World
Why the West still misunderstands BRICS
by Dmitry Trenin When the BRIC group, as it was known then, first emerged, it was greeted with amusement as another exotic variety of alphabet...
Reflecting on Sudan, South Sudan history amid today’s challenges facing both countries
Today’s recurring and unfortunate political and ethnic rivalry between President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar has driven South Sudan’s cycles of...
Cuban families, educators forge path forward as school year begins amid U.S.-driven crisis
As the sun rose over the small island some 90 miles from Miami, the new school year started with both hope and difficulty. With...
Maps can shape how we understand the world
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) took a long-overdue step toward correcting distortions in commonly used world maps, particularly the Mercator projection, which is...
UK, France, Canada plan sanctions on Israeli regime over settlements
Britain, France, and Canada plan to impose a significant set of sanctions on the Israeli regime over its settlement expansion in the occupied West...
Amnesty says U.S.-Israeli attacks with indiscriminate weapons in Tehran may have been war crimes
by Julia Conley The recent resumption of U.S. airstrikes in Iran, including on a wedding party where at least 25 civilians were killed last week (Sept. 1),...
Israeli strikes on Gaza constitute ‘serious crime,’ continuation of genocide: Hamas
Hamas has denounced the latest intense Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, which killed at least three Palestinians and wounded several others, describing the attacks as...
President Díaz-Canel reaffirms Cuba’s commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights
by Leticia Martínez Hernández - Granma The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bernúdez, received...
Nepal deaths cross 1,000 as rescuers continue search for hundreds trapped in tunnels
Rescue teams in Nepal continue to search water-logged hydropower tunnels in the country’s North, where hundreds of workers remain unaccounted for seven days after...
Sudan, world’s largest humanitarian crisis, receives glimmer of hope
The August 24, 2026, United Nations Security Council latest updates concerning war-torn Sudan, and its escalating conflict, sounded more like a long, drawn-out and...