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Is Western influence on African democracy fading? DW 10/14/2025

Western aid reductions and declining external oversight risk weakening democratic norms in African countries as leaders suppress opposition and undermine fair electoral competition.
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26 minutes ago

Gen Z protests: Why are Asia's youth so angry? DW 10/14/2025

Gen Z-led protests across South and Southeast Asia are driven by stagnant opportunities, widening inequality, and visible elite privilege, prompting concessions and government change.
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fromArchDaily
9 hours ago

Architecture as Soft Power: Cultural Diplomacy and Its Role in Shaping Architectural Production

Architecture functions as cultural diplomacy and soft power, allowing nations to project identity, values, and influence while shaping global perception.
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fromAxios
2 hours ago

AI will fuel populism and power shifts, JPMorgan Chase says

U.S. government has shifted toward active investment and dealmaking in AI, reshaping global AI competition and trade tensions with China.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 hours ago

The Rising

Popular nonviolent uprisings have successfully defended rights and overthrown autocrats worldwide, demonstrating citizens can mobilize to defend democracy.
#gaza
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago
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While the perpetrators of Gaza's genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

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4 days ago
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Palestinians in Gaza worry and wait for Israel to implement ceasefire

Gaza residents feel cautious relief but deep distrust while awaiting Israel to implement a proposed ceasefire, fearing it will be brief or violated.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago
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Why Tony Blair just can't kick the habit of imperial interference in the Middle East | Oliver Eagleton

Blair and Trump propose a colonial-style Gaza plan centered on foreign-led economic development, security oversight, and privatization without credible implementation or disarmament strategy.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago
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While the perpetrators of Gaza's genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 hours ago

Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds

Western governments have increasingly criminalised pro-Palestinian protests, using counter-terrorism and antisemitism measures to suppress dissent and target racialised communities.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
7 hours ago

Guaranteed Maori seats on New Zealand councils to be slashed by more than half

Binding referendums required by a 2024 law reversal eliminated more than half of guaranteed Maori ward seats on New Zealand councils, reducing Indigenous representation.
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fromAxios
16 hours ago

What to know about the 20 living hostages released by Hamas

A hostage exchange freed 20 Israeli men and returned four bodies while Israel agreed to release 1,950 Palestinian detainees; families demand recovery of all hostages.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

MPs expected to grill minister over collapse of China spy trial as Commons resumes after recess UK politics live

Keir Starmer attends an Egypt peace summit co-chaired by Donald Trump; UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell faces intensified scrutiny over the collapsed China spy trial.
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fromAxios
1 day ago

Trump brokered Netanyahu's participation at Gaza peace conference in Egypt

Trump secured Netanyahu's invitation to the Sharm el-Sheikh summit, potentially advancing a post-war peace initiative to expand the Abraham Accords.
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fromwww.dw.com
22 hours ago

Japan in limbo as Takaichi's win breaks ruling coalition DW 10/13/2025

Breakdown of the 26-year LDP–Komeito coalition after Sanae Takaichi's leadership threatens government stability and heightens regional tensions over hawkish security policies and Yasukuni Shrine visits.
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1 day ago

All living hostages return to Israel, Trump gives speech DW 10/13/2025

US President Donald Trump has told the Israeli parliament that Monday was "a day of profound joy" and a day to give praise to the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." "The hostages are back; it feels so good to say it," he said. "This is the end of an age of terror and death" and the beginning of turning the Middle East into "a truly magnificent region, Trump went on.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

Israeli Parliament Erupts Into Trump!' Chants as Netanyahu Praises Greatest Friend'

My friends, this is only a partial list, but it's enough to affirm what I've said time and again. Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House.
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fromIndependent
1 day ago

Green politician accuses sections of Catherine Connolly campaign of 'far-right tactics'

Parts of Catherine Connolly's campaign are accused of using far-right tactics to frame legitimate questions as smears, prompting concern from Green Party members.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
22 hours ago

Locked up for 24 years': joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home

Eighty-eight Palestinian prisoners were released to the West Bank in a prisoner exchange tied to a ceasefire after Israeli hostages were returned from Gaza.
#palestinian-prisoners
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fromThe Washington Post
22 hours ago

Joyous crowds greet Palestinians released by Israel in ceasefire deal

Hundreds of Palestinian detainees and prisoners, mostly uncharged Gaza residents, were released under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, prompting emotional reunions and some deportations.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 days ago

Why hasn't New Zealand recognised Palestine?

