SCOTLAND’S NEW FIRST MINISTER REFUSES TO CALL ISRAEL AN APARTHEID STATE EVEN THOUGH HE HAS FAMILY IN GAZA

Thu 20 Apr 2023: Scotland is one of the smallest countries in the world but you would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to know that last month Humza Yousaf became the first Muslim to be elected as a leader in Western Europe. You’d also have to live somewhere very remote to be unaware his […]

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RUSSIAN MERCENARIES IN SUDAN: WHAT IS THE WAGNER GROUP’S ROLE?

Tue 18 Apr 2023: The Russian mercenary group has been accused of plundering Sudan’s gold resources to bankroll operations in Ukraine. After battles have broken out in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), questions have arisen over the involvement of the Wagner Group, a powerful Russian mercenary organisation that has […]

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THE RISE OF THE SOUTH: CAN BRICS WEAKEN THE DOMINANCE OF THE WORLD BANK AND IMF?

Sat 15 Apr 2023: Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise and become the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF combined? That once seemingly distant possibility now has real prospects which could change the equilibrium of world politics. BRICS — an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and […]

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TURKISH ELECTIONS HAVE A REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FLAVOUR

Sat 08 Apr 2023: Turkiye’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is campaigning across the country to encourage voters to re-elect President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Campaign meetings have no songs or music out of respect for the bereaved families who lost loved ones in the devastating earthquakes in February that killed more than 50,000 […]

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ARE WE WITNESSING THE END OF PAKISTAN’S MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT?

Fri 07 April 2023: In the West, the existence of a “deep state” remains a contentious issue. Many activists and political outcasts have referred to it, even targeted it, while mainstream media outlets have rushed to condemn the concept as a conspiracy theory. Even so, many in Britain, for example, still refer to the “Establishment”.  […]

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‘EMPIRE STRIKES BACK’: DIVERSITY AT HEIGHT OF UK POLITICS PRAISED

Thu 30 March 2023: This week marked a new era, with Pakistani-origin Humza Yousaf in charge at Holyrood as Rishi Sunak, whose ancestors hail from India, leads at Westminster. When Humza Yousaf became Scotland’s new leader this week, the world of British politics entered a new era of diversity. With Pakistani-origin Yousaf in charge at […]

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