Global Voices

In a Seoul courtroom in March this year, a prosecutor read out charges against Jeon Seung-il, a former art student, from an indictment first written in 1989. The language had not changed, nor had the charges. Thirty-seven years later, only...

Afghanistan finds itself in a complex and dire economic predicament. Nearly five years after the Taliban returned to power, the South Asian nation continues to struggle with deep-rooted domestic structural challenges that coincide with persistent regional geopolitical constraints. While discussions...

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rescued an injured juvenile crocodile found in a Sham Shui Po residential building on Wednesday. The juvenile crocodile collected by the SPCA on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Photo: SPCA. Police were...

Hong Kong police have arrested two mainland Chinese men on suspicion of attempting to open bank accounts using false documents. An HSBC branch in Mong Kok. Photo: Google Maps. The duo, a 54-year-old surnamed Kwok and a 71-year-old surnamed Wong,...

There is a ritual quality to the reassurances that flow from Washington to Jerusalem after every crisis, every ceasefire, every awkward telephone call between an American president and an Israeli prime minister. “The bond is unshakeable.” “Our commitment to Israel’s...

Steven Linell Smith, a black maintenance mechanic at the USPS St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center in Eagan, Minnesota, endured five years of racial harassment, including death threats and slurs, before being fired. He won his hostile work environment case...

The European Union’s decision to host a Taliban delegation in Brussels on June 23 marked a significant moment in the evolving relationship between Europe and Afghanistan’s de facto rulers. While European officials stressed that the talks were technical and did...

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh - - - - Realization is growing across the world that the Trump administration in Washington has spent blood, bombs, money, and years of diplomacy on a war it did not need to fight and handed...

Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. The United States Congress, on the very eve of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, is preparing to formally diminish American independence and sovereignty through a proposed merger and...

Hong Kong police have arrested 11 people in the latest crackdown on “crash-for-cash” scams. The schemes, which have generated HK$135 million in suspected fraudulent claims, involve scammers seeking exaggerated sums in damages following traffic accidents. Road traffic in Hong Kong....

China has the “legitimate” right to target people beyond its borders under a new “ethnic unity” law, a top judicial official said on Wednesday, after overseas rights advocates warned it could be used to further marginalise minority groups. Photo: Lukas...

Colombia and Israel will share a relationship "like never before" once hard-right president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella takes office, he said Wednesday. De la Espriella won Sunday's runoff presidential vote by less than a percentage point and has promised...

Leaked emails expose how British military-intel officials deliberately provoked riots among occupied Ireland’s Catholic and Protestant communities, which they then exploited to justify repression. In private diatribes, veterans of occupied Ireland who later became MI6 officers still obsess over “keeping...

Hong Kong national security police have arrested a former pro-democracy district councillor and raided her Sham Shui Po bookstore for alleged sedition and money laundering, according to local media reports. Leticia Wong of Hunter Bookstore on July 18,...

Egypt and Iran both go into their final group game on Friday with good chances of progress, but geopolitical tensions between Iran and co-hosts the United States - plus the nations' unease over local Pride celebrations - loom...

Every family has that one wedding where, halfway through the toasts, someone leans over and whispers “wait, who’s paying for all this?” This is that wedding. OpenAI and Broadcom are the happy couple. Apollo Global Management walked the bride down...

Switzerland has authorized federal prosecutors to carry out a criminal investigation of former top police official Nicoletta della Valle for her role in the 2025 detention and expulsion of Ali Abunimah , The Electronic Intifada’s executive director. Read Article...

It is often said that Russians do not understand "soft power.” That is not true. Reports indicate that Netflix has acquired the rights to broadcast the hugely popular Masha and the Bear animated series in more than 100 countries. Commenting on...

BEIRUT, (PIC) Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said that the main problem with Nikolay Mladenov, a representative involved in the Trump administration’s mediation efforts, is that he “expresses the Israeli position rather than that of a mediator,” saying that his approach...

GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that accelerating the entry of the national committee tasked with administering the Gaza Strip and enabling it to begin its work was a central topic of recent discussions in Cairo. In a press statement on...

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is seeking to acquire air-defense systems following months of missile and drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure and Iranian opposition groups across northern Iraq. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned that Iranian-backed proxies continue to...

WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced Wednesday that 465 dunums (approximately 115 acres) of Palestinian land have been designated as “state land” as part of plans to expand the settlement of Givat Haroeh north of Ramallah in the...

When NASA administrator Jared Isaacman unveiled the crew of the Artemis III mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston earlier this month, he was ebullient. We wish you godspeed on the journey ahead. You carry the fire of exploration from...

There is a storm of controversy surrounding US flights that departed from Italian bases bound for Iran as part of Operation “Epic Fury”. Interviewed by Fox News , NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte speaks of the...

A former Australian resident living in Iraq directed the attack on Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue in December 2024, Mike Burgess, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, has revealed. Burgess said Iran, which was behind the attack, recruited the...

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to push ahead with the sale of dozens of jet engines to Turkey worth hundreds of millions of dollars despite objections from the US Congress, four sources familiar with the matter said...

US President Donald Trump derailed a housing overhaul that he was set to sign into law Wednesday, canceling a signing ceremony for the broadly popular bipartisan bill until Congress passes an election security measure. Trump had been scheduled to sign...

Co-packaged optics, silicon photonics, optical I/O, and photonic engines are becoming central topics in the future of AI infrastructure. The common story is simple: Copper is reaching limits. Light can move data farther and more efficiently. Therefore, AI systems will move from...

Iran has emerged undefeated after nearly four months of war against a nuclear-armed regional rival (Israel) and the world’s most powerful military (the United States). The regime is still in control of its population and territory. Though its economy is...