By Borut Grgič *- First it was the U.S., already under the junior President George Bush and well before President Donald Trump, who declared NATO obsolete. Then a few weeks ago, the French president proclaimed it brain dead. Only for the two to meet last week in London for some more muscle flexing. But…

By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS – Appearing before 17 judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Aung San Suu Kyi, the de facto civilian leader of Myanmar, became a public apologist for the military government of Myanmar which has long been accused of genocide and forcing…

WEBPUBLICAPRESS (BERLIN) – The Ruhr region in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia was considered “problem region number one,” upending the narrative of an east-west divide. A new study urged the government to do more to eradicate poverty, DW (Deutsche Welle) reported.  Although the poverty rate has fallen across Germany, at…

By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS  - The successful battle against climate change – which has triggered a rash of natural disasters, including floods, droughts and rising sea levels— will be predicated largely on the availability of financing. The World Bank last year pledged $200 billion to finance the fight against climate…

By John J. Metzler - UNITED NATIONS — The stunning silence of the mainstream media which often overlooks  ongoing anti-religious violence has become a sad barometer of our secular societies. Clearly, while most of the attacks are “somewhere else” be it the Middle East, Africa or South Asia, the media template seems preset to…

WEBPUBLICAPRESS (London/New York) – The US president called Macron’s “brain dead” NATO remarks “nasty,” saying he could see Paris leaving the alliance. The remarks set the tone for what is expected to be another tense summit among NATO allies, Deutsche Welle (DW) reported from British capital. US President Donald Trump kicked…

By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS – The greatest single climate-induced threat facing the world’s 44 small island developing states (SIDS) is rising sea waters which could obliterate some of the low-lying states, including Maldives, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Palau and Micronesia. The Marshall Islands alone, says the UN,…