By Dr. Asoka Bandarage* COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 24 July 2025 (IDN) — We live in a time of accelerated militarism, environmental devastation, and deepening social collapse. Amid these crises, the destruction of our shared global heritage — humanity’s historical, spiritual, and artistic legacy — receives an astounding lack of attention. As we enter the […]
From Ceylon to Palestine: Ethnic Conflict and Its Role in Cold War Proxy Dynamics – Part Two
This is the second of a two-part series. Click here to read part one By Darini Rajasingham Senanayake* COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 24 July 2025 (IDN) — There are remarkable patterns of history, organised violence, and Disinformation between events leading to the pogrom and forced population displacements in Sri Lanka in 1983, and British occupied […]
Sri Lanka’s 1983 Nakba: Did ‘Ethnic Conflict’ Research Conceal the Role of Cold War Proxy Wars in the Global South? — Part One
This is the first of a two-part series. By Darini Rajasingham Senanayake* COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | 23 July 2025 (IDN) — Was the same Playbook to unmake Multiculturalism and stage the Palestine Nakba (catastrophe) for the violent birth of Israel in May 1948 used years later in the July 1983 pogrom and staged riots in […]
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
By Charles Glass* FLORENCE, Italy | 23 July 2025 (IDN) — Omar El Akkad, an Egyptian-born journalist, had studied in the United States and worked as a journalist for 10 years when, in the summer of 2021, he became an American citizen. Covering the War on Terror in Afghanistan and at the U.S. detention centre […]
At 80, the United Nations Faces a Moment of Reckoning — and Renewal
A milestone year brings calls for gender parity, regional equity, and bold leadership at the helm of the UN. By Ramesh Jaura This article was first published on https://rjaura.substack.com BERLIN, NEW YORK | 22 July 2025 (IDN) — As the United Nations prepares to celebrate its 80th anniversary in 2025, the milestone presents an opportunity […]
Rewriting the Rules: Centering Adolescents in Reproductive Health Education
By Whitney Atieno | 22 July 2025 (IDN) Youth Advocate for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights In Kenya, there is a harmful and outdated belief that contraceptive education is only for the married. This assumption ignores critical group adolescents who are sexually active and face serious reproductive health risks, yet are denied accurate information […]
The West’s Hypocrisy in Ukraine
Will major Western countries tell Ukraine that if the war is to stop, all it must do is to declare that it will not seek NATO membership? By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden | 22 July 2025 (IDN) — When it comes to Ukraine, the US and the EU are adopting a holier-than-thou attitude which, unfortunately, […]
An Open Letter to the Israelis: Rise and Save the Soul of Your Country
By Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK | 18 July 2025 (IDN) — I appeal to every Israeli—you have become the victims of deceptive and morally repugnant leaders who have systematically betrayed you by pursuing their treacherous messianic agenda while committing in your name heinous crimes against humanity, shocking the conscience of every human being. I beg […]
Thailand: Myanmar Refugees Exploited By Brokers and Police Claim New Report
By Jason Tan Bangkok | 18 July 2025 — A report released this month by the New York based Human Rights Watch (HRW) says there are over 4 million refugees from Myanmar living in Thailand, more than half of them undocumented, with law enforcement authorities in the borders areas of northern Thailand referring to them […]
A Holistic Approach to Advance the ASEAN Power Grid
By Matthew Wittenstein, Kieran Clarke and Yejin Ha* BANGKOK | 16 July 2025 (IDN) — The ASEAN Power Grid (APG) is a key cornerstone of Southeast Asia’s strategy for greater regional integration, energy security economic growth and achieving a sustainable, low-carbon future. With the region’s energy demand projected to more than double by 2050 and […]