Open Season on Netanyahu's Prosecutor

(ZDA PRED VOLITVAMI) Od tekmice do soborke

Potem ko je Joe Biden na zadnjem televizijskem soočenju z Berniejem Sandersom napovedal, da bo v imenu nominacije za demokratsko podpredsedniško...

Democracies need to speak up for freedom in Hong Kong

China is trying to stifle freedom in Hong Kong by increasing the ruthlessness of its brutal crackdown on journalism, free speech and dissenting...

UAE’s Unique Leverage Over Israel Buried Annexation to Enable Normalization

The UAE-Israel deal is great news for the United States. This is how the Emiratis, and Jared Kushner, helped Netanyahu climb down from his...

Skrivnost dalmatinskega pižolota

V vseh dalmatinskih otroštvih obstaja časovna črna luknja – čas od dveh do petih popoldne, vsak dan, vsak jebeni božji dan od dveh do petih,...

From Fallujah and Aleppo to Beirut… We are the children of Hiroshima 

On Thursday 6 August, we were preparing to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima....

Another bad day for the Palestinians as Israel and UAE normalise relations

After the 1967 Israeli-Arab war between Egypt, Jordan and Syria on one side and Israel on the other, the Arab countries sponsored and pushed for...

Oči si zatiskamo kot mali otroci

Zakaj smo taki, si ne znam odgovoriti. Ali postajamo nestrpni zaradi potrošništva, ki nam vsak dan prigovarja, da »imamo pravico« do tega in...

Rdeča, ki te vidim zeleno

Slovenija v praksi potrjuje genialno ugotovitev ameriškega predsednika: če manj testiraš, imaš manj okužb. No, v resnici jih nimaš manj, ampak...

Netanyahu's Plan to Take Out the Legal System

Subtly racist MSM uses dog whistle when covering horrific crimes involving travellers that it wouldn’t use anywhere else

Two recent and shocking crimes have shone a light on the hypocrisy at the heart of the MSM’s reporting of stories involving members of the Irish...

Suspending annexation will not cleanse UAE crown prince’s sins

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his administration had achieved a “historic breakthrough” deal that would witness the United...

Americans are free to vote Trump out of office, but they may be stuck with Soros forever – whether or not they like him

The life of the billionaire financier seems to be one long battle against the purported enemies of the ‘open society’ – a controversial...

Why do Muslim American organisations still support the police?

Since the August 2014 murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, and certainly, since the recent killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, discussions...

Israeli courts are like dense forests run by wolves

The Israeli High Court of Justice decided after six years of deliberations on the case of the rearrest of prisoners released as part of the Wafaa...

Čas za resne politike in novega Drnovška

Visoko politiko si običajno predstavljamo kot vrhunsko strateško igro modrih umov, kot šah racionalnih homo politicusov, ki predvidijo vnaprej...

Millennials annoyed by Nick Cave’s attack on cancel culture are really just still angry with mum and dad

Nick Cave is the latest celeb to come out against cancel culture with a typically well written criticism of one of the 21st century’s more ugly...

Do Black lives matter in Sudan?

On August 2, as General Shams al-Din al-Kabashi emerged from a house in Omdurman, protesters ambushed him with anti-military chants. Al-Kabashi,...

Setback to ruling party

Opposition and ruling parties vie for better approval ratings After nearly four years of staring at the back of the liberal ruling Democratic Party...

Haaretz Cartoon

Recalling the days when it was cool to chase after UV rays

Probably because I was a frail child, my grandfather told me one summer when I was in elementary school, "If you don't go out and catch some rays,...

Deconstructing Donald

Stopping Cambodia’s Reckless Urban Development

PARIS – Years ago, I spoke to the head of a large factory in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. She was worried that more than 100 of her workers...

Reflections on ‘Japan’s longest day,’ 75 years on

Pyeongtaek, South Korea – Aug. 15 marks the 75th anniversary of the announcement of Japan’s surrender to Allied forces in World War II. On this...

‘Collective resilience’ is the way to address China challenge

China has been quick to use its rising economic strength to punish countries that defy it. That capacity for coercion will only grow as China...

The rise of 'corona divorce' amid Japan’s domestic violence shadow pandemic

The pandemic was a kiss of death to my friend’s already troubled marriage. When her abusive and controlling husband had to work from home in April...

Otroško igrišče

Prisluhnili smo pobudi Pirančank in Pirančanov in v Rozmanovi ulici v Piranu uredili otroško igrišče. Tako je pred štirimi leti na družbenem...

After World War II, China valued its people’s personal freedoms. It should remember that

Seventy-five years ago this week, on 15 August 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s unconditional surrender in its war against the Allies....

A mere €10 million for Germany’s colonial-era genocide in Namibia?

Talks on reparations between the two countries are said to be close to wrapping up. But disturbing quotes and figures are leaking from the Namibian...

Nitori shows strength amid pandemic in Japan PREMIUM

Forgive and be free

When I was 26, my world fell apart. I had just started graduate school and was travelling back and forth between Richmond, Virginia and Washington,...

Saudi Arabia's Shocking Snub From Pakistan Is a Bonanza for China and Turkey

Pakistan’s foreign policy has a rule: Say yes to whatever comes out of a Saudi mouth. But last week, Pakistan slapped back. Why? And who will it...

Egypt’s medical aid diplomacy extends to Lebanon

On 4 August 2020, 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded in Beirut Port, sending a mushroom cloud above the city, and lighting a touch paper at...

Boston Marathon Bomber May Claim Many More Victims in High Places

One of the advantages of liberal democracy is that there is a greater separation of powers in that system than a dictatorship, or the pseudo-...

Turkey: The Political Economy of Hagia Sophia

Turkish lira, as of recently, has been in a freefall, indicating the overall health of Turkish economy. Since the beginning of 2020, Lira has...

Pellegriniho tretia cesta

Peter Pellegrini založil stratégiu na tom, že je iný, najmä zodpovedný. Vystupuje kultivovane, nepredstavuje skompromitovaný Smer ani...

Rio Tinto chief must resign after Aboriginal site demolition

Pension funds should divest after mining giant destroyed culturally significant caves

Mínusový rekord

Pri tej úľave totiž ako zvyčajne (a zase akosi priľahko) zabúdame, že za každým ekonomickým výsledkom sú tisíce príbehov ľudí, čo...

Cardi B’s WAP is no sexual trailblazer, it’s just another money-making hip-hop track with a faux political agenda created by men

Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar is everything to everyone. Feminist. Stripper. Catholic. Afro-Latina. Afro-Caribbean. Money-making machine. Influencer....

Sophia Narwitz: Victimhood has become a cult that wants you to suffer forever. I know because I broke free of its grasp

My childhood, teens, and much of my 20s were not good to me. Having grown up in an abusive home where I experienced sexual, mental, and physical...

Palestinians only pawns in UAE-Israel deal, shared enmity towards Iran is the REAL move

That facade was quickly eroded when Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu said his annexation plans were only “on hold” and not derailed, as the UAE...

Israel-UAE deal means goodbye to independent Palestinian state

The US has orchestrated a diplomatic rapprochement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. What is good for the region, however, leaves one...

Bahrain: the Tough Struggle Continues for Human Rights Activists

The situation in the small emirate of Bahrain, situated in the waters of the Persian Gulf, has once again caught the attention of media outlets...

For Belarus it's now or never

The protests in Belarus are not the first against authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko. They are, however, the first in which a majority of...