Region

“The oil may belong to a country.” “But power begins where that oil can be authorized, validated, and converted into system.” Venezuela is not an isolated case nor a regional anomaly, but a point of convergence where the United States…

Xinhua Institute, the think tank arm of Xinhua News Agency, on Saturday released a report titled “Study in China: Contributing to the Building of a Community with a Shared Future for Humanity.“ The report analyzed the practices and importance of…

Over the past few days, I took part in a number of antiwar events with the wonderful antiwar community of New York City. One event, pictured above, was a performance of a play by Jack Gilroy and zool Zulkowitz, performed…

In the run-up to the 2024 election, Donald Trump promised, “We will close the border. We will stop the invasion of illegals into our country.” A year later, it was a promise he claimed to have kept. But exactly who…

On April 28, King Charles III and Queen Camilla were welcomed at the White House with a full state arrival ceremony—military flyover, cannon salute, and all the symbols of power and continuity. It was only the second time a British monarch has addressed Congress. And yet,…

By Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh, a rising economic power in South Asia, has witnessed a historic milestone. On Tuesday at 3:00 PM local time, the official loading of uranium fuel into the first unit of the Rooppur Nuclear…

By Rita Bhowmik (Dhaka Bureau) A new debate has emerged regarding the balance of power between the center and the periphery in Bangladesh’s local governance system. Urban and regional planners have expressed deep concern over the government’s initiative to establish…

“Reporma Ngayon, Ligtas na Pagmimina Bukas! (Reforms Today, Safe Mining Tomorrow!)” This was the resounding call of more than 200 representatives from 59 small-scale gold mining organizations across the country as they concluded the Seventh Assembly of the National Coalition…

Nuclear abolition activists are coming to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations. Wednesday, April 29, 2026 from 9 AM to 10 AM EDT A gathering in front of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations…

27 April 2026, Quezon City. The toxics watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition paid tribute to a victim of the Minamata tragedy, Japan’s worst industrial disaster, who traveled to the Philippines to offer a first-hand account of the sufferings and hopes of…