A fractured region continues spiraling toward all-out war
When Israeli news outlets and government officials announced that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was assassinated, there were mixed feelings and controversy. The Israeli military...
Western powers use debt to hold sway over their former colonial empire
The tragic history of being saddled with debt repayments has meant African nations are encouraged and are often forced to “prioritize debt repayments over...
U.S. spends record $22B on military aid to Israel since October 2023 but ‘real number much higher’: Report
The U.S. has spent more than $22B on military aid to Israel and on funding Israeli aggressions across the region over the past year,...
Cuba wants to be part of BRICS: Foreign Minister
Cuba has officially applied to join BRICS as a partner state, senior Foreign Ministry official Carlos Pereira has revealed. The Russian envoy in Havana,...
Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa as 600 million still lack electricity
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone—Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the...
Representatives of Latin nations speak to end Israel’s genocide of Palestinians
by Yaminah Muhammad, Contributing Writer HARLEM—In comradery with Palestinian victims of genocide in the Middle East, powerful chants to free oppressed people of the world...
Cuba willing to expand, diversify ties with the Eurasian Economic Union
Priority sectors such as industry, agro-industry, medical-pharmaceutical industry and biotechnology, tourism, and special development zones are Cuba’s main cards in the face of the...
UK admits colony deal was about U.S. military base
Ceding Chagos Islands to Mauritius is meant to keep the Diego Garcia military base, London has said Britain ceded its last African colony as the...
The dangers of Western plans to extract Africa’s raw mineral reserves
In a piece in the November/December 2024 edition of Foreign Affairs, headlined, “America’s Strategy of Renewal: Rebuilding Leadership for a New World,” U.S. Secretary...
In first speech since release, Assange says imprisonment set ‘dangerous precedent’
by Julia Conley, CommonDreams.org In his first public statement since being released from prison in June, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged European lawmakers to take...