Lebanon: US proposal for maritime border deal with Israel to be sent by end of week

An American proposal to resolve a maritime border dispute between Israel and Lebanon is expected to be sent to Lebanese President Michel Aoun in...

India’s long infatuation with Russia must end

NEW DELHI – During a parliamentary debate in April, I expressed my concerns about India’s relationship with Russia. My words were met with...

Palestinians, police scuffle as Jews visit Temple Mount on Rosh Hashanah; 4 arrested

Palestinians scuffled with police in Jerusalem’s Old City Monday morning as Jewish visitors toured the flashpoint Temple Mount to mark the Jewish...

Italy’s Giorgia Meloni: From teen activist who praised Mussolini to brink of power

ROME (AFP) — From a teenage activist who praised Mussolini to favorite to become Italy’s first woman prime minister, Giorgia Meloni has had quite...

How did a fringe far-right group become Italy’s biggest party?

ROME (AP) — The Brothers of Italy party, which won the most votes in Italy’s national election, has its roots in the post-World War II...

Fenomen Safari

Že dolgo noben slovenski film ni pritegnil tolikšne pozornosti »na jugu«, kot to velja za film z naslovom Sarajevo Safari režiserja Mirana...

Muslim Brotherhood’s Qaradawi, who endorsed suicide bombings against Israelis, dies

An Egyptian cleric who was seen as the spiritual leader of the pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood and long advocated for suicide bombings against...

‘I’m no cannon fodder. I am not a murderer’: Thousands of Russians flee to Georgia

KAZBEGI, Georgia (AFP) — Nikita spent two days in traffic before he made it to Georgia, one of the thousands of Russian men seeking to evade the...

(POGLED) Vedeti več pomeni imeti moč

Vsako svoje zgodnje jutro pričnem s poslušanjem Vala 202 ali Radia Maribor in s prebiranjem kakovostnega članka iz Dela, Nedela ali Večera. Ta...

How Sigmund Freud fled Nazi Austria, leaving siblings who perished in the Holocaust

On March 15, 1938, three days after German troops crossed into Austria, approximately 250,000 people greeted Adolf Hitler when he appeared on the...

Zhina Amini and Iran’s Multi-Layered Revolution

Guest article Zhina Amini and Iran’s Multi-Layered Revolution by Rahim Hamid, an Ahwazi author, freelance journalist and human rights advocate....

Western democracy is being destroyed to protect Israel

The past few days have seen an almost unprecedented attack on high-profile supporters of Palestine resulting in a concerted effort to silence some...

Iran indicts 14 over killing of top nuclear scientist blamed on Israel

Fourteen people have been indicted in connection with the 2020 killing of a top nuclear scientist in an attack Tehran has blamed on Israel, an...

EU leaders have forgotten about something kind of important

Brussels overlords and assorted EU leaders, taking turns at the UN General Assembly podium beating the Western war-drums against Russia — all in...

IAEA, Iran signal no compromise on impasse over undeclared nuclear sites

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi told Iran on Monday that his agency would not halt a probe into traces of uranium...

Video shows Iranian authorities assaulting girl who removes hijab in front of them

Footage posted on Monday by an Iranian opposition news outlet shows a girl being brutally beaten by security forces after removing her hijab, as...

Gunman kills Russian military recruiter as opposition to Ukraine mobilization grows

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack...

Standing on the shoulders

By Bernard Rowan My retired colleague, Dr. Hannah Jones, one of the first United Nations representatives from Liberia, taught me the phrase,...

A Call for Help – Iranian Opposition pleads for support

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” – John F. Kennedy Iran has caught fire and from the...

The Frail Sentimentality of the Non-Religious Jew

For Isaac Bashevis Singer I Malachi was born in Israel in 1976 and came to Miami with his mother and older brother in 1986. They watched ‪Rocky IV...

Lost in the Service of the IDF

The TV interview several weeks ago on N12 with five of Israel’s former Chiefs of Staff, Ehud Barak, Moshe (Bogie) Yaalon, Gabi Ashkenazi, Benny...

God Save the Pound?

