The careful calculus behind Vietnam’s BRICS hedge

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung traveled to New Delhi for the 18th BRICS Summit, where he met bilaterally with Narendra Modi and laid out…

Military Spouse JUST WENT PUBLIC…

‘I Can State This Unequivocally…’: South Korea’s President Rules Out Participation in Iran War

‘If liberals don’t fix this, extremists will’ | James Hanson

Reform’s £72m ‘gift’, data centres, and the German far right

openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 12 September 2026

Where is the oil money Trump stole from Venezuela’s people?

At any other time in American history, it would end the career of somebody like Scott Bessent, our limited-intelligence Treasury Secretary. It came out yesterday when Illinois…

Israel Goes BALLISTIC Over New IDF Documentary

When Russian drones show up in North Korea

North Korea is sending increasing numbers of workers to Russia’s premier drone factory located at the Alabuga Special Economic Zone. Alabuga is located in the Yelabuzhsky District of…

Trump Just MADE THIS MUCH WORSE…

Trump Issues More EMPTY THREATS To Iran

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell – Sept. 18 | Audio Only

US-Saudi F-35 fighter deal runs into a China-sized problem

A potential multi-billion-dollar transfer of advanced US stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia has thrust US Middle East policy into a delicate balancing act between regional…

Flawed AI-linked intelligence report almost led to US military boarding Chinese ship in Middle East – report

The US military came close to boarding a Chinese vessel in the Middle East earlier this year based on a flawed intelligence report prepared with…

Trump’s threat to ruin another American institution sparks outpouring of protest at Kennedy Center

Psaki: Trump can’t hide by attacking the free press

Jen Psaki reviews the history of American presidents clashing with members of the press but still respecting their First Amendment role, and reports on Donald…

Iranians DEFY Trump And Israel

Macau concludes first closed-door nat. security trial against ex-lawmaker and Tiananmen vigil co-organiser Au Kam San

Macau has concluded its first national security trial behind closed doors, a court said on Friday, days after proceedings began in a former pro-democracy lawmaker’s…

Ben Shapiro Is Mad About His Terrible ISIS Movie Reviews

House Dems prepare for post-midterm Trump investigations: ‘The American people deserve answers’

The liberal Zionist dilemma

There is a particular kind of essay that appears every few years, usually after some fresh convulsion in Jerusalem or Gaza, asking whether “liberal Zionism”…