Global Voices

The West’s Epstein Class has criticised the actions of Zionist Nazi minister Bem Gvir before, but how often have we heard about their indignation as they continue to support Israel’s genocdie and war crimes? Caitlin Johnstone is a reader-supported independent...

By CIVICUS May 21 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the cancellation of RightsCon 2026 with Barbora Bukovská, Senior Director for Law and Policy at ARTICLE 19, a human rights organisation that works on freedom of expression and information around the world. Barbora...

The HAJJ. The Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is one of the Five Pillars of Islam — the core religious obligations that define Muslim practice. Every Muslim who is physically and financially able is...

President Xi Jinping hailed China and Russia’s “unyielding” ties in talks with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, as the pair met to underscore their alliance days after Donald Trump’s own visit to Beijing. Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) welcomes Russian President...

I attended Ḥajj at the end of 2006, just four months after embracing Islam. I was still in college with no real financial means, yet I was blessed with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join an American delegation. During that journey,...

In the tragic event that a sovereign state chooses to attack another, the party under attack will often shoot back. Russia experienced this after attacking Ukraine. The United States, Israel, and the Gulf Arab monarchies did as well after the...

Since the United States and Israel attacked Iran on February 28, the number of articles proclaiming the death of the petrodollar increased nearly as quickly as the price of oil. As a representative headline in the Japan Times declared...

As drones dominate warfare in the Middle East, Ukraine, and beyond, civilians are caught in the crosshairs. Hailing the machines as the future of war , the Pentagon is pouring funds into their development and procurement, as are other...

Hong Kong authorities recorded 40 online sexual grooming cases targeting minors in the first four months of this year, the city’s security chief has said, as the government mulls a legal revamp. Secretary for Security Chris Tang at...

Several countries have summoned Israeli ambassadors and condemned Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after footage emerged showing detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla being restrained and humiliated following their abduction by Israeli forces in...

Both Trump’s Iran war and the closely connected Israeli war for Jewish hegemony across the Middle East are unravelling fast. Alastair Crooke is a former British diplomat, founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum Cross-posted from the Strategic Culture online...

GAZA, (PIC) Hamas said the scenes of “humiliation and abuse” overseen by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir against activists from the “Global Sumud Flotilla” following their detention reflect the “moral depravity and sadism” governing Israeli leaders. In a statement, the Movement...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Palestinian warnings are mounting over a new escalation at Aqsa Mosque, coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, amid expectations of attempts to impose Talmudic rituals inside the Mosque compound as settler incursions intensify and efforts continue to...

The super-rich and their vassals are deeply invested in the system because it richly rewards them. They’ll deploy everything they can – from the media to the ‘security’ forces – to prevent change Jonathan Cook is the author of three...

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli government on Wednesday approved a sweeping 250 million shekel plan aimed at expanding control over archaeological sites in the occupied West Bank, in a move widely viewed as using “heritage and archaeology” to advance annexation policies...

GAZA, (PIC) In scenes that sparked widespread international condemnation, activists from the “Global Sumud Flotilla” and the “Freedom Flotilla Coalition” appeared handcuffed and forced onto the ground inside Ashdod Port, while Israeli occupation forces reportedly compelled them to listen to the...

Ever since North Korea suffered through the death of its first leader in 1994, a loss magnified by an economic collapse and a devastating famine, outside observers have likened the country to an airplane experiencing a serious malfunction. The major...

You almost never wind up where you expect to, and quite often you can’t even work out how you got there Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” For the last four years or so, strategists and...

In early May, the far-right Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party submitted a bill calling for the formal revocation of the Oslo Accords, the framework governing relations between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) since 1993. Although Israeli Prime...

FIFA will ban supporters from displaying Iran’s pre-1979 Lion and Sun flag at stadiums during the upcoming World Cup , a move likely to spark criticism among parts of the Iranian diaspora and opposition...

Britain said on Wednesday it had secured a trade deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council worth $5 billion a year in the long run, deepening economic ties with allies in a region dealing with the fallout from the...

In the past 48 hours, Israel has illegally intercepted all 50 boats that left Türkiye last week in the final leg of the Global Sumud Flotillas ' journey in an attempt to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza....

The European Union is nearly ready to issue a sweeping new deportation regulation that rights groups say will usher in an “ICE‑style” enforcement regime across the bloc, normalising mass detention , home raids and offshore return centres...

Hundreds of families were forced to flee Aboul Ajin, an area in east Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, after an Israeli-backed militia stormed the area and ordered residents to evacuate at gunpoint on Wednesday last week. Aboul Ajin straddles the...

This month, Israel and the United States are expected to begin negotiations on a new memorandum of understanding that would outline the United States’ plans to support Israel after the current agreement expires in 2028. Chances are this will look...

The number of consumer complaints filed about the safety of meat, poultry and egg products jumped nearly 40% last year, to 2,016 from 1,443 in 2024, according to a new federal report. The report comes a year after the...

- - - - Photo by Bruno Martins on Unsplash The problem I have with inclusivity, as a concept, isn’t that it’s inherently bad. I think opening things up to more people, in many instances, is good...