Calls mounted late Monday for Britain's embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer to quit, despite his pledges to prove his doubters wrong after his ruling Labour party was crushed in local and regional elections . More than 70 of...
The European Commission told AFP Monday it plans to invite Taliban officials to Brussels in the near future for talks on returning migrants to Afghanistan . According to sources close to the matter, a letter is...
- - - - One of the year’s best feel-good news stories materialized late last month when Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin was forced to release more than 1,500 beagles who had been bred by the corporation to...
Dal punto di vista diplomatico, la posizione della Cina durante l’attuale crisi mediorientale è rimasta coerente con la sua postura geopolitica tradizionale: diplomazia invece del conflitto, sostegno alla sovranità, all’integrità territoriale e alla dignità dell’Iran nel rispetto del diritto internazionale,...
The United States on Monday issued sanctions against 12 individuals and entities that it said facilitated the sale and shipment of Iranian oil to China , days ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing. In a...
Syria said two soldiers were killed in an attack by unidentified assailants in the country's northeast on Monday, while a military source told AFP investigations were underway to identify the perpetrators. In recent months, Syria's new Islamist government...
A New York Times investigation has found that Israel ran a coordinated, government-backed campaign to transform Eurovision into a soft-power tool, spending more than $1 million promoting its contestants while lobbying to remain in the contest...
The United States has sanctioned a new group of mainland China- and Hong Kong-linked companies and individuals accused of helping Iran secure drone materials and missile-related components, raising fresh tensions days before US President Donald Trump’s state visit to China....
The Los Angeles Press Club has named Truthdig a finalist in 18 categories for the Southern California Journalism Awards, with nominations spanning a broad range of reporting, criticism, visual storytelling and more. We are honored by the recognition and grateful to...
Two out of three Americans think President Donald Trump has not clearly explained why the country has gone to war with Iran , according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday that also showed his approval rating...
The elections in the UK show beyond any doubt that the Labour party has completely lost the working class. John Westmoreland is a history teacher and UCU rep. He is an active member of the People’s Assembly and writes regularly for...
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he plans to suspend a federal gasoline tax as consumers deal with surging energy prices in the wake of the Iran war . Responding to a reporter's question at the...
Armed vessels linked to the Libyan coast guard opened fire Monday on a humanitarian rescue ship shortly after it saved about 90 migrants from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean, the group operating the vessel...
There is nothing Israel could do which would lead Germany to question its support for Zionism. Jurgen Mackert is Professor of Sociology at the University of Potsdam, Germany. He was a temporary Professor for the Structure of modern societies at...
The UN has built a vast bureaucracy in Geneva based on lavish salaries which are a long way from the reality of the lives of those they are meant to serve. In that context, the US cutting its funding to...
In a conversation with Patrik Baab, Peter Hanseler analyzes why the war in Iran is not a regional crisis, but rather part of a larger conflict that is brewing. By Peter Hanseler via ForumGeopolitica.com Peter Hanseler with Patrik Baab...
Kokuho is a colourful, lengthy epic, spanning five decades and running almost three hours, set in the world of kabuki – Japan’s most popular traditional performing art. It has been a huge hit in Japan, becoming the country’s highest-grossing live-action...
While the disastrous local election results may be the final blow that ends Keir Starmer’s premiership, his worst wound has been the continuing fallout from his disastrous decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the...
At his grandmother’s opulent riverside estate, Darius finds himself judged not for who he is, but for whose son he is. Read Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4...
By CIVICUS May 11 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses Gen Z-led protests in the Philippines with Charles Zander, a 17-year-old climate justice activist from Bohol and youth campaigner for Greenpeace Philippines. Charles Zander The Philippines is particularly exposed to climate change, hit by...
When American and Chinese presidents meet, it is usually the upstart China that is desperate to be treated as an equal by the world’s pre-eminent superpower. Yet on May 14 when Donald Trump flies to Beijing for the first of four...
The UK's local elections in May have offered a telling window into where British politics is heading. Arguably, they signal one of the most profound challenges to the post-World War II two-party system in modern Britain, as mainstream support...
Human rights groups have warned that a new Israeli bill proposing public trials and possible death sentences for Palestinians accused of involvement in the 7 October 2023 attack could violate international law and turn court proceedings into "show...
Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a controversial bill that will establish a military tribunal for Palestinians accused of participating in the 7 October attack . Human rights groups have warned that public trials and possible death sentences could violate international...
Agentic AI is often presented as a revolutionary shift in semiconductor manufacturing, driven by large language models and generative AI. However, this framing overlooks an important reality: today’s advances are built on decades of prior work. As Jonathan Holt of...