New Zealand refuses to recognise a Palestinian state while navigating shifting geopolitics, seeking neutrality between US and China and testing multilateral protections, including Pacific challenges.
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fromIrish Independent
2 days ago

The Sunday Independent's View: Nobel prize is a reminder that peace is a process, not a matter of moral purity

True peace requires confronting tyranny, and leaders' rhetoric must align with practical support for alliances and defense, exemplified by responses to Venezuela and Ukraine.
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
1 day ago

Trump Suggests Ukraine Could Get Tomahawks If Russia Continues War

"[Ukraine] would like to have Tomahawks. That's a step up," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on October 12 en route to the Middle East for a Gaza peace conference. "Yeah, I might tell him [Putin] if the war is not settled, we may very well do it," he said. "We may not, but we may do it....Do they want to have Tomahawks going in their direction? I don't think so," Trump added.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

US President Trump says Israeli captives to be released from Gaza on Monday

Some of those bodies are being unearthed right now, as we speak. They're working on it right now, Trump said. It's a tragedy. It's a tragedy, he said.
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fromIrish Independent
3 days ago

Donald Trump announces additional 100pc tariff on China, heightening trade war tensions

US-China trade tensions escalated as China signaled broad export controls and the US threatened steep tariff hikes, triggering market turmoil and raising summit risks.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 days ago

El-Sisi and Trump to chair Gaza summit in Egypt on Monday

An international summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, chaired by Donald Trump and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, will seek to end the Gaza war and restore regional stability.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: We've never seen such traction before'

Shouk, an Israeli-inspired plant-based kosher chain in Washington, closed all locations after boycotts and harassment tied to the Gaza war and accusations of appropriation.
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

The Cruel Calculus of Palestinian Grief

This past July, I bought eggplants at the farmers' market, intending to make my grandmother's signature maqlubeh: the cinnamon-and-allspice-scented rice dish layered with fried eggplants and chicken, cooked in a pot, then flipped onto a serving platter, forming a golden dome. Before I had the chance to peel the eggplants, stripe by stripe, and drop them into hot oil, a WhatsApp message came in from my mother-a single, waving-hand emoji at an unusual hour.
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fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Traps of Trying to Win "Hearts and Minds"

Cooperation arises from felt value and respect; demands for submission provoke resistance, and voluntary cooperation sustains free societies without coercion.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 days ago

Dutch far-right politician Wilders fears he may have been a target of Belgian attack plotters

Belgian authorities investigated a suspected drone assassination plot targeting politicians, detaining three men and seizing a non-operational bomb, steel balls and a 3D printer.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

US might dragged Netanyahu to the table. The real prize for Trump would be keeping him there | Jonathan Freedland

A partly durable ceasefire rests on external pressure and limited concessions, while core issues—disarmament and trust—remain unresolved and could unravel the deal.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago
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Walking the halls of the UN, I felt its power and its distance from the people it was built to serve | Satara Uthayakumaran

Political divisions, conflict, and budget cuts are undermining the UN's ability to protect vulnerable populations and uphold human rights.
fromThe Cipher Brief
1 week ago
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Eighty Years On, Can the UN Meet Its Mission?

The UN must urgently address and sanction aggressions in Ukraine, Gaza, Iran's nuclear defiance, and other conflicts to uphold peace, sovereignty, and human rights.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago
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Walking the halls of the UN, I felt its power and its distance from the people it was built to serve | Satara Uthayakumaran

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3 days ago

Mehdi Hasan Takes the Mask Off And Laughs at Those Who Were Ever Fooled by It

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan hasn't just taken the mask off; he's taunting those who were ever fooled by it. While the civilized world is celebrating the peace deal between Israel and Hamas brokered by President Donald Trump, Hasan is worried about it. Why? Because Hamas is set to give away its leverage, which happens to exist in the form of Jewish lives.
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fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

