“It’s got no anything,” President Donald Trump said of Somalia in a recent xenophobic rant. “All they do is run around shooting each other.” As is true […]
Month: May 2026
The Left Needs Ideas
The profound malaise in the United States cannot be addressed, much less solved, by clever campaign strategies and appealing policy ideas alone.
France scales down border checks at Dover port amid chaotic delays
French border police agreed to scale back biometric checks at the U.K. border on Saturday after port authorities in Dover requested measures to ease passenger […]
EU’s public debt could become ‘explosive’ without action, IMF warns
NICOSIA — European Union’s public debt trajectory could become “explosive,” hurting the bloc’s economy, if no action is taken to deal with fiscal pressures, the […]
Don’t Start A Fight You Can’t Fight, Wike Cautions Makinde
“A fight you can’t fight, don’t start it,” the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, declared on Monday as he took a […]
Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria Marks 25 Years, Calls For Inclusion, Policy Reform
The Down Syndrome Foundation Nigeria has renewed calls for greater inclusion, policy reform, and public awareness as it marks its 25th anniversary of formal operations. […]
Republicans In Disarray: Half Of GOP Senators Were Ready To Vote With Democrats To Kill Trump’s Slush Fund
The crisis within the Republican Party that has been unleashed by Donald Trump is being understated. It is rare for senators to yell at any […]
Azov’s drones return to Mariupol as Ukraine expands its kill zone
Mariupol became one of the defining symbols of Russia’s invasion and Ukraine’s resistance. Russia reduced the southern port city to ruins during its siege in […]
Uganda suspends all cross-border traffic with DR Congo to curb Ebola
This includes the temporary halting of flights between the two countries, with the measure set to take effect within 48 hours…See More
Trump trashes Colbert’s high-rated finale as “no ratings”
President Donald Trump spent the week insisting that Stephen Colbert had “no ratings.” The numbers told a different story. “Colbert is finally finished at CBS,” […]
How a GOP megadonor became frontrunner for Texas AG
Over the last 15 years, Mayes Middleton has become a prolific GOP donor, spending millions of his oil and gas fortune on conservative candidates and […]
France bans Israel’s Ben-Gvir from entry
France on Saturday banned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering French territory following his treatment of activists detained while attempting to break Israel’s […]
Europe races to make it harder for Trump to rattle NATO
PRAGUE — Europe is trying to Trump-proof itself. Donald Trump’s whiplash over U.S. troop deployments in Poland turned this week’s GLOBSEC Forum in Prague into […]
Africa: Women More Likely Than Men to Die During an Ebola Outbreak: UN Body
allAfrica] Geneva — History has repeatedly shown us that women are more likely than men to die during an Ebola outbreak, the chief of humanitarian […]
Pakistani Army Chief Wraps Tehran Talks As Fragile US-Iran Diplomacy Intensifies
Pakistan has emerged as a central intermediary as regional and global powers intensify efforts to turn a fragile cease-fire into broader U.S.-Iran negotiations amid ongoing […]
Women Sentenced For Working With ‘Hostile Networks’
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 […]
Trump’s support on key issue finally starting to ‘crack’ among GOP voters
While American voters have increasingly soured on President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy, Republican voters have largely remained consistent in giving the president passing […]
MS NOW host left ‘bereft of words’ after watching GOP lawmaker’s ad about being white
As part of an interview with Kentucky Democrat Charles Booker, who is running for the seat now held by retiring Sen. Mitch McConnell (R), MS […]
Is There a Future Without Incarceration? Abolitionist Art Shows Us One.
Ibanged my head on the bars. It was 2:00 am. I was in a Brooklyn jail. Under the fluorescent light, other men slept on the […]
Israel Ramps Up Demolitions of Palestinian Homes Ahead of Fall Elections
East Jerusalem is days away from its largest forced displacement since 1967. Eight Palestinian homes are set to be demolished by the end of May […]