The new government in Bangladesh begins its tenure with an unusually crowded foreign policy inbox. The swearing-in of Tarique Rahman as prime minister on February 17, 2026, marks the end of a turbulent transition. Following a commanding mandate in the...
Six journalists have been arrested this year in Cambodia in relation to their reporting Originally published on Global Voices Advox Journalist Hem Vanna. Photo from a post by CPJ sourced from human rights group ADHOC. Fair use. Online journalist...
This series is a collaboration between Dr. Ali and MuslimMatters , bringing Quranic wisdom to the questions Muslim families are navigating. The Question That Divides Families “Can I be friends with non-Muslims?” This question causes more conflict in Muslim households than...
The small country of Costa Rica, home to just over five million people and roughly the size of West Virginia, has long prided itself on being a bastion of democratic norms in Latin American politics. To its north lie Nicaragua,...
In Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran but left open a path to return from the brink, suggesting that he would back down if Tehran pledged to never build a nuclear weapon. “They were...
When Brazilians vote for president in October, multilateralism will likely be on the ballot. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has long stressed diversifying and deepening the diplomatic and trade relations of Latin America’s largest nation with the rest of...
Why has Donald Trump deployed almost 30% of the US Air Force inventory of F-35A jets to Jordan and Saudi Arabia when these aircraft are unable to penetrate deep into Iran without air refueling near the Iranian border. They are...
ILMAN and IMPAC Announce Endorsement of Kat Abughazaleh for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois Muslim Action Network (ILMAN) and the Illinois Muslim Political Action Committee (IMPAC) endorse Kat Abughazaleh for the Democratic primary in Illinois’ 9th...
Al-Ahli climbed to the top of the Saudi Pro League after a narrow win over Damac, tightening an already fierce title race that also saw Ronaldo and Al-Nassr keep pace and Al-Hilal held in a tense Clasico draw. Off...
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed Iran is seeking to develop missiles that can strike the United States -- long-range weapons technology that only a limited number of countries possess. "They've already developed missiles that can threaten Europe and our...
Iran's foreign minister declared Tuesday that a deal to avoid a military clash with the US was within reach, two days before talks between the foes were due to resume in Geneva. Abbas Araghchi's appeal came as Iran...
South Sudan's opposition on Monday said government troops had committed a "massacre" of at least 25 civilians, including women and children. The increasingly unstable country is seeing a surge of fighting, much of it in eastern Jonglei state where at least...
By: Toh Han Shih - - - - Despite the recent thaw in relations between India and China following 2020 and 2021 clashes along their border, the US should continue to engage India, according to wide-ranging February 17 testimony at...
As Ramadan begins, Palestinians in Gaza mark the holy month under a fragile ceasefire and with a hesitant joy. This year, the holy month actually holds the possibility – however delicate – of worship without terror, fasting without fear of...
Since Trump’s election, Seoul’s analysts asked questions. Commentators voiced unease – and “Liberation Day” proved their concerns well founded as the U.S. imposed a series of dynamic tariffs driven by social media and personal sentiment. Yet the depth of ties...
The collapse of Venezuela is often narrated in the West as a simple morality play – a cautionary tale of socialist overreach and the inevitable rot of authoritarianism. Francisco Rodríguez’s “The Collapse of Venezuela” dismantles this caricature, showing with unusually...
The Pentagon is demanding Anthropic drop its AI guardrails regarding its use in autonomous weapons systems and surveillance by Friday, or lose a $200 million contract, in what is now a full force battle over the future of AI’s use...
Steve Jobs once described the personal computer as “the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.” Jobs at 12 years old had read an article published in Scientific American that compared the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the...
Bethlehem/PNN/ Escalating repression, starvation and illness in Ofer Prison: testimonies document the continued reality of “systematic destruction” inside prisons New weapons increasingly used in crackdowns, including one that causes burns to the body The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club has issued a...
Jesse Jackson: la politica del dialogo e della giustizia sociale contro le logiche del liberismo e della contrapposizione Segue nostro Telegram . Jesse Jackson nasce disprezzato dai bianchi in un ghetto riservato ai neri in Carolina del Sud l’8 ottobre...
An EU internal memo has raised security concerns about the escape of thousands of people from a detention camp holding relatives of suspected Islamic State group fighters in northeastern Syria , suggesting militant groups could recruit from...
The raging reaction by President Donald Trump to the US Supreme Court’s ruling on his “emergency” import tariffs brought back memories of the testimony by former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to the January 6th committee about his alleged food-throwing...
As a person born with a muscular physical disability, who now uses a wheelchair, I naturally hoped that all of our masajid would be accessible. The access to elevators instead of needing to climb a flight of stairs. This need...
A group of Democratic and Republican US senators will introduce a resolution on Tuesday supporting Ukraine as it battles Russian invaders, hours before President Donald Trump was due to make his nationally televised State of the...
