The economic, social conditions are deteriorating on the Syrian coast

More than two months after the massacres Amnesty International labeled as war crimes, Syrians on the coast are still suffering and being neglected.

How Western fact checkers promote fake news

Tim Anderson exposes how Western “fact checkers” and AI tools act as propaganda arms of the Anglo-American media empire, reinforcing disinformation to sustain US hegemony and silence independent states.

Why the Israelis cannot win in Gaza or Yemen

Although the explosions caused by their US-supplied bombs let off a sense of superiority, they truly indicate that the Israelis are lost and incapable of finding a way to victory.

Hopes that Trump’s tariff tantrum quickens African Continental Free Trade Area dream

As countries plot their response to Trump’s tariff tantrum, analysts say that for Africa, in the midst of this potential for hardship, lies an opportunity for the continent to speed up the march towards its goal of continental economic integration.

News from Nowhere: Local difficulties

Keir Starmer's bland utopia and Kemi Badenoch's bleak vision of the future appear to have been swept off the table by tides of nationalism and divisive, hate-fuelled rhetoric, by authoritarian populists...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem could succeed Pope Francis, bring deeper Vatican involvement in the region

If Pierbattista Pizzaballa is ultimately successful, he would be the first modern Pope to have spent so much of his life in Palestine, observing the situation from ground level.