Despite the newfound discovery of sexual harassment and the taxpayer-funded settlements, the United States Congress has failed to implement any lasting policy reforms to protect staff from sexual misconduct. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, May 11 2026 (IPS) After...
The European Union approved a new wave of sanctions targeting Israeli settlers and organisations linked to violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank during a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers on Monday. EU...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has accused the Israeli prison service of repressing Palestinian female detainees in Damon jail 10 times during March and April. “Israel holds 88 female prisoners in Damon jail, along with several others in interrogation and...
Britain on Monday slapped sanctions on a dozen Iran -linked individuals and entities accused of involvement in "hostile activities" by Tehran targeting the UK or other countries. Updating its official sanctions list, the Foreign Office in London imposed the...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 7 May 2026. The founder of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Prof. Kwame Karikari, has renewed calls for the imperative of a broadcasting law in Ghana, warning that the...
An Israeli charity that offered to help Brits move to the West Bank has been photographed at an event in London, despite calls for it to be sanctioned. Shivat Zion had a stall at an ‘Aliyah Fair’, held in...
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. The war on Iran waged by the US and Israel has caused multidimensional and likely irreversible tectonic shifts. At the global level, the negative effects of the war extend...
It’s been a tough couple of months for women officials in Washington — or, more accurately, in Trumpland. In early March (Women’s History Month, by the way), in a Truth Social post, the president fired Secretary of Homeland Security...
Tehran’s reply on May 10 was entirely predictable. Ceasefire, security guarantees for the Strait, total sanctions relief, reparations — the standard package. What apparently surprised Washington was the timing, which produced President Donald Trump’s terse verdict: “totally unacceptable.” Even so,...
On Monday, an expanded meeting of the Georgian Church was held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, where 39 members of the Synod voted for a new patriarch; 57-year-old Bishop Shio, who served as locum tenens for Patriarch Ilia...
- - - - Paying the price The British empire left behind many issues at the heart of world troubles today. Among the least recognized but a key to ongoing problems in the Middle East and the Gulf regions in...
Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permisson. The 2025 US National Security Strategy and the 2026 US National Defense Strategy emphasized the Trump administration’s renewed focus on defending the American homeland and diplomatic priorities toward the Western Hemisphere. Both documents...
GAZA, (PIC) In a scene that summarizes the scale of the humanitarian disaster left by the Israeli war of genocide on the Gaza Strip, the families of the martyrs face worsening suffering in finding decent graves to bury their loved ones,...
- - - - Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash The term “grifter” gets thrown around an awful lot, often as an insult for anyone who makes money expressing opinions, but has a different opinion from me....
La Mad Man Theory non è fallita, si è evoluta, e il palcoscenico su cui opera non è più il Consiglio di Sicurezza dell’ONU ma il terminal Bloomberg di ogni sala trading del mondo. Segue nostro Telegram . The Madman...
As President Donald Trump tries to assert power over U.S. elections, he has raged on social media, cajoled Republican lawmakers and unleashed the Department of Justice on his political enemies. What has he accomplished with all that effort? Not a...
The Israeli military said on Monday it had sentenced two soldiers to imprisonment after one of them was photographed placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon. An image...
As the global target to eliminate hunger by 2030 fast slips out of reach, investing in how the world feeds itself is the only way to avert a crisis. Investing in agrifood systems—from production and processing to distribution and consumption—is...
Writing for The Wall Street Journal in 1980, the godfather of neoconservatism, Irving Kristol, argued that conservatives ought to stop worrying about deficits and focus on the important work of cutting taxes. Unlike traditional fiscal conservatives, who insisted...
Ruling the world is a tricky business The top story last week, at least in terms of shock value, might well be the ongoing saga of the Trump White House ballroom, which started out as a $200 million development off...
Recently, I had the opportunity to stand in a friend’s kitchen eating pupusas , the Salvadoran national food, while listening to an update on conditions in Central America from Cristosal’s Noah Bullock. Cristosal is a key Central...
GAZA, (PIC) Abu Obeida, spokesman for al-Qassam Bridges of Hamas, has expressed pride in martyr Ayman al‑Hashlamoun’s armed clash on Monday with Israeli forces in Qalandia refugee camp, north of Occupied Jerusalem. In a statement on Monday, Abu Obeida also commended West...
Open-source information and commercially available facial recognition tools have identified three suspects— Amjad Qadoum, Yasir Samir, and Mustafa Shaheen—who were involved in the October 7 Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel. Facial recognition tools and social media exploitation can yield verifiable...
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