At the recent BAFTA ceremony in London, the BBC failed to edit out a guest hurling a racial slur at members of the cast of “ Sinners .” What seemed a cut-and-dry case of racism was actually something...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide. But congressional appropriators — who rebuffed similar efforts to...
Sign at No Kings demonstration. Credit: Peter Costantini By Peter Costantini SEATTLE. USA, Apr 24 2026 (IPS) This is the second part of a three-part commentary. Read Part 1: No Kings? Meet King Don and King John – Part 1...
After more than 15 years of collaboration with Dr. Eric Esteve and IPnest, SemiWiki has acquired the famed IP reports with Eric Esteve staying on through 2026 to ease the transition. Not only will SemiWiki provide the industry standard Interface...
Norway should use some of the income from its $2.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, to help civilians suffering from the US-Israeli war on Iran , like it did for Ukraine , the head of the...
The " Boycott of Israel " law in Lebanon has moved to the centre of political debate amid the launch of Lebanese-Israeli negotiations at the US State Department in Washington on 14 April and their continuation on Thursday, 23 April,...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has said his attendance at a sports event in Damascus which drew backlash over "suggestive" dance routines was unplanned, and that he had not been aware of the programme beforehand. His remarks came after...
Israeli soldiers have been accused of widespread looting of civilian property in southern Lebanon , with commanders failing to intervene, according to soldiers and officers. Troops taking part in the invasion of Lebanon have stolen significant amounts of property...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he had received successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, without specifying when the treatment took place. In a statement on social media, as his annual medical report was released, Netanyahu,...
Iran says it’s not in a rush to negotiate, but reality signals something else. Bill Roggio is joined by FDD Senior Fellow Miad Maleki — a former US Treasury sanctions architect — to break down why Tehran walked away from...
The US Justice Department announced that an American special forces soldier has been arrested and charged for pocketing over $400,000 by betting, on the basis of classified information, on the timing of the Trump administration’s abduction of Nicolás Maduro earlier...
Syria says it disrupted a Hezbollah-linked plot and uncovered rockets near the Quneitra area of the Golan Heights. Officials also reported arrests tied to another terrorist cell, plus the seizure of 500,000 Captagon pills in a joint anti-smuggling operation with...
The European Union could agree to impose sanctions on Israelis involved in settler terrorism in the occupied West Bank "in the coming days", France's top diplomat said on Thursday. Israel has relied on the support of Hungary to block settler-related...
Protests ahead of the 1st Conference Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels. Credit: Kefas Matos By Umar Manzoor Shah SRINAGAR, Apr 24 2026 (IPS) A high-stakes international summit in Colombia starting today (April 24) is expected to sharpen global efforts to phase out...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) “If there is no struggle, there is no progress, power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” These words by Frederick Douglass, originally spoken in the context of the fight against slavery, resonate strongly...
Or How Defeat in the Iran War Will Accelerate American Global Decline By Alfred McCOY Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Writing more than 2,000 years ago, the Greek historian Plutarch gave us...
To me this is going to be one of the bigger Chicken Little moments in the history of semiconductors. Mostly because we are now a click driven society and the media is plagued by so called influencers that live and...
Israel is planning a large-scale assault on Gaza despite ceasefires in place, according to remarks from officials and recent reports. Despite the October 2025 ceasefire deal brokered by US President Donald Trump, Israel has continued to launch deadly...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Israeli forces continued airstrikes and ground attacks across southern Lebanon on Friday, despite a US-announced extension of the ceasefire, raising concerns over the stability of the truce. Lebanese state media reported that Israeli warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes and artillery...
The current volatility in the Middle East has once again placed the global security architecture under immense strain. Despite a fragile ceasefire, the shipping lanes of the Strait of Hormuz remain a graveyard of commercial activity. As of...
The US is reviewing whether to designate Yemen’s Al-Islah party and affiliated entities as terrorist organisations, according to Arabic-language Yemeni reports, amid indications of lobbying efforts linked to the UAE . Sources said Washington has submitted a package...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Around 70,000 worshipers performed Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque amid restrictions and measures imposed by Israeli forces around the Old City of Jerusalem and its gates. The Jerusalem Governorate reported that Israeli forces removed Palestinian citizens banned from...
Eight Arab and Muslim-majority countries have issued a statement condemning the rise in Israeli raids on holy sites in Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The statement was signed by the foreign ministers of the UAE, Jordan, Indonesia , Pakistan,...
The US State Department is offering up to $10 million for information on the leader of the Tehran-backed Iraqi armed group Kataeb Sayyid al-Shuhada (KSS), which Washington designates as a terrorist organization. US officials said...
