by Sabri Ege

Russia's invasion and occupation of Ukraine will come to an end eventually, but the media representations and narratives of the war will remain in our minds for a long time. Three specific and related dimensions of ideological discourse are evident in the Western media representation of Ukraine, and need to be deciphered.

by Valeria Giannotta

On April 27, 2022, 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution requiring the five permanent members (P5) of the Security Council (the United States, Russia, China, UK and France) to justify their veto power. The move sets the obligation to convene an extraordinary session of the General Assembly within ten days of the expressed veto aiming at "starting a debate on the situation for which the veto has been placed".

by Reuters

The stakes are high in Lebanon's election. The heavily armed Hezbollah Movement has seen one of its main rivals descend into disarray, handing it an opportunity to cement power over a divided country that's sinking into poverty.

Abdallah Al-Rahman will not be casting a ballot, though.

Tehran, IRNA – Some signs like comments made by politicians close to the power circle in Washington, including Hilary Clinton, suggest that the United States and Western countries are seeking to replicate the CIA Operation Cyclone in Ukraine.

While the world is stunned by the headlines about Ukraine crisi, the increasing evidence of continuous attempts by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to form and arm insurgent extremist forces in Ukraine and the consequences of such measure has attracted less global attention.

by Turan Kislakci

The Russian invasion of Ukraine clearly reveals that the world is witnessing a Cold War. The rivalry between the US and China is also following the pattern of a Cold War. In turn, international organisations such as the UN are going through a major crisis and are disintegrating, while the world order, which was already suffering from a severe crisis for many years, has today moved to a new stage with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

by Nasim Ahmed

The power of veto held by the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council — the US, Russia, China, Britain and France — is one of the most contentious rules of the international organisation. Every now and then proposals are put forward to moderate the use of the veto and prevent a P5 member from abusing its power in the name of "vital national interests".

by Yvonne Ridley

Is Pakistan embarking on its own version of the Arab Spring? The incredible scenes of people power from Peshawar to Islamabad, Lahore to Karachi and beyond suggest that 227 million Pakistanis are on the brink of something momentous. If so, they could smash dynastic Pakistani politics forever.

by Dr Mustafa Fetouri

NATO as an organisation and through its thirty individual members has been doing its utmost to help Ukraine against Russia's invasion ever since Moscow launched its attack in February. Even before the war started, some NATO members were offering Kyiv all kinds of assistance, including what many western officials call "lethal aid", an American euphemism much like "enemy combatants" and "collateral damage".

by Dr Ramzy Baroud

The meeting between Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi in the eastern Chinese city of Huangshan on 30 March is likely to go down in history as decisive in the relations between the two Asian giants. It was not only important due to its timing or the fact that it reaffirmed the growing ties between Moscow and Beijing, but also because of the resolute political discourse articulated by the two top diplomats.

by Pitamber Kaushik

What does the Valmiki Ramayana tell us about Non-Vegetarianism of its protagonist and deuteragonists?

The anniversary of the fateful day when US troops took the Iraqi capital Baghdad in 2003 will no doubt be marked this week with a deafening silence in Washington, because it was also the day when the so-called victors looted and plundered the country's banks. The fact that such daylight robbery was being filmed by the media was no deterrent to the thieves.

by Yvonne Ridley

Economic warfare is the name of America's new revenge mission against the people of Afghanistan and it could prove to be far more deadly than its 20-year military occupation which ended in a humiliating defeat and retreat as the last US soldiers scrambled to get out of Kabul last year.