The UN Charter needs rewriting | United Nations
On Sunday, the world’s governments made a series of commitments to transform global governance at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York.…
USC: The university of lockdown | Opinions
Last spring, after 93 protesters of conscience were arrested on the University of Southern California’s campus, and students and faculty were threatened with civil and…
No, the UNGA resolution on Palestine was not a win | Opinions
On September 18, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution calling for Israel to terminate its illegal occupation of Palestinian territory within one…
International law is key to the peaceful resolution of the Sudan crisis | Opinions
I drew attention in a previous article to the inadequacy of the international community’s response so far to the war of aggression being waged by…
Elon Musk is a threat to Brazil’s democracy | Opinions
For some time now, South African billionaire owner of X, Elon Musk, has been waging a war against a justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Alexandre…
What’s behind Germany’s raging Islamophobia | Islamophobia
On September 16, Germany started extending temporary controls along all its borders, to the chagrin of its European Union neighbours. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser clarified…
Why I am rooting for Bisan Owda to win a news Emmy | Israel-Palestine conflict
Bisan Owda, a young Palestinian journalist, activist and filmmaker from Gaza, deserves the highest accolades for the excellent work she has done in the past…
Not all is well inside the Taliban | Taliban
On August 21, a strict public morality law was issued in Afghanistan. The 114-page document outlining the legislation contains provisions that cover transportation, media, music,…
After Gaza, ‘election madness’ is not the same on US campuses | Gaza
This fall, United States campuses will be awash in what Howard Zinn called “election madness”. It will be a veritable cornerstone of campus culture. Universities…
Do not ignore Mali’s multifaceted humanitarian catastrophe | Humanitarian Crises
“Each year, we witness a further drop in rainfall – which translates to a drop in produce – resulting in us not having enough food…
The Paralympics are supposed to be fair and inclusive, but often fail to be | Opinions
The Summer Paralympic Games in Paris are now coming to a close. Over the past 10 days, more than 1,000 athletes with disabilities competed in…
Mpox and the dangers of treating some lives as disposable | Health
It has been a year since the first outbreak of a new more deadly variant of the mpox virus was first reported in central Africa.…
Scholasticide must not be normalised | Education
On August 10, the Israeli bombardment of al-Tabin School in Gaza City killed more than 100 people sheltering there, including many children. This was one…
Netanyahu and the Israeli protesters are on the same genocidal page | Israel-Palestine conflict
In July 2014, shortly after the kickoff of Israel’s “Operation Protective Edge” in the Gaza Strip – a 51-day affair that ultimately killed 2,251 Palestinians,…
The UK’s partial arms ban on Israel is not enough | Opinions
On Monday, the British government halted 30 licences that would have allowed British companies to supply military parts to Israel. Those include components for fighter…
Gaza has shown European universities are no longer places for free inquiry | Opinions
Jamaican-British academic Stuart Hall once said “the university is a critical institution or it is nothing”. Indeed, universities have an important role to play in…
The danger of ‘pro-EU’ Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans | European Union
Over the past few years, attitudes towards accession to the European Union in Western Balkan candidate states have been increasingly negative. In countries like Serbia,…
‘Sex work’ advocacy in California is harming children | Child Rights
In recent decades, so-called “sex workers’ rights” campaigners working to decriminalise pimping and buying of sex have attached themselves, just like trans rights activists, to…
The Beijing Declaration is a key step to resolve the Palestinian question | Opinions
The Palestinian question is at the core of the Middle East issue. Over the past years, China has put forward proposals and taken action to…
The West Bank: Israel’s other genocidal war in Palestine | Israel-Palestine conflict
On Wednesday, Israel launched a major military assault on the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army deployed hundreds of soldiers, armoured vehicles, bulldozers, drones and…