War in Ukraine
UN Panel Demands Russia Halt ‘Forcible Transfer’ of Ukrainian Children
The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin in March 2023 on the war crime accusation of unlawfully deporting Ukrainian children.
Feb. 8, 2024
US
ANALYSIS: Immune Like Putin - Trump Calls on the Shades of Watergate
In his bid to become president again, Donald Trump is hoping to play fast and loose with US laws, finding loopholes to do what he does best – serve himself.
Feb. 8, 2024
War in Ukraine
OPINION: Is Tucker Carlson Visiting Moscow to Give Putin a Boost in Russia’s Time of Need?
Going to Moscow to interview Putin in 2024 is like visiting Berlin in 1940 to speak with Hitler. But pro-Russia Republicans think that’s just “journalism” because they want to hear “both sides.”
Feb. 6, 2024
Russia
Russian 'Anti-War' Presidential Candidate Says Returning Crimea to Ukraine 'Impossible'
According to Boris Nadezhdin, the idea of returning Crimea to Ukraine would not be accepted by any president of Russia and that it’s more important to ensure "people don't kill each other."
Feb. 6, 2024
Israel
OPINION: South Africa’s Double Standards
South Africa’s allegations of genocide against Israel come in the wake of its UN abstention following Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, and its joint naval drills with Russia and China.
Feb. 5, 2024
Russia
Russia: Religious Persecution and Issues - Bimonthly News Digest, January 16-31
The Latest Overview on the Situation of Religious Dissenters in Russia from Human Rights Without Frontiers International.
Feb. 5, 2024
Human Rights
ANALYSIS: Stealing Ukraine’s Children: Accountability – Part 2
Russia makes no secret of the fact that they intend to turn Ukrainian children into “patriotic” Russians. To do so they resort to abduction and deportation.
Feb. 4, 2024
Europe
OPINION: Plundering the Western Balkans with EU’s Tacit Acquiescence, Part. 1
Corrupt politicians have been systematically plundering public budgets and natural resources in the Western Balkans for years. Increasingly, international actors are also discovering an El Dorado.
Feb. 3, 2024
Human Rights
ANALYSIS: Stealing Ukraine’s Children: a War Crime – Part 1
Russia makes no secret of the fact that they intend to turn Ukrainian children into “patriotic” Russians. To do so they resort to abduction and deportation.
Feb. 3, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: February 1, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
Feb. 1, 2024
Ukraine
Top UN Court Rejects Most of Ukraine 'Terror Finance' Case Against Russia
Kyiv had accused Moscow of being a "terrorist state" whose support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine was a harbinger of the full-fledged 2022 invasion.
Jan. 31, 2024
War in Ukraine
Top UN Court to Rule on Ukraine-Russia 'Terrorism' Case
Kyiv has accused Moscow of being a "terrorist state" whose support for pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine was a harbinger of the full-fledged 2022 invasion.
Jan. 31, 2024
Legal
ANALYSIS: Are Russia’s Crimes Against Ukraine Premeditated Genocide?
Does the Russian regime intend to commit another genocide of Ukrainians? The Centre for Strategic Communication has analyzed Putin’s latest statements for the presence of genocidal rhetoric.
Jan. 29, 2024
Ukraine
OPINION: Constitutional Self-Defense
About a constitutional tradition designed to safeguard democracy and sovereignty with immediate relevance for today, and not only for the US.
Jan. 28, 2024
Zelensky
President Zelensky Marks Holocaust Memorial Day
Jan. 27 marks the 79th anniversary of the day in 1945 when the Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated.
Jan. 27, 2024
Israel
South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel Explained
South Africa brought the case against Israel because both countries have signed the UN Genocide Convention, drawn up in 1948 as the world vowed “never again” after the Holocaust.
Jan. 26, 2024
Russia
Russian Woman Jailed for Record 27 Years for Killing Anti-Ukraine Blogger
Hardline military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was blown up in a Saint Petersburg cafe where he was giving a speech last April.
Jan. 25, 2024
War in Ukraine
Russia Jails Nationalist Critic Girkin For Four Years
Girkin, who also goes by the pseudonym "Strelkov", was instrumental in fomenting the conflict between Kremlin-backed separatists and Kyiv's armed forces in Ukraine's Donbas region in 2014.
Jan. 25, 2024
Putin
OPINION: Putin's 143 Million Prisoners
Russia is a criminal organization where elections are window-dressing and speech is about as free as it is inside China’s Politburo, Diane Francis writes.
Jan. 22, 2024
War in Ukraine
The Collected Wisdom of Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev – His Journey from Reforming Liberal to Rabid Warmonger
If you read Medvedev’s diatribes against the West and Ukraine it’s hard to remember that when he first appeared on the political stage he was seen as what passes in Russia as a progressive liberal.
Jan. 21, 2024