French Rubis-class submarines are the smallest mass-produced nuclear-powered submarines in the world. Nevertheless, in terms of cost-effectiveness, experts unanimously consider the project highly successful. France's first attempt to create its own multi-purpose nuclear submarine failed: due to numerous technical problems,...
Tensions in the standoff between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz intensified on April 24 after U.S. President Donald Trump said he ordered the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats in the strait, while...
April 2026 marked an event that Iraqis awaited with apprehension but without much hope for a miracle. On April 11, after two rounds of voting, parliament finally elected a president. The winner was Nizar Amidi, a candidate from the Patriotic...
Tensions in the standoff between the US and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz intensified Friday after US President Donald Trump said he ordered the US military to “shoot and kill” Iranian small boats in the strait, while...
A US soldier faces charges for using classified information to bet on online prediction markets related to the US operation to capture former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro , the Department of Justice said Thursday. US Army soldier Gannon...
On 13 February, 37-year-old Suraj stood for nearly four hours in open ground in Salem, Tamil Nadu, waiting to hear a campaign speech by an actor turned politician. The heat intensified in the early afternoon. Minutes into the speech, Suraj...
Finally there’s an award that President Trump deserves to win By Doug BANDOW Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su With the Middle East in flames, President Donald Trump’s desperate lobbying campaign for the...
As the US Navy moves to deploy thousands of unmanned surface vessels in the Indo-Pacific, questions are mounting over whether these drone swarms can deliver meaningful combat and deterrent effects against China. This month, USNI News reported that the US...
Europe is moving to assert a greater role in efforts to secure peace between Lebanon and Israel , with fresh proposals for a post-UNIFIL mission and a French-led diplomatic push , after the US took the...
An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support US operations in the war with Iran, including suspending Spain from the alliance and reviewing the US...
We knew she was alive beneath the rubble — a real, breathing presence. Not in the abstract, not as rumour or hope. The 40-year-old female journalist, Amal Khalil , whose voice had just reached her family and colleagues, her...
Syrian authorities have arrested a key suspect in the 2013 Tadamon massacre , one of the most notorious mass killings of civilians carried out by forces of the regime of former dictator Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s interior ministry announced on Friday...
The Trump administration is drawing up plans for a large-scale attack against Iran if it does not cave to US pressure over the Strait of Hormuz , American media reported on Thursday. The dispute over the strategic waterway has...
GAZA, (PIC) A young girl was injured by Israeli gunfire early Friday in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, as ceasefire violations continue. The Northern Gaza Medical Services Directorate said in a statement that its teams transported a...
Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Germany’s strategic shift faces stark economic constraintsDiego Faßnacht reports that Berlin’s push for greater military ambition is colliding with weak...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out striking Iran with a nuclear weapon , after his previous threats to completely destroy Iranian civilisation. "No, I wouldn't use it," Trump told reporters at the White House . "Why...
China's economy in Q1: Economy rebounds as geopolitical fallout is yet to come c.groth Fri, 04/24/2026 - 11:04 picture alliance / CFOTO Full pdf version of the MERICS Economic Indicators for Q1/2026 (pdf - 596.33 KB) Tracker Economic Indicators Apr...
If populists do not correct their structural flaws, they will remain a protest movement rather than a definitive political solution. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The most significant contemporary political phenomenon in...
Earlier this year, 24-year-old Lebanese artist Tiara Wehbe was preparing to release a new single titled Shatara . But as Israel's recent war on Lebanon unfolded — followed by a fragile ceasefire after...
Civil rights advocates are ramping up their demands for the release of Milwaukee-based Muslim leader Salah Sarsour from ICE detention . The 53-year-old president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank who has been...
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said that a French journalist was denied entry to Hong Kong in November, accusing the city’s authorities of “weaponising visas” against foreign media workers. Reporters in Hong Kong. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Antoine Vedeilhe, who...
The conflict in the Middle East is driving a systemic shock through global energy markets, with far-reaching implications for inflation, financial stability and policy choices across Africa. The current conflict in the Middle East echoes the geopolitical origins of the...
The limit of what artificial intelligence can achieve, known as frontier AI, has crossed another threshold. AI can now plan and execute sophisticated cyber operations with minimal guidance at speeds far beyond human capability. That, at least, is the evidence...
GAZA, (PIC) The Gaza Strip has recently witnessed a noticeable surge in the spread of infectious diseases, most notably chickenpox, especially among children, amid humanitarian and health conditions that can only be described as “catastrophic.” Field reports indicate that the spread of...
Global Voices aggregates news from independent sources around the world. Articles are filtered by sentiment to highlight constructive discourse.
Learn more about Global VoicesTrending keywords, sentiment trends and publishing activity from the last 30 days.
View Statistics