As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing […]
Year: 2026
Farmers wary of new locust outbreak, despite forecast El Niño
Swarms of locusts in South Australia are not likely to reach outbreak levels, according to experts, with potential El Niño weather conditions forecast. …See More
Paddock-to-plate revival as farmers grapple with surging food freight costs
As the cost of each kilometre food travels explodes, growers and consumers are looking for ways to shorten the supply chain…See More
The Bronx Still Burns
The borough’s arson wave in the 1970s was caused by financial forces and political priorities that continue to hold power in New York City.
Kosovo’s path toward NATO and the EU at risk in this Sunday’s elections, ex-president warns
Ahead of this Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo, the country’s ex-president is warning that the results could determine whether Pristina will remain on course […]
EU negotiators reach compromise on air passenger rights
BRUSSELS — After months of wrangling over EU air passenger rights reform, negotiators appear set to leave the most contentious issue — compensation for delays […]
Bite-sized dairy: Award-winning Belgian candy butter eyes global stage
Belgian butter firm Plaquette has taken home the Best Dairy Award at Gulfood 2026 for its bite-sized ‘candy’ butters…See More
On Using Affirmative Action as a Tiebreaker
In this post, Shalom Chalson (National University of Singapore) and James Bernard Willoughby (Australian National University) discuss their article recently published in the Journal of […]
Unhoused soccer players at Montreal tournament say sport changed their lives
MONTREAL — Fabrice Mugabe says his experience playing for team Canada at the Homeless World Cup in Oslo, Norway, last year changed his life and […]
Fascism Is a Scavenger, Not a Hunter: We Can and Must Defend the UK’s Sikhs
The UK is sliding fast. Having seen it play out in multiple countries, there’s a fairly predictable script for how fascist attacks on liberal democracies […]
Editor’s Note: The Difference Between Governing and Campaigning
For more than a year, the “ideas primary” has been simmering beneath the surface of Democratic politics. After Kamala Harris’ disastrous defeat, factions throughout the […]
ICE at the World Cup Is a Threat to Us All
We’re less than a week away from the first match of the FIFA Men’s World Cup, with tensions mounting over the United States’ role as […]
Why is Australia buying used American nuclear submarines?
Following the recent announcement that Australia would acquire three submarines already in US service rather than two used submarines and one new one, AUKUS has […]
US-Europe split on Belarus is a gift to Putin
When it comes to relations with Belarus, the Trump administration has been pursuing a dual approach of late. In May 2026, President Donald Trump renewed […]
The Member of the Reagan Brass Who Became a Pentagon Critic
When President Ronald Reagan was staffing up the Pentagon for his first term, an obvious choice was the director of defense policy studies at the […]
Trump Holds Event Seated In Wisconsin As Apparent Decline Worsens
The White House won’t admit what is becoming increasingly obvious with each of Trump’s public appearances. The president’s health does not seem to be fine. […]
Trump’s Lawsuit Against The BBC Has Massively Backfired
Trump’s learned from Disney paying off his bogus defamation lawsuit claim that big corporate media could be shaken down for cash, and the threat of […]
Putin to Zelenskyy: No peace talks — and don’t call me old
KYIV — Vladimir Putin brushed off Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s plea to meet him for talks, as he bashed the Ukrainian president’s manners. “I had a glance […]
Pro-Palestinian activists force EU commissioner to move meeting with arms manufacturer
Belgian local authorities asked the European Commission to move a meeting between defense chief Andrius Kubilius and a French arms manufacturer on Friday due to […]
Star Wars in real life? Astronomers find 27 possible twin-sun worlds
These shifts, imperceptible to the naked eye, can be the gravitational fingerprint of a planet no one has ever seen.