Global Voices

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. On June 15, Japanese opposition lawmaker Chikage Koga said during a committee meeting in the upper house that children from economically disadvantaged families enlist in the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), while children...

More than 2,000 anti-foreigner protesters march through Durban city centre as the arbitrary deadline passes for undocumented migrants to leave the country South Africa was holding its breath on Tuesday as mass anti-immigration protests were held across the country. They come...

A published report detailing how President Donald Trump’s eldest sons stand to profit from a tungsten mining deal negotiated by their billionaire father has sparked outraged calls for accountability, with Democratic lawmakers characterizing the taxpayer-funded project as yet another example of the administration’s...

- - - - Photo by René DeAnda on Unsplash We all know that the federal bureaucracy sucks. I can’t even get into all the ways it sucks, and that doesn’t count the fact that it’s still...

Protesters lit fires in Johannesburg's city centre on Tuesday as thousands joined an anti-immigration march, moving through the streets under the watch of police and private security personnel. Demonstrators carrying sticks and shields marched through the city, while police vehicles...

GAZA, (PIC) The Jabalia al-Nazla municipality in northern Gaza has issued an urgent appeal to international organizations, relief agencies, and global partners, calling for immediate action to save the area’s collapsing water supply system. In a statement released on Tuesday, local officials...

The Sudanese army said it had retaken Kulbus, a strategic town near the Chadian border , in what appeared to be its biggest battlefield gain in western Darfur since the fall of El-Fasher last year. The Rapid Support Forces,...

Iraq's new government launched a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that resulted in dozens of arrests of politicians and senior officials across the country's political spectrum. The raids, carried out by elite security forces, are part of Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi's...

CAIRO, (PIC) A Hamas delegation headed by Zaher Jabarin, the Movement’s West Bank chief, arrived in Cairo on Tuesday morning for talks with Egyptian officials and mediators on completing the implementation of the ceasefire agreement. Taher Al-Nunu, political adviser to the head...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) During the past 24 hours, extremist Jewish settler groups launched a new wave of violations and attacks in different areas of the occupied West Bank, targeting Palestinian citizens, homes, and agricultural property. In the northern Jordan Valley, settlers attacked...

JENIN, (PIC) Israel has killed the Palestinian Tawjihi student, Mohammed Abahra, from Yamun village in Jenin, and is continuing to hold his body for the sixth month. Mohammed’s father, a schoolteacher, announced that he would abstain from participating in supervising this year’s...

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS), Abdullah Al-Zaghari, called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to take urgent and serious action to resume visits to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and use all available...

QED (Quick Error Detection) can be a powerful complementary addition to verification but can be subject to size constraints. This month’s paper looks at a fix for that limitation. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur,...

The breakaway state of Somaliland's opposition party has criticised the opening of a diplomatic office in Jerusalem, stating the move violates the constitution and could undermine foreign relations. In mid-June, the President of the self-declared breakaway region, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi,...

The United Arab Emirates has said its nationals can travel to Lebanon, effective on Monday, lifting a weeks-long ban in place because of the war on Iran and concerns over Tehran's influence. The foreign ministry said "it...

NEGEV, (PIC) Far-right Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich announced on Monday the completion of preparations to establish three Jewish settlements in the northern region of the Gaza Strip, pending approval from premier Benjamin Netanyahu. “The settlement administration, under my direction at the...

Over 85 per cent of homeowners at the fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court have accepted the government’s buyback offer, which will allow them to receive cash or a flat swap for a new subsidised unit. A kite near Wang Fuk Court...

Asylum seekers in Britain could have to repay the state around £10,000 ($13,222) for accommodation and basic living support before becoming eligible to apply for settlement, the government said on Monday in its latest effort to deter illegal migration....

Government fears repeat of anti-migrant violence in 2008 that led to looting and resulted in deaths of 62 people South African authorities have deployed police units to towns and cities around the country before planned demonstrations against undocumented foreign nationals...

The explosion in an elite district of Monaco exposed a trend that poses a danger to the European establishment — the transfer of Ukrainian criminal conflicts onto European territory. Monaco’s First Terror Attack Claims Ukrainian Life In Monaco, a hitman detonated...

The Asia-Pacific is experiencing an unprecedented transformation in ocean governance. Governments across the region are expanding marine protected areas, investing in blue carbon initiatives, deploying digital fisheries monitoring systems and positioning the ocean as a cornerstone of climate resilience and...

Ladidi Shaibu’s two siblings both gained asylum before the Trump administration’s changes to immigration policy. But instead of being allowed to join them, she is being deported to Uganda Growing up and living with albinism in rural Nigeria was tough for...

GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 73,066 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Tuesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of raids across several cities and towns in the West Bank last night and on Tuesday, arresting at least one Palestinian, breaking into homes and forcing businesses to close. According...

In a seminal article, entitled “Spoiler Problems in Peace Processes,” Stephen Stedman writes that “peacemaking is a risky business.” The greatest source of risk “comes from spoilers—leaders and parties who believe that peace emerging from negotiations threatens their power, worldview...