US President Donald Trump ushered in the 250th anniversary of US independence on Friday with rhetoric about American exceptionalism before calling on the country to fight what he called the sinister threat of communism. The speech evoked the Red Scare…
Thousands of mourners flocked to a vast prayer complex in Tehran on Saturday as the week-long funeral ceremonies for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began. Authorities shut down streets, airspace and daily life in Tehran to commemorate the life of the man who for decades ruled with an iron fist while confronting the West. Follow our…
Thousands of demonstrators flooded the German city of Erfurt on Saturday in a bid to shut down the rising far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party’s annual congress and signalling their concern over echoes from Germany’s Nazi past. The congress comes…
In tonight’s edition, Ebola is spreading beyond its original hotspot in the DRC as a new case has been detected nearly 600 kilometers away. And another human rights catastrophe is unfolding in Sudan around the besieged city of al-Obeid, the…
The round of 16 World Cup match between England and Mexico could be moved forward to noon local time on Sunday due to a risk of storms and flodding near Mexico City’s Aztecaon stadium, local media reported. Fifa has yet…
From intensifying drone warfare between Ukraine and Russia to mounting fears of a humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan, anti-immigration protests in South Africa and a landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court, this week has been shaped by conflicts over power,…
Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome Jan Pospisil, Sudan Affairs Analyst at the Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform. He says the siege has been going on for almost a year, and the RSF seems committed to seizing el-Obeid. While…
Pope Leo, the first US-born pontiff, called for “moderation” in US public discourse and called on Americans to find “common ground” in a speech on Friday that coincided with the 250th anniversary of US independence.
He was assassinated in a #US-Israeli strike in February 2026. #Iran’s Supreme leader Ali #Khamenei’s #funerals are set to be held on July 4, with authorities expecting between 15 and 20 million people to attend.
The EU is trying to assert its strategic independence in an unstable world – a world of bullies, as some members of the EU Parliament describe it. That means independence in matters of defence and energy supplies, but also in…