How Trump Pushed Israel and Hamas to Yes

Just a day earlier, Ben-Gvir led a group of Jewish worshippers in prayer on the Temple Mount, the flashpoint site in Jerusalem that also houses the Al Aqsa Mosque, and called for "total victory" in Gaza. Now he was sitting with his fellow ministers to discuss how to bring to an end two years of hostilities that had reduced much of Gaza to a charred wasteland-but had left Hamas still standing.
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fromAxios
4 days ago
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Trump promised not to let Israel break Gaza ceasefire to get deal

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1 week ago
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Israel moves to defensive-only position in Gaza as army eyes first phase of Trump's plan to end the war | Fortune

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4 days ago
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Trump promised not to let Israel break Gaza ceasefire to get deal

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1 week ago
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Israel moves to defensive-only position in Gaza as army eyes first phase of Trump's plan to end the war | Fortune

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4 days ago

North Korea parade: Is Kim Jong Un stronger than ever? DW 10/10/2025

North Korea stages a massive 80th Workers' Party parade in Pyongyang, displaying troops and weapons while hosting high-level Chinese and Russian delegations.
fromThe New Yorker
4 days ago

Trump, the Self-Styled "President of PEACE" Abroad, Makes War at Home

For months, Donald Trump has presented himself as the very incarnation of a global peacemaker, touting an ever-changing list of international conflicts that he claims to have settled. Sometimes it has been six, sometimes as many as ten. "I ended seven wars," the President told the U.N. General Assembly last month, "and in all cases they were raging, with countless thousands of people being killed," which was not true but has not stopped Trump from repeating it.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Will Trump's tariffs push China and India closer?

India and China resume direct flights after five years to strengthen trade ties and compete over manufacturing, supply chains, and economic influence amid shifting tariffs.
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fromAxios
4 days ago

China threatens access to supplies vital to the most important U.S. industries

China imposed expanded export controls on rare earths to gain leverage over global technology supply chains and secure inputs critical for AI, semiconductors, and defense.
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fromThe Cipher Brief
4 days ago

Forget Guerrillas and IEDs - The Next Asymmetric War Will Be Engineered

Converging technologies create a new engineered asymmetry allowing small actors to inflict large-scale disruption, shifting power toward rapid technological synthesis.
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fromwww.dw.com
5 days ago

Korea: Fading hopes for families split by North-South divide DW 10/09/2025

North and South Korea need to permit brief reunions for families separated by the Korean War to address dwindling elderly relatives and unresolved wartime divisions.
#china
fromTheregister
4 days ago
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China moves to extend control over rare earths

China requires export licenses for goods and technologies involving rare earths, including products made abroad using Chinese-sourced rare earth materials.
fromHarvard Gazette
1 week ago
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U.S. just didn't get China, Bolton says - Harvard Gazette

China poses the primary economic and military threat to Western democracies, with potential nuclear parity that could destabilize global arms balance.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

WATCH: Trump Calls Hostage Families to Share Loved Ones Will Be Back on Monday'

President Donald Trump called families of Israeli hostages, promising all captives would return by Monday following a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 days ago

Modi, Starmer hail UK-India trade deal as new investment revealed

The UK-India trade deal aims to boost bilateral trade, establish connectivity, innovation and joint AI centres, and has already increased trade and investment significantly.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Putin admits Russian air defences were to blame for Azerbaijani jet crash

Russian air-defence missiles targeting a Ukrainian drone accidentally exploded near an Azerbaijan Airlines jet on 25 December 2024, killing 38 people; Russia pledges compensation.
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fromAxios
6 days ago

What to make of Qatar's diet Article 5 protections

A presidential guarantee gives Qatar US protection without Senate ratification, creating asymmetric obligations and leaving the pact vulnerable to future administrations and Congressional opposition.
fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

David Frum, Douglas Murray Drafted Speeches For Israeli Official: Report

This version was drafted by Seth Mandel of Commentary, with whom I've been working, wrote Frum, a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush.
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
5 days ago

Military expert warns 'another flashpoint could ignite a greater conflict' - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

While the world's attention is fixed on Ukraine another flashpoint could ignite an even greater conflict. Just 112 miles from China's coast lies Taiwan, an island of 23 million people facing 1.4 billion people and the world's largest army. "For Beijing, it's not just territory, it's destiny. For Washington, it's a red line." "Taiwan's military posture is built around a core strategic principle known as the porcupine strategy or asymmetric defence. The goal is not to defeat the numerically superior PLA of China in a conventional war, but to make an invasion so difficult, so costly and so bloody that Beijing is deterred from ever attempting it."
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6 days ago

