Venezuela’s crisis is not an oil grab but a power grab
Trump has manufactured the Venezuela crisis, not to grab more oil but to expand his executive power.
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Removing Blair from Gaza’s TPC is necessary correction of historic mistake
Tony Blair’s anticipated role quickly emerged as a source of deep concern for many stakeholders.
STC controls more land in Yemen but it can’t declare independence
Southern Transitional Council makes military gains in southern Yemen, marking significant turning point in the conflict.
Gaza and the unravelling of a world order built on power
The UN’s response to Gaza exposes how the post-war system serves power over law.
Benin’s real coup already happened under President Talon
The failed coup exposed how far Benin’s democracy has already decayed.
After el-Fasher, we must refuse a ‘new normal’ of mass atrocities in Darfur
Massacres at the start of the war in Sudan should have shocked the world into action. They didn’t.
Abu Shabab’s death signals the inevitable failure of Israel’s plan for Gaza
The Israeli efforts to establish Palestinian rule in Gaza loyal to the occupation are doomed.
The centuries-old Christian presence in the West Bank is under threat
The community I grew up in near Bethlehem is being squeezed out by Israeli settlers.
World Cup 2026: Re-disappearing Mexico’s disappeared
In Guadalajara, the road to the World Cup is paved with erasure of the missing.
Why Qatar lives rent-free in the far right’s head
Conservative influencers are playing a central role in a new campaign of weaponising Islamophobia.