World Press Photo of the Year: Cropping history and reality | Opinions
Inas Abu Maamar wears a plain blue garment and a mustard brown headscarf decorated with a pattern of raised knots. Her arms cradle the shroud…
Active Clubs: A new far-right threat to democratic elections | The Far Right
Across North America and Europe, the far-right Active Clubs movement is expanding at an unprecedented pace, presenting new threats to democratic elections and minorities. With…
Seafarers pay the price for the murky business of ship nationality | Opinions
On April 13, the naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a Portuguese-flagged container ship, the MSC Aries, in the Strait of Hormuz…
Germany’s crackdown on criticism of Israel betrays European values | Opinions
A few months ago, I found myself in a forum with German colleagues discussing European media. The conversation was lively and quickly moved from industry issues to…
Child marriage is a problem in the US that needs urgent action | Child Rights
On April 4, the state legislature in Virginia voted to amend state law, raising the marriage age to 18. A couple of days later, Governor…
The Abu Ghraib case is an important milestone for justice | Prison
I was in middle school when on April 28, 2004, CBS News first made public the haunting photos from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. I can’t…
South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy is sustained by protest | Opinions
On April 27, South Africa marks the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid, when we, South Africans, finally won the fight for all to…
It’s time to declare Israel a rogue state | Israel War on Gaza
Another day, another tragedy in Gaza. At the time of writing, rescuers were pulling bodies out of the rubble after an Israeli air strike on…
Modi wants to turn India’s election into a Hindu-Muslim war | India Election 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have decided that they will contest this seven-phase national election as champions of Hindu…
‘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…