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Who is Jose Antonio Kast, Chile’s newly elected far-right leader?
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1274+ words) The president-elect has vowed to tackle crime and tighten immigration policies as he takes over from leftist incumbent Gabriel Boric. Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast of the Republican Party " who claims to be inspired by US President Donald Trump " has…...
The Take: Why China’s citizens are rooting for Iran in the US-Israel war
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (136+ words) As war disrupts Gulf oil routes, China faces rising energy risks. Could this deepen tensions with the US? China is more affected than any country outside the Gulf by the US-Israel war due to its energy reliance on Iran. But…...
Destroy, displace, dismantle: Israel’s Gaza doctrine comes to Lebanon
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (168+ words) The strategy that devastated Gaza is being replicated in Lebanon: Displace civilians, destroy infrastructure and fragment governance. Humanitarian leader and political analyst from South Africa. I spent three years working in Palestine before being expelled by Israeli authorities. I watched…...
Michigan synagogue and Virginia university shootings: What we know
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (1285+ words) The assailant who rammed his vehicle into Detroit's Temple Israel synagogue has been killed. Michigan synagogue ramming an "act of targeted violence': FBI A man rammed his vehicle into a synagogue in the Detroit metropolitan area in Michigan on Thursday,…...
Epstein and the politics of distraction
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (672+ words) Scandal individualises corruption, creating a spectacle that redirects anger away from structural power. The growing understanding that people in the Global South, along with Black, Indigenous and other People of Colour (BIPOC) within the imperial core, face a common enemy…...
The war of signals: How Russia and China help Iran see the battlefield
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (185+ words) The war of signals: How Russia and China help Iran see the battlefield'Al Jazeera Electronic warfare and intelligence sharing are eroding decades of US-Israeli dominance in the Gulf. The drone that slammed into a US military facility in Kuwait, killing…...
Does President Trump have an exit strategy for the war with Iran?
19+ hour, 18+ min ago (159+ words) United States officials are issuing contradictory statements on the war's timeline and objectives. United States President Donald Trump has again suggested the war in Iran could be over soon, but he didn't say when or how. The US leader's advisers…...
Analysis: The war on Iran is at a crossroads
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (1219+ words) Iran is raising the costs of a continued war, for the US and Gulf nations. But could it " and the US " escalate further? The Middle East may be at a turning point. For the first time in decades, Gulf cities…...
Iran’s president sets terms to end the war: Is an off-ramp in sight?
21+ hour, 44+ min ago (1496+ words) Iran is asking for "reparations" and a guarantee that the US and Israel will not attack in the future. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has laid out terms for ending the war with the United States and Israel in what analysts…...
There is only one person’ who can decide to end the war on Iran
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (132+ words) There is only one person" who can decide to end the war on Iran'Al Jazeera "There is only one person" who can decide to end the war on Iran. Israeli journalist and writer, Gideon Levy, says that regime change in…...