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ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Senator Flavio Bolsonaro talks on the phone as he arrives at the swearing-in ceremony for the president and vice president of Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court, in Brasilia, Brazil, on May 12, 2026 [Eraldo Peres/AP Photo] By […]

ListenListen (4 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Members of Australian families believed to be linked to ISIL fighters wait to leave the Roj camp near Derik, Syria [File: Orhan Qereman/Reuters] By Daniel Khalili-Tari and Reuters Published On 27 May 202627 May 2026 A […]

Detained opposition leader Kem Sokha takes part in a supervised visit to a Buddhist pagoda in Takeo province, Cambodia, Sep. 22, 2022. Credit: Facebook/Yim Sanorn Kem Sokha, the former leader of the Cambodian opposition, was yesterday granted a royal pardon, effacing a 27-year prison sentence for treason, a month after an appeals court upheld his […]

ListenListen (4 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican candidate for the US Senate, speaks to supporters at a campaign event in McKinney, Texas, the US, on May 19, 2026 [LM Otero/AP] By Elizabeth Melimopoulos and Reuters Published […]

The Win-Win Monument on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Aug. 5, 2019. Credit: Sebastian Strangio Each country commemorates its wars in its own way and Cambodia is no exception. And as shots continue to ring out across the disputed Thai border, authorities are prepping Cambodians to treat May 28 as a day of national […]

Cambodian Senate President Hun Sen speaks about efforts to combat online scams during a meeting of senior government officials in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 24, 2026. Credit: Facebook/Samdech Hun Sen of Cambodia In Cambodia, as elsewhere, few political developments can be understood in isolation. Two events in particular over the last 24 hours are worth […]

Credit: Depositphotos Indonesia has blocked the online prediction market Polymarket, just days after the site set up a betting market on whether President Prabowo Subianto would be removed from office before the end of his term. In a statement on Friday, the Communications and Digital Ministry said that it had restricted access to the platform, […]

Credit: X/Abhijeet Dipke There is seldom just one cockroach in the kitchen. “You turn on the light and they all start scurrying around,” warned American businessman-philanthropist Warren Buffett, using the metaphor to describe hidden problems inside corporations. Today, governments too are increasingly run like corporations, with prime ministers expected to function like CEOs. Against this […]

Credit: Penny Wong / Facebook The Quad is not dead. Some are declaring its demise, but this week’s meeting of the foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan, and the United States in New Delhi is uplifting proof of life amid the world’s state of crisis. As China gathers strength, the Quad is indeed becoming ever […]

Russian President Vladmir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping shake hands during Putin’s state visit to Beijing, May 20, 2026. Credit: Wikipedia/Kremlin.ru The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during the latter’s visit to Beijing on May 19-20 was closely watched in New Delhi for its outcomes. While […]