Taliban visit to New Delhi shows India's strategic pivot DW 10/08/2025

India will host Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi for a week-long visit despite not recognizing the Taliban regime.
fromIrish Independent
6 days ago

Hamas says it is serious about Gaza deal, but still has set of demands

"The (Hamas) movement's delegation participating in the current negotiations in Egypt is working to overcome all obstacles to reaching an agreement that meets the aspirations of our people in Gaza," Mr Barhoum said in a televised statement. He said a deal must ensure an end to the war and a full Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip - conditions that Israel has never accepted.
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fromIndependent
5 days ago

Catherine Connolly campaign remove video featuring Michael D Higgins used without the president's permission

Catherine Connolly's campaign video was deleted after using an unauthorized clip of President Michael D Higgins and re-uploaded with that clip replaced by canvassing footage.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Muslims in India's poll-bound Bihar battle Bangladeshi infiltrator' tag

Bangla-speaking Shershahbadi Muslims in Bihar's Seemanchal face rising communal tension, political targeting, and accusations of being Bangladesh infiltrators ahead of key assembly elections.
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1 week ago

Can Israelis and Palestinians reconcile after Gaza war? DW 10/07/2025

Widespread Israeli and Palestinian mutual alienation and dehumanization, amplified by high survey support for statements denying innocence and pervasive loss of empathy.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Diplomacy's lowest point: how the Israel-Gaza conflict was mishandled

George Mitchell, the great US advocate for the Northern Ireland peace agreement, described diplomacy as 700 days of failure and one of success. In Gaza, tragically, there have been 730 days of failure and none of success. Indeed, the destruction, the death toll and the spillover of the conflict into other countries is a monument to shame diplomacy and what remains of international law. Arguably, it is the profession's lowest point since 1939.
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fromFast Company
6 days ago

How unthinkable ideas can reshape our cities for the better

Normalizing good urbanism requires long-term cultural change and sustained advocacy to shift the Overton window toward walkable, bike-friendly infrastructure.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Zionist consensus among US Jews has collapsed. Something new is emerging | Shaul Magid

The 7 October 2023 massacre shattered long-standing Zionist consensus in American Jewry and forced painful moral reckonings over Israel's response in Gaza.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Day one of Gaza peace talks ends on positive' note in Egypt

Resumed indirect talks in Egypt made progress toward a roadmap for ceasefire, prisoner exchanges, and humanitarian aid, with negotiations scheduled to continue.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Milei performs at rock concert in front of 15,000 people to save the election campaign

President Javier Milei staged a rock-style book launch and campaign concert, singing covers to rally supporters amid recent political setbacks.
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fromIndependent
6 days ago

Richard Curran: There isn't a lot in this budget for you, unless you run a restaurant or build apartments

The government has lost public confidence and support despite a €9.4bn package of spending and tax cuts, leaving policies politically ineffective.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa unharmed after attack on his car

Environment and Energy Minister Ines Manzano said Noboa's car showed signs of bullet damage. In a statement to the press, she explained that she filed a report alleging an assassination attempt had taken place. Shooting at the president's car, throwing stones, damaging state property that's just criminal, Manzano said. We will not allow this.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

How Ladakh protest leader Sonam Wangchuk went from Indian hero to traitor'

Sonam Wangchuk, once a celebrated reformer, now leads Ladakh protests and faces arrest for alleged anti-national conspiracy after violent clashes.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

A 10-point plan for Israel

Israel must deradicalise politics, reform its military, face ICC accountability, and halt genocidal policies to enable a sustainable Israeli–Palestinian peace.
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fromThe Cipher Brief
1 week ago

The Hidden Leverage of Digital Chokepoints

Undersea cables, satellites, and semiconductor supply chains form vital but fragile global infrastructure vulnerable to targeted disruption and gray-zone coercion.
fromThe Atlantic
1 week ago

How Far Does Trump's Immunity Go?

