Meanwhile, the results of Covid commissions of governments around the world have become unbearably predictable. So far they have mostly said their government failed because they didn't act fast enough ...

The reports through Western presses read rather familiarly. Joyful residents taking selfies on abandoned, sullen tanks. Armed men ebullient and shooting into the sky with adventurist stupidity. The ...

The watershed moment in Syria with the ousting of Bashar al-Assad has triggered a complex and high-stakes scramble for influence in a region already rife with instability. As Syrian rebel forces have ...

America continues to subsidize the development of occasionally generated electricity from weather dependent wind turbines and solar panels, to replace coal power plants, with the expectation that ...

The re-election of Donald Trump resets the world. Last time he came to power it was almost whimsical. He was a rank outsider with a very narrow path to victory, which he only just threaded.

At present Fiji is committing to a 73m Ocean of Peace vessel capable of regional disaster response, amphibious beach landings similar to the latest United States Marine Corps (USMC) vessel, to provide ...

New York Times o pinion columnist Thomas Friedman has offered President-elect Donald Trump some friendly advice on resolving ...

Led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), rebel forces have made sweeping gains in Aleppo, reversing nearly a decade of Assad's dominance in northern Syria. What is being described as a "total collapse" of ...

Trump clearly is not a believer in catastrophic climate change, otherwise his favourite phrase would not be "Drill, baby, drill". Like most Americans and his right-hand man, Vivek Ramaswamy, Trump can ...

A new bloody phase has opened up in Syria, as if it was ever possible to contemplate another one in that tormented land. Silly terms such as "moderate" are being paired with "rebels", a coupling that ...

However, by offering NATO protection only to areas under Ukrainian control, Zelenskyy seems to be searching for a middle ground. The hope is that this NATO-backed defensive perimeter could lead to a ...

In short, whoever plays politics at this fundamental level instantly and effectively wins the hearts and minds of millions of people. In many public discourses, rhetoric is given the utmost place ...