Russia, Iran, and the Perils of Post-Autocracy

America’s Education Emergency

Sudanese head north to Egypt seeking brighter future

At downtown Khartoum's Al-Souq Al-Arabi, travel agencies helping young Sudanese seek a brighter economic future in Egypt are replacing once-packed...

Trump called fans ‘f***ing crazy,’ denied watching TV during Capitol attack — book

Former US President Donald Trump was surprised by supporters’ fervent loyalty toward him and sometimes derisive, The New York Times’ Maggie...

Ukraine invasion highlights political impediments to UN Security Council’s expansion

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Virtually everyone involved agrees: Almost eight decades after it came into existence, the powerful UN Security Council needs...

Italian far-right leader strikes moderate tone in victory speech

ROME (AP) — Italian voters shifted sharply, rewarding a party with neo-fascist roots and bolstering prospects the country could have its first...

Does the conflict in Ukraine represent a ‘new war’?

When looking at the ongoing war in Ukraine, it may be considered in some ways as a “new war” — an unconventional battle largely distant from...

The Egyptian economy is a time bomb waiting to explode

Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait has told Bloomberg said that his country will not get a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Nubia Way

‘It was a very spiritual thing to do.’ How Black Londoners built a community – and their houses – from the ground up - by Aeon Video Watch at...

Banks' greedy pursuit of profits

Lenders must do more to cut borrowers' interest burdens The difference between the average interest rate on loans and the average rate on deposits...

Apologize for controversy

Rival parties should refrain from blame game President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to continue to confront controversy over the reported use of foul...

Shana Tova, Rashida

You may have heard about Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s recent statement to Americans for Justice in Palestine Action: “It’s become clear that you cannot...

Putin's bully pulpit - now open to use nukes

By Martin Schram News was being made Wednesday morning at Vladimir Putin's bully pulpit (pardon my redundancy). Across Russia's 11 time zones, and...

Stalking is no trivial misdemeanor

By Lee Eung-tae At 9 on a Friday night, Christina walks around a platform of Stockholm station whistling. She's finished work and is going to have...

Preparing for the Long War

EDITORIAL: Concerns linger about arbitrary application of land use law

A law for regulating the use of land plots deemed important for national security purposes took full effect on Sept. 20. The ruling parties used...

VOX POPULI: We must never forget horrors of Khmer Rouge’s rule in Cambodia

In 1975, soon after the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, grabbed power in Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, one of the group’s leaders who was then serving as...

Realizing a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Floods in Pakistan: looming humanitarian crisis

By Imran Khalid "I have never seen climate carnage on the scale of the floods here in Pakistan. As our planet continues to warm, all countries will...

US Hard at Work Preparing Taiwan for War with China

The years leading up to World War I and World War II are often referred to by historians as “diplomatic fever,” because of active mobilization...

¿Qué podría deparar la contraofensiva ucraniana?

La contraofensiva contra las fuerzas de ocupación rusas comenzó en el suroeste de Ucrania, en la provincia de Jersón, hacia finales de agosto....

Gran rezago

En su novela 2034, Ackerman y Stavridis extrapolan las tendencias actualmente prevalecientes en materia cibernética una década adelante para...

IDF trials remote-controlled riot dispersal gun in Hebron

The Israel Defense Forces has placed a new system that can remotely fire riot-control ordinance during unrest in the West Bank city of Hebron. The...

(NA ZAHODU NIČ NOVEGA) Družinske vrednote od Teherana do Tallahasseeja: Humanistične vrednote niso klobasa

V populistični paradigmi se družina brani s sovraštvom do drugih in drugačnih, o pravicah otrok pa se odloča glede na spolno usmerjenost...

When God Showed Up at My House

I would like to credit and thank author and playwright Glen Merzer as the source of inspiration for this imagined dialogue.  After Rosh Hashanah...

BRI project flaws can be addressed with digital tools

Improved implementation will benefit local populations in developing countries

Pakistan’s Floods Are a Man-Made Disaster

Unprecedented torrential rains followed by floods in one-third of Pakistan have caused more than $30 billion in damage, killed 1,596 people, and...

Putin's nuclear threat

The war in Ukraine is in its seventh month, and Russia's new tsar has been unable to achieve the goals announced at the beginning of his "limited...