President Trump’s military campaign against Iran, launched in February, has failed to achieve regime change and instead exemplifies a flawed U.S. strategy spanning 47 years. The war has weakened American leverage over Tehran while strengthening Iran’s resolve and regional capabilities.
Nine years after Myanmar’s 2017 genocide, Rohingya continue fleeing persecution from both the military and the Arakan Army in Rakhine state, with over 1.2 million trapped in Bangladesh camps while international justice proceedings offer limited hope without enforcement and protection measures.
Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader imprisoned since 2002 for murder convictions widely viewed as politically motivated, could be key to Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations due to his rare cross-factional legitimacy and commitment to coexistence, according to the article.
The Trump administration has drastically cut U.S. food assistance funding, with the World Food Program experiencing a 40 percent funding drop in 2025. The reductions have caused severe hunger across impoverished nations, leaving an estimated 266 million people facing crisis-level hunger in 2026.
Wildfires ravaging British Columbia and across the globe expose how white supremacy’s system of displacing consequences onto distant communities and lands has collapsed, as climate change recognizes no borders—yet the same extractive logic continues to define inadequate responses that prioritize growth over ecological limits and leave vulnerable communities least protected.
Brazil’s October presidential election between incumbent leftist President Lula and far-right Senator Flávio Bolsonaro will significantly shape Latin America’s political direction, with Lula leading narrowly in polls while facing criticism from both centrists and progressives over economic growth and policy implementation.
North Korea trusts Russia and China over the unpredictable United States, preferring their reliability despite Trump’s efforts to build rapport with Kim Jong Un. Trump’s scaling back of military exercises with South Korea fails to address Pyongyang’s fundamental skepticism of American and South Korean commitment.
By Nate Bear* – donotpanic.substack.com Finland, often known as the happiest country in the world, now has the highest unemployment rate in Europe, demand for food aid has exploded by more than 70%, and homelessness, which had been declining for more than ten years, has…
The European People’s Party, which traditionally led centrist coalitions governing EU legislation, now increasingly partners with far-right parties to pass laws, including a harsh migration regulation. Without conditions from socialist, liberal and green parties supporting the EPP’s institutional control, the center-right group faces no political consequences for breaching its democratic firewall.
Latin America has served as a testing ground for capitalism and colonialism since the 15th century, alternating between cycles of oppression and liberation. The region witnessed major revolutions, democratic experiments, military dictatorships, and now confronts the experiment of reconciling neoliberal capitalism with democracy.
