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Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Russian Orthodox Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev in Budapest in Hungary, September 2021.[Noemi Bruzak/EPA] Czech police have detained a Russian cleric after four containers of a suspicious white substance were discovered in his car. Orthodox Bishop Hilarion was detained in the town of Karlovy Vary, according to […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as ‘catastrophic’ [File: Todd Korol/Reuters] Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has expressed indignation at the Israeli government’s “appalling” treatment of participants in a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza. But in a news release […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Vessels sit anchored off the port city of Khasab on Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026 [AFP] The United States has launched strikes on targets in southern Iran, the US military has said, as Tehran’s top negotiators gather in Qatar for talks aimed […]

Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink Men gaze at a flock of sheep at the Kubwa Sallah market by the Federal Housing junction along the Dutse Road, in Abuja, Nigeria [Hussain Wahab/Al Jazeera] Abuja, Nigeria – Seated on a plastic chair inside his modest madrassa in Abuja, Yunus Akanji listened as […]

Japan’s Defense Minister Kihara Minoru (left) attends the signing ceremony of the Japan-Philippines Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) along with (from left) Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, and Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo in Manila, Philippines, Jul. 8, 2024. Credit: Japan Ministry of Defense) Japan and the Philippines […]

Credit: Photo 111684703 © Rose Joy Villote | Dreamstime.com There is a perception in foreign policy circles that despite the unpredictability and sweeping changes in U.S. foreign policy toward allies and partners under President Donald Trump, the Philippines remains one of the few countries firmly aligned with Washington, as ASEAN member states calibrate their positions […]

Credit: Shutterstock On May 18, the 46th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratization Movement, Starbucks Korea ran a tumbler promotion called “Tank Day.”  The promotional copy included the phrase “Bang on the Desk” – a phrase instantly recognizable to any Korean adult as an echo of the police cover-up following the 1987 torture and death of […]

Defense equipment on display at the 2020 Zhuhai Airshow in China. Credit: Shutterstock The world is a more dangerous place than ever before. At least, that’s what most governments seem to believe, going by the worldwide increase in military spending. From 2021 to 2025, arms spending around the globe surged up by 9.2%. And when […]

Credit: Depositphotos In the last two months, at least two Sufi shrines have come under attack by Islamist mobs in Bangladesh. The first was on April 11, when a Pir (spiritual leader) was beaten to death by a mob of around 300-400 people in an attack on a shrine in Kushtia in western Bangladesh. Then, […]