Khaleda Rahman – Senior Reporter, Newsweek President Joe Biden’s visit to Saudi Arabia emboldened the kingdom’s leader to escalate his crackdown on dissidents, Saudi activists have said. Lina al-Hathloul and Abdullah Alaoudh, whose family members have been detained in Saudi…
Peter Beaumont and agencies – The Guardian Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says world ignoring disaster being inflicted on 6 million people by Ethiopian government The head of the World Health Organization has returned to his suggestion that racism may be driving the lack of…
Kelly Denton-Borhaug* – TomDispatch On Truth-telling, Confession and First-Class Lies Recent episodes of purposeful and accidental truth-telling brought to my mind the latest verbal lapse by George W. Bush, the president who hustled this country into war in Afghanistan and Iraq…
By Walden Bello* On August 8, 2022, officers of the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrived at my residence at 62 Moncado Street, BF Homes, Quezon City, to arrest me on charges of two counts of cyberlibel. The arrest was made shortly before 5 pm, which made it…
by Cecilia Capanna* – MONUSCO (UN Stabilization Mission in the DRC) Nobody talks about the failure of the UN There are some facts happening in the world that are extremely serious, but very few media talk about them. Few weeks ago, for example, shocking news from the…
By Katrina vanden Heuvel* – Globetrotter/ The Nation As China unleashed live-fire military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, simulating a real “reunification by force” operation in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s ceremonial visit to the island last week, the bipartisan…
By Juliet Morrison United Nations, Aug 16 2022 (IPS) – While refugees globally face insecurity and uncertainty, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that they also face poorer health outcomes. The World report on the health of refugees and migrants, published…
By Sima Bahous* NEW YORK, Aug 15 2022 (IPS) – In the year that has passed since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan we have seen daily and continuous deterioration in the situation of Afghan women and girls. This has spanned every aspect of their human rights, from living…
By Khaleda Rahman – Newsweek´s senior reporter Donald Trump has continued to fume about the FBI’s search of his home, claiming the entire country is “angry” about it The search warrant served on August 8 was part of an ongoing Justice Department investigation into the discovery…
By Boaventura de Sousa Santos* – Globetrotter/ Independent Media Institute It is becoming clear that U.S. neoconservatives have succeeded in creating a warmongering, anti-Russian mood in Europe through an unprecedented information war, the consequences of which will take some…
