 23, Israel deployed tanks in the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than two ...
Canada already is America’s 51st state
For many Canadians, a thrilling ice hockey game turned out to be an exhilarating antidote to an unforgiving winter. More ...
Imposing tariffs on China will not help resolve the US fentanyl crisis
On February 1, the United States government announced a new 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports under the pretext of ...
Centring the voiceless: Pope Francis’s enduring global impact
According to Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, Pope Francis has ...
The protests in Serbia are historic, the world shouldn’t ignore them
For four months now, Serbia has been gripped by unprecedented protests. The upheaval was sparked by the collapse of a ...
The wounds of the 1944 deportation still fester in Chechnya and beyond
A day before Ukraine marks three years since the full-scale Russian invasion, the Chechen and Ingush peoples are commemorating the ...
Allowing racist tropes about Romani people to persist is dangerous
The black tea I sipped in the cafe seemed to curdle as I processed the words. An engaging conversation with ...
Trump’s extremist border policies are part of a global authoritarian moment
On January 29, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum instructing his government to expand detention capacity at ...
Gaza urgently needs a more effective humanitarian approach
The ceasefire agreement in Gaza has now held for a month. There have been critical moments and violations, but the ...
Europe’s Trump dilemma
US President Donald Trump has announced that he intends to talk “peace in Ukraine” with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at ...
I stayed until the end, Dr Abu Nujaila. We will remember and rebuild
“Whoever stays until the end will tell the story. We did what we could – remember us.” These were the ...
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