The National Endowment for Democracy’s president, Damon Wilson, bragged to a House committee of his group’s aggressive efforts to spark unrest in Iran, including by smuggling Starlink terminals and fashioning anti-Iran narratives for the media. Damon Wilson, the head of...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli forces have issued demolition orders for 23 residential and agricultural structures in the town of Abu Dis, southeast of Occupied Jerusalem, in a new escalation targeting the Palestinian presence around the city. The Israeli forces raided the...
Participants observe a visual montage linking Abu Dhabi’s Zayed Award ceremony, the Sant’Egidio interfaith forum in Rome and the Astana Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions — symbolizing the emerging “rehearsal space” where religion, civil society and state...
The Ukraine war continues to be a disaster in every way imaginable and the bloodshed doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon. Michael Roberts is an Economist in the City of London and a prolific blogger . Cross-posted from...
Amidst the gossiping and agendas, it’s easy to forget that what has been revealed by the Epstein files is a sex trafficking ring among the global elite. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at...
Trump has been blocked by the US Supreme Court from using tariffs as a tool of geopolitical pressure, but his new policy of a 15% tariff across the board will still have big ramifications. Stephanie Rickard is a Professor at the...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Dozens of Jewish settlers stormed the Jabal Jales neighborhood in southern al-Khalil under heavy military protection, taking control of five old buildings in what residents described as an unprecedented development in the area in decades. Residents believe the takeover...
Ranked among the many issues for which the winter of 2025-26 might be remembered in the United States – ranging from explosive exposes of abusive tycoons linked to a country whose genocide of Palestine Washington has long supported, to a...
The US State Department ordered the departure of all non-emergency government personnel from the US Embassy in Beirut, along with their family members. Many media outlets tied this to rising US regional tensions with Iran. A Lebanese media outlet suggested...
Credit: Georgios Kostomitsopoulos/NurPhoto via Getty Images By Inés M. Pousadela MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Feb 24 2026 (IPS) The Islamic Republic of Iran has put down another uprising, with a ferocity that makes previous crackdowns seem restrained. The theocratic regime has survived, but...
The Supreme Court of the United States overturned tariffs introduced by Donald Trump, restricting presidential authority in trade conflicts. The ruling may reshape Washington's economic pressure mechanisms and influence negotiations with major global partners. Trump Violated the US Constitution By imposing...
For decades, the world’s most valuable American export was not a physical commodity or a digital service. It was the reliable predictability of the U.S. legal system. That certainty premium, the bedrock on which the global “Pax Americana” was built,...
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has vowed to continue pursuing a return to office regardless of US pressure opposing his candidacy, intensifying political uncertainty following Iraq’s November 2025 elections. Maliki’s bid comes as Shiite factions within the Coordination...
First published by Pacific Forum‘s The Pilot: Indo-Pacific Policy Briefs, this article is republished with permission. Last week, former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (2022-25) received a life sentence for leading an insurrection in connection to his aborted martial law declaration...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at the opening of the 61st session of the Human Rights Council at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. Meanwhile, Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addresses (below) at the opening of the...
At the 2025 RISC-V Summit, amid debates over cloud scaling and AI cost, DeepComputing CEO Yuning Liang offered a radical view: the future of intelligence isn’t in the cloud at all — it’s already in your pocket. His lunchtime conversation...
The value of the Egyptian pound has declined steadily against the US dollar in recent days, reaching LE47.95 on Tuesday from LE 46.72 a week earlier. The drop comes as foreign investors and funds pull out of emerging nation bond...
Syria's electoral authority on Monday began receiving applications for the formation of the electoral body in the northern governorate of Raqqa , as authorities work to complete the composition of the new People's Assembly. In a statement posted on...
Sergey Lavrov recalled that in May of last year, on the sidelines of the meeting of the leaders of Russia and Vietnam as part of the celebration of the anniversary of the Great Victory in Moscow, a consultation plan between...
The elimination of the head of the Jalisco Cartel during a joint operation by the United States and Mexico places the country on the brink of a vast redivision of spheres of influence and even the risk of civil conflict. The...
The United States is leading negotiations between a prominent Druze leader and the Syrian government to secure an exchange of prisoners held since sectarian clashes in a Druze-majority Syrian province last year, a source with knowledge...
Iran is ready to take any necessary steps to reach a deal with the United States , Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi said on Tuesday, as the two countries prepare for a fresh round of talks . The...
With support from the U.S. , Mexican security forces killed one of their nation’s most powerful cartel bosses on Sunday. Almost immediately, the country descended into violence and chaos. The killing of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho,” has set...
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack . When the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics drew to a close this past weekend, the digital air was thick with a familiar, deeply stupid outrage. As freestyle skier Eileen Gu...
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