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Western ‘hegemonism’ under fire as China readies to host SCO leaders

China has announced that it will host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in the northern city of Tianjin from August 31 to September...

The U.S. increases pressure on Cuba by targeting its medical brigades

by Pablo Meriguet On August 13, the United States launched another attack on Cuba. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that his country would impose visa restrictions...

Iran condemns U.S. warmongering policy toward Venezuela

Iran has condemned the United States’ threats to use force against Venezuela’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity, warning against the dangerous consequences of Washington’s...

It is time for Africa to stand up to the decaying economies of Europe and the U.S.

South Africa is scheduled to host the G20 Heads of Government Summit in Johannesburg in 2025. This will be the first time the G20...

Iran respects Lebanon’s sovereignty, urges politicians to differentiate between friends, foes

The Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Ali Larijani, has dismissed allegations that Iran seeks to meddle in Lebanon’s internal affairs, urging...

Malnutrition deaths mark ‘latest in the war on children’ in Gaza: UNRWA

These young deaths are “the latest in the war on children and childhood in Gaza,” Philippe Lazzarini, head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA, said...

UK to return remains of war heroes to African nation

The UK has agreed to repatriate the skeletal remains of Zimbabwean freedom fighters killed by British colonial forces during a 19th-century uprising against White...

France admits waging ‘war’ in African state during decolonization

President Emmanuel Macron has acknowledged France’s responsibility for “repressive violence” during and after Cameroon’s independence struggle in an official letter to his Cameroonian counterpart, Paul Biya....

Sudan’s civil war and humanitarian crisis show no signs of slowing down 

With the conflict between warring factions in Sudan showing no sign of abating, which is impacting different regions of the country, the humanitarian situation...

Israel’s Gaza City plan sparks global condemnation and domestic protests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet approved a new plan on Aug. 8 on “concluding the war” with the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza,...