Sun 07 December 2025: Last week the 2025 chair of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Ahmed Bin Sulayem, had an article published extolling the benefits of the scheme. He must have had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he sent the article for publication. Despite the bullish headline, integrity was missing from the outset. If, […]
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Tue 02 December 2025: Israel today is grappling not with the battlefield alone, but with a far subtler, far more consequential collapse: the evaporation of confidence among its own citizens. Recent data from the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) paints a disquieting picture. According to the April 2025 survey, more than a quarter of Israelis — […]
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Wed 26 November 2025: As total debt in developing countries has risen to a record high, there is frustration that existing frameworks, dominated by Western governments, have exerted undue influence over the repayment policies. Heads of state from the world’s most powerful countries gathered in Johannesburg, South Africa, over the weekend for a summit that […]
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Sat 22 November 2025: According to its website, the mission of Al-Majd Europe, yet another odd charity organisation operating in the mash and rubble of Gaza, is “dedicated to providing essential humanitarian aid, educational opportunities, and sustainable development projects to Palestinian communities.” Leaving little by way of information, the charity was clearly one of the anointed, […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: With the latest shift by President Donald Trump on releasing the Epstein files held by the U.S. Department of Justice – he’s now for it after being against it after being for it – the MAGA base may finally get to view the documents it’s long wanted to see. On the afternoon of Nov. 18, […]
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Thu 20 November 2025: The so-called Gaza ceasefire was not a genuine cessation of hostility, but a strategic, cynical shift in the Israeli genocide and ongoing campaign of destruction. Starting on 10 October, the first day of the announced ceasefire, Israel transitioned tactics: moving from indiscriminate aerial bombardment to the calculated, engineered demolishing of homes and vital infrastructure. […]
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Tue 18 November 2025: Reviving old myths to fuel new divides The Taj Mahal, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, continues to symbolize India’s cultural identity and artistic brilliance. Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore once called it “a teardrop on the cheek of time.” This masterpiece in white marble, a UNESCO World Heritage Site maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), attracts […]
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Tue 11 November 2025: From Gaza to Darfur, we are told we are witnessing “humanitarian crises” and “failures of diplomacy”. But this language obscures the reality of more than two decades of war that has raged in Sudan, that has only now pierced the veil of global consciousness. Gaza and Darfur are not aberrations. They […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: The al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM wants to incite popular discontent and pressure Mali’s military government, experts say. A months-long siege on the Malian capital, Bamako, by the armed al-Qaeda affiliate group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has brought the city to breaking point, causing desperation among residents and, according to analysts, placing […]
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Thu 06 November 2025: My message to the U.S. government is simple: Release Sami immediately – and reaffirm that America’s strength lies in defending freedom of speech, not silencing it. My name is Soumaya Hamdi. I am a mother of three children and a travel entrepreneur. On Oct. 26, my husband, British journalist Sami Hamdi, was abducted […]
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