When Vladimir Putin met with Donald Trump in Alaska in August, one prominent strand of social-media commentary had nothing to do with the possibility of a deal to end Russia's war against Ukraine (the meeting's ostensible purpose). Rather, it turned on the question of whether Putin-who faces an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, stemming from Russia's wartime actions-could conceivably be arrested when he stepped foot on U.S. soil.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Jane Goodall said she would launch Trump and Musk on one-way trip into space

There are people I don't like, and I would like to put them on one of Musk's spaceships and send them all off to the planet he's sure he's going to discover, Goodall tells interviewer Brad Falchuk during the revelatory 55-minute special discussing her life, work and legacy. Would Musk, the SpaceX founder and Trump ally with a penchant for apparent Nazi-style salutes and firing thousands of federal workers, be among them, Falchuk wanted to know.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Syria's justice minister on rebuilding rule of law after al-Assad

As Syria turns the page after Bashar al-Assad's fall, the transitional government promises justice, truth, and rule of law.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 week ago

Israel and Hamas prepare for talks in Egypt over possible Gaza ceasefire and release of hostages

Indirect Israeli-Hamas talks in Sharm el-Sheikh aim to negotiate a first-stage ceasefire with hostages-for-prisoners exchanges and partial Israeli withdrawal.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

A magic pill' made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it

Israel has systematically destroyed Gaza, targeting civilians and infrastructure while Western responses remain insufficient and Palestinian voices are disregarded.
fromThe New Yorker
1 week ago

At the Edge of Peace

The plan precluded the future annexation of the West Bank, which so alarmed Netanyahu's allies in Israel that they dispatched Jewish settler leaders to the U.S. to talk him out of signing. Israel's far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, issued three demands: that the Palestinian Authority play no role in the future governance of Gaza; that Hamas completely disarm; and that there be no mention of a future Palestinian state. The proposal overlooked all three.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

What if the world took action to end Israel's war on Gaza next week?

Coordinated international pressure and sanctions could compel Israel to halt attacks and withdraw from Gaza despite US support, but the outcome would remain uncertain and risky.
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Trump Envoy Steve Witkoff and His Sons Blur Lines Between Profit and Politics

A New York Times investigation reveals that when Witkoff, a real estate developer and longtime friend of Trump, began his new position as a diplomat in the Middle East, his son Alex took over his company, the Witkoff Group. Since then, not only has the Witkoff Group continued to ink major deals with investors in the Gulf Arab states, but the elder Witkoff has not even fully divested from the company.
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fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Genocide, the power of a word: A history of the crime of crimes

The United States publicly ignored the 1994 Rwandan genocide, avoiding the term "genocide" to evade pressure for intervention.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

'Israel must stop bombing Gaza immediately,' Trump says as Hamas agrees to release hostages; negotiations due for other details

Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages under Trump's proposal and is ready for mediated negotiations while seeking further talks on remaining terms.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Final boat of 42-strong pro-Palestinian flotilla intercepted by Israel

A live stream from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) had late on Thursday evening shown the Polish-flagged sailing boat Marinette still sailing strong towards Gaza after the Israeli government claimed to have halted the flotilla carrying about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists including Greta Thunberg.
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fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Why Trump's Venezuela Attacks Matter So Much

Post‑1945 international law limited war to self‑defense and collective security, yet powerful states, notably the United States, violated these limits while invoking legal justifications.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

No, Bill Maher, there is no Christian genocide' in Nigeria

From Boko Haram to herderfarmer clashes, Nigeria's crises are complex. Simplistic genocide claims fuel propaganda. In recent days, coordinated attacks on Nigeria's nationhood have swept across social media, blogs and television outlets, alleging a so-called Christian genocide. These attacks, driven by foreign actors, mischaracterise Nigeria's domestic conflicts, ignore its complexities and manipulate longstanding ethnic and resource-based tensions to advance sectarian agendas.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Yasin Malik, Kashmir's best-known separatist, an Indian intelligence asset?

For well over three decades, Yasin Malik has held the reputation of a top-ranked pro-freedom leader from Indian-administered Kashmir. A leader who became synonymous with the armed struggle that broke out in Kashmir seeking independence from India in the late 1980s, then turned to the advocacy of peaceful, nonviolent resistance, Malik is currently serving a life sentence in a New Delhi jail.
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fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

The Irish Independent's View: Any peace deal for Gaza must include terms set by and for the Palestinian people

A 20-point plan could halt violence, enable Gaza reconstruction, and create a pathway to a Palestinian state if Hamas is demilitarised and international backing secured.
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