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On April 10, 1993, African National Congress leader Chris Hani, second only to Nelson Mandela in popularity and a leading candidate to succeed him as the president of the anti-apartheid movement, was assassinated in South Africa. In an interview with BizNews Radio this April 12, retired South African High Court Judge Chris Nicholson talks about the book he wrote in […]

Will the direct negotiations between the U.S. and Iran in Islamabad resume this week, or not? Will the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports lead to a new outbreak of the war and its extension to other powers? As we write these lines, the Iranian leadership is still refusing negotiations in such conditions of coercion, while U.S. President Trump claims […]

The Schiller Institute is holding an in-person international conference on May 30-31 in Berlin, Germany, to take up the theme of How the End of 500 Years of Colonialism Will Benefit the Entire World. Such an event, the Schiller Institute points out, is urgent given the unprecedented upheavals in the world. “Not only have the nations of the Global South […]

The United States Congress has again failed to approve a resolution which would have prevented President Donald Trump from continuing military operations against Iran. However, opposition has definitely grown. Indeed, the War Powers Resolution adopted in 1973 requires the President to obtain congressional approval within 48 hours, and at the latest within 60 days in the event of a national […]

The U.S. war on Iran is seen by Chinese leaders as aimed at China for a number of reasons, oil not being the main one. Although 43% of the country’s oil imports do come from the Gulf region, which are now cut off by the closing of the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing has seen the problem coming, and has increased […]

On April 15, UK Defense Minister John Healey announced that his government would deliver “at least 120,000 drones for Ukraine this year”, the largest such package ever supplied by Great Britain. Deliveries began this month of all types of such unmanned aerial vehicles, from long-range strike drones to intelligence and reconnaissance drones, including those designed for logistics and maritime capabilities, […]

The European Union might have won in Hungary with the electoral defeat of Prime Minister Victor Orbán (cf. SAS 16/26), but it lost big on April 17 in Bulgaria, when the Progressive Bulgaria coalition led by former President Rumen Radev won an absolute majority in the National Assembly. With more than 90% of the votes counted, the center-left party is […]

Pope Leo XIV’s trip to Africa, the first papal visit to the continent in over 55 years, took him to four very different and diverse countries, Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea over a period of 11 days. His secular message took up the need to end war and violence, to alleviate poverty and to ensure good education and intellectual […]

In the 2025–26 fiscal year which ended March 31, China became India’s largest trading partner, ending a four year period when the United States held that position. The trade, however, is very unbalanced, with Indian exports to China at about $19.47 billion, against imports amounting to $132.6 billion. This trade data belie the general impression that India trades very little […]

For most Israelis, the official end of the two-week ceasefire pronounced by President Donald Trump has produced incredible fear and anxiety, as no one knows what will happen next. Most assume the war will restart, as it appears that Tehran will not accept the terms for a permanent ceasefire demanded by Prime Minister Netanyahu, which include full verifiable shutdown of […]