Rare global attention firmly focused on Sudan’s disastrous conflict
By Martin Banks Recent events have led to fresh calls for the U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
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December 1, 2025 Relations between the EU and Kazakhstan “going from strength to strength”
By Martin Banks This December marks 10 years since Kazakhstan and the European Union signed the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (EPCA). The agreement is seen by both sides as a key milestone that confirmed the shared commitment to a broad and forward-looking partnership. As part of the ongoing celebrations of the anniversary a series […]
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December 1, 2025 Pope Leo finds his voice on first foreign trip
Pope Leo XIV has arrived in the Lebanese capital Beirut a week after Israeli air strikes hit the Lebanese capital. For a man known for being measured and careful in what he does, it seems quite the statement to land in a country so affected by conflict in what is his first foreign trip. The […]
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November 30, 2025 Pope Leo visits Istanbul’s Blue Mosque
Pope Leo XIV has visited Istanbul’s Sultan Ahmed Mosque – widely known as the Blue Mosque – in his first visit to a Muslim place of worship since he took up the papacy in May. The Pontiff was seen bowing as he entered the building, but it is reported he did not pray at the […]
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November 29, 2025 US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
The Trump administration is halting all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington DC, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Joseph Edlow has said. On Friday, in a post on X, Edlow said the pause would be in place “until we can ensure that every alien […]
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November 27, 2025 Rare global attention firmly focused on Sudan’s disastrous conflict
By Martin Banks Recent events have led to fresh calls for the U.S. and its Arab allies should step up efforts to halt the carnage.
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November 23, 2025 ‘We worry more about food’ say Venezuelans living under threat of US military action
While Nicolás Maduro’s government lives on edge under a military threat from US President Donald Trump, ordinary Venezuelans spend their time trying to figure out what to eat each day. It’s Wednesday morning at Quinta Crespo, a popular market in downtown Caracas. Here, a possible escalation of the conflict is not the main concern of […]
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November 22, 2025 Migrant workers must not be “criminalised” says UN
By Martin Banks UN human rights experts have voiced fresh concerns about what they call the “continued exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage” of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia. “We are deeply troubled that fraudulent recruitment and the exploitation of migrants remain widespread and systematic in Malaysia,” the experts said.
