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Cuba Hunkers Down As A US Oil Blockade Brings A Humanitarian Crisis

The Cuban government has drastically cut energy and fuel consumption and is downsizing and decentralizing most activity to the local level, where people can walk and use non-fossil-fuel-driven transportation, as the Trump administration blocks oil from reaching the import-dependent country, sparking concerns of a pending humanitarian crisis

2026-02-24 08:55:16 0 Comment 17807 view

Thai Senate Hears Warning Over SLAPP Lawsuits, Spotlighting Transnational Case Involving Murray Hunter

Civil society groups and individuals targeted by so-called Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) warned Thai lawmakers that existing legal safeguards are failing to prevent the misuse of the justice system to silence critics, during a Senate subcommittee hearing on December 18

2025-12-29 12:30:48 0 Comment 38552 view

Religious Nationalism Challenges Church To Fulfill Its Mission In Asia

The best way for the Church in Asia to address the rise of religious nationalism is to stay authentic to its mission — to serve all people in all nations, says Malaysian Cardinal Sebastian Francis of Penang

2025-12-22 09:33:49 1 Comment 24530 view

The 'Multicultural' Terrorist Threat Inside Europe: The Exported War No One Wants To Name

When Israel's Mossad intelligence agency publicly revealed in November 2025 that it had helped European countries expose a Hamas terrorist infrastructure "in the heart of Europe" – including weapons caches and plans to hit Jewish and Israeli targets

2025-12-22 09:26:12 0 Comment 34941 view

Sri Lanka Urged To Renegotiate With IMF

Church leaders have joined hands with rights advocates to urge the Sri Lankan government to renegotiate its agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), arguing that strict spending conditions have weakened the state’s response to the recent flood disaster

2025-12-13 09:33:18 0 Comment 28844 view

Attacking Drug Boats: Bending Or Breaking The Law?

The U.S. attacks on alleged narcotics trafficking boats continue unabated with little apparent concern for near-unanimous legal condemnation

2025-12-13 09:24:31 0 Comment 26010 view

Taiwan At The Crossroads Of The Future: Why The World Can’t Afford To Look Away

As Taiwan celebrated its National Day on Oct. 10 the occasion carries far greater meaning than a national commemoration

2025-10-15 03:05:47 0 Comment 35027 view

Nobel Prize For Imperialist War And Regime Change Goes To Washington’s Venezuelan Puppet María Corina Machado

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded its 2025 Peace Prize to the leader of Venezuela’s far-right opposition, Maria Corina Machado, an event that is as significant as it is sinister

2025-10-13 05:27:18 0 Comment 26642 view

Never Again: Why Israel Must Reinforce Its Borders and Its Message

Two years after the horror of October 7, 2023 — the day Hamas gunmen burst across Israel’s southern border, murdering civilians, abducting families, and burning entire communities — the world’s attention has drifted

2025-10-13 05:03:20 0 Comment 30471 view

US Weapons Pipeline To Nigeria Is Becoming A Crime Against Humanity

The very week the United States’ Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a $346 million arms sale to Nigeria, the U.S. State Department also released its 2024 Country report on human rights practices in the West African country

2025-10-04 02:46:53 0 Comment 44571 view

Japanese Companies Compensate Bangladeshi Workers In Their Malaysian Factories

The darker side to global supply chains was again well illustrated recently in slavery like conditions endured by hundreds of Bangladeshi migrant workers at Kawaguchi Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian supplier of plastic parts for TVs and air conditioners to Sony, Panasonic and Daikin

2025-09-25 12:13:59 0 Comment 44707 view

Asia And The World Need Indonesia To Secure Its Democracy

Indonesia’s president Prabowo Subianto will have watched mass protests sweep the streets of his country in recent weeks with understandable nervousness

2025-09-22 05:48:11 0 Comment 43137 view

Nepal Appoints First Woman Prime Minister, As UN Expresses Solidarity Amid Crisis

UN agencies in Nepal welcomed the appointment of Sushila Karki as interim prime minister on Friday, as the country reels from a deadly crackdown on youth-led protests that left more than 50 dead, widespread destruction and forced the resignation of her predecessor

2025-09-14 05:50:26 0 Comment 51599 view

Xi’s Grand Show of Force Failed to Challenge the US

Chinese President Xi Jinping orchestrated a strategically and purposely intended display of power and diplomacy, from hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, to the biggest military parade in Beijing to showcase China’s coming of age to the world

2025-09-12 04:00:12 0 Comment 71357 view