The Genocides <i>The New York Times</i> Forgot - The paper’s Gaza coverage continues its pattern of downplaying US-...

In the winter of 1981, six years into Indonesia’s occupation of the island nation East Timor, The New York Times Magazine published a report about the island that may as well have been written about Gaza any time since October 7th, 2023. Referring to the …

How a Trove of Smuggled Records Could Help Syrians Get Justice for War Crimes

O n December 8, 2024, as the regime of Bashar al-Assad collapsed, Mukhtar was at his home in Idlib Governorate, in northwestern Syria. (For safety reasons, he asked to use a pseudonym.) A researcher with the Syria Justice and Accountability Centre (SJAC), …

East Timor and Bangladesh navigate duration risks in shifting rate cycle

Montagnard Pastor: U.S. Government Must do More to Protect Christians

A Montagnard pastor from Vietnam now living in North Carolina is calling on the U.S. government to do more to combat the ongoing persecution of the Dao Blung Hlao Church in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Authorities often increase persecution the week of …

When past and present collide: Indonesia 1965-2025

General Suharto seized power in October 1965 with a mandate to transform the vast archipelago into a bastion of Asian counter-revolution, within the framework of the "containment" policy implemented in the region by the United States. [4] A …

With 55 new missions coming on line, opportunities abound for more LDS Church growth

(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A children's choir sings during a special conference of the Kinshasa Stake in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in February 2025. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently announced …

Honoring the Progressives Fighting for Our Democracy

Feature / December 22, 2025 These activists and artists, pastors, and political leaders know what has always been true: The people have the power. Illustration by Brian Stauffer. This article appears in the January 2026 issue. Ayear that began with the …

The open war against the oil ‘phantom fleet’

To trace the path of the Skipper, a ship that was intercepted on December 10 by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, is to follow the trail of a piece of the illegal oil industry. This single cargo ship was representative of the many actors and …

Asean chairmanship good for PH economy

THE Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) on Sunday said that the country’s chairmanship of the 2026 Asean Summit could drive economic growth. The Summit is a biannual meeting held by 11 Asean member states …

Woodside’s next CEO must steer costly LNG projects through glut risk

Woodside Energy WDS faces a leadership shake-up after chief executive Meg O’Neill’s surprise exit for the top job at BP BP., a move that comes as the Australian firm is striving to deliver key projects in a market braced for oversupply. The oil and gas …