Global Voices

Maureen Tkacik uncovers Epstein’s role in the billionaire cabal’s global financial network by exploring where the hidden assets of the NY Daily News ended up after Robert Maxwell’s mysterious death. The release of the Epstein Files has shocked the public...

Ghanaian President John Mahama’s high-profile visit to London this week, designed to showcase Ghana as a premier destination for foreign investment, was overshadowed by controversy around the country’s mining sector, including bitter disputes with South African powerhouse, Gold Fields. The Ghanaian...

A differenza di Bahrein ed Emirati Arabi Uniti, che hanno avuto un ruolo centrale anche nella fase aggressiva della recente recrudescenza del conflitto israelo-statunitense contro l’Iran, il Kuwait si è trovato schiacciato in una morsa. All’alleanza strategica con Washington (che...

Iranian retaliatory strikes on three US bases in the Persian Gulf, in response to continued aggression against southern Iran, inflicts American losses and throws the future of an already shaky ceasefire into doubt. Stifling the Trump administration’s attempts to achieve...

A House committee summarily struck down an amendment to strip a measure from the massive annual defense policy bill that would provide Israel “a higher level of military-industrial integration" with the U.S. than Washington has "with any other country...

Newly released data, published by the International Defense Cooperation (SIBAT) of Tel Aviv’s Ministry of Defense, revealed that arms exports for the year 2025 amounted to $ 19.2 Billion – an all-time record. This means Israel rakes in record...

By CIVICUS Jun 4 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the outlook ahead of Peru’s runoff presidential election with David Hidalgo, journalist and executive director of OjoPúblico, a Peruvian digital investigative journalism outlet. David Hidalgo In the first round of voting on 12 April,...

GAZA, (PIC) In a Strip exhausted by the war of extermination and drained by repeated waves of displacement, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza continue their lives inside temporary tents, amidst humanitarian conditions that deteriorate day after day, and growing...

A large majority of Labour Party members support a full arms embargo on Israel and a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, according to new polling that highlights growing pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer...

Iran's supreme leader said on Thursday that the United States and Israel had been dealt a "decisive blow" in the Middle East war, after the government reported "no tangible progress" in negotiations on ending the conflict. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's message,...

Iran's World Cup squad is set to arrive in Mexico on Sunday, with players and staff still awaiting US visas just one week before the tournament gets underway. The players, who have been attending a training camp in...

On football’s extreme commercialization Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His new book, The Visions of inequality , was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More 3.0...

Lebanon's "founding father" is being honoured at a moment when the country needs his message more than ever, according to a priest involved in the campaign that led to his beatification by the Catholic Church. Speaking to The New Arab...

Syria’s participation by President Ahmed Al-Sharaa in the European summit recently held in Cyprus marked an important milestone on the path toward building a new partnership with the European Union and Mediterranean Middle Eastern states. From the...

MPs could vote to ban soldiers in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) from entering the UK, Declassified can reveal. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has tabled an amendment to the Armed Forces Bill to ban the entry of foreign...

The massive aerial assault unleashed upon Kyiv and its surrounding regions this week offers a sobering window into the raw, industrial nature of modern warfare. As Ukrainian air defenses struggled against what Kyiv described as one of the...

As the government’s standing plummets to an all-time low due to a reckless disregard for the welfare of its people, mass protests sweep across major Iran’s cities, including Shiraz, Tabriz and Tehran. Driven by a threat to their economic...

He may not be a household name yet, but Greg Brockman is among the world’s most powerful individuals. The OpenAI co-founder is one of President Trump’s richest and most generous financial backers, and is spending tens of millions of dollars...

As the United States prepares to co-host the 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada, the world’s biggest sporting event will unfold in a volatile domestic and international context. Eleven U.S. cities are hosting “the beautiful game” against a...

As talks for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to end hostilities between Iran and the United States remain stalled, sporadic clashes persist in the Persian Gulf. Concurrently, Israel's destructive campaigns in Lebanon and a potential impasse in...

Dr. Nabil Kukal is the Founder and President, Palestinian Center for Public Opinion (PCPO) Recent movements in currency markets have reignited debate over the future of the Israeli shekel after the US dollar posted gains against the Israeli currency, pushing the...

BETHLEHEM, Palestine / PNN/ A new public opinion study has found that most Palestinians view emigration as a loss to society and the national cause, even as more than one-third say they have considered leaving the country amid growing economic, political...

This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 25 May 2026. A consortium of organizations, including Media Rights Agenda (MRA), in April 2026 launched a four-year research and advocacy project aimed at addressing a pressing challenge of how to...

This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 21 May 2026. Digital activist Ibrahim Zigui, a member of the PPA-CI , the main opposition party, was sentenced on 18 May 2026 to five years’ imprisonment and a fine...

This statement was originally published on mediarightsagenda.org on 23 May 2026. A new continental movement aimed at advancing inclusion, equity, and authentic representation in the African media landscape has officially launched with the unveiling of African Journalists with Disabilities...

Syrian authorities have vowed to cooperate with European countries investigating war crimes and grave violations committed under Bashar al-Assad, pledging to publish a list of 1,000 individuals wanted for crimes during the former president's rule as states...