‘Fire and forget’ in Gaza | Israel War on Gaza
Earlier this month, the Israeli occupying forces withdrew from my hometown of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, presumably to prepare for an attack…
Watching the watchdogs: The media downplays a big legal story at its peril | Israel War on Gaza
In a fast-expanding global battleground, enablers and opponents of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza are facing off in an unusual landscape: courtrooms. Over the past…
Another foreign intervention will not solve the crisis in Haiti | Opinions
On March 12, Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry tendered his resignation amid escalating violence in the country. Ahead of his announcement, the Caribbean Community and…
The ICC can no longer ignore the genocide in Gaza | ICC
Over the past few months, the International Criminal Court (ICC) under the leadership of Prosecutor Karim Khan has come under heavy criticism for not taking…
Nigeria’s cybercrime reforms leave journalists at risk | Opinions
The officers treated journalist Saint Mienpamo Onitsha as if he was violent and dangerous. Guns drawn, they arrested him at the home of a friend,…
Cass Review: A victory for women, children and common sense | Women’s Rights
In England, a landmark independent review into gender care services for young people has exposed one of the biggest medical negligence scandals of recent times…
Is China growing tired of Russia’s war in Ukraine? | Russia-Ukraine war
As the third year of Russia’s war in Ukraine dawns, China finds itself struggling to maintain its delicate balancing act. Beijing’s stance of strategic ambiguity…
Modi’s elections or Dictator Aladeen’s Olympics? | India Election 2024
There is a famous scene in Sasha Baron Cohen’s 2012 comedy “Dictator”. Dictator Aladeen participates in a 100-metre race that is part of the Olympic…
Sorry, but Iran is not the aggressor here | Israel War on Gaza
On Saturday, April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in…
Amid the Israel-Iran escalation, it’s time for a region-wide ceasefire | Opinions
When the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, he knew what he was doing. Although any…
The crisis in Sudan necessitates urgent action | Opinions
For a brief moment, the eyes of the world were on Sudan as civil war swept the nation last April, following the collapse of the…
How Gaza is changing US campuses | Opinions
For more than five months now, students across the United States have been rallying in support of Palestinians as they face genocide at the hands…
A rubber bullet cost me an eye at a protest, but I am still protesting | Protests
I am a 29-year-old environmental activist from Chaiyaphum, Thailand. I have a passion for people power and a deeply held belief in the pivotal role…
Trump and the US media’s conflict of interest | US Election 2024
On the last day of the Republican National Convention in July 2016, which nominated Donald Trump as the GOP’s candidate for the presidential election, CNN’s…
Israel’s message: ‘Don’t feed the Palestinians’ | Israel War on Gaza
The invading Israeli army ought to have erected signs throughout Gaza that read: “Don’t feed the Palestinians: Punishable by death.” Here’s why. To understand why…
Palestinians and the world must not lose hope | Israel War on Gaza
When in early October we, Palestinians, laid out to the world what was going to happen, our testimonies and foresight were seen as an exaggeration.…
Nuclear energy cannot lead the global energy transition | Climate Crisis
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and a subsequent 15-metre tsunami struck Japan, which triggered a nuclear disaster at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear…
Taliban ban on girls’ education defies both worldly and religious logic | Education
Spring has arrived in Afghanistan, and Afghan children have returned to their schools to begin a new academic year. Girls beyond the 6th grade across…
Lost in Orientalism: Arab Christians and the war in Gaza | Opinions
On February 21, it was announced that the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby refused to meet with Munther Isaac, a Palestinian Lutheran pastor, after Isaac…
The US ‘contingency plan’: Send Haitians to Guantanamo, again | Opinions
In March, amid a flare-up in gang violence that prompted the declaration of a state of emergency in Haiti, the United States made it known…