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Qasem Soleimani received the Zolfaghar Order from Ali Khamenei, the 87-year-old Supreme Leader who was assassinated in the US and Israeli strikes against Iran. Photo: khamenei.ir

US/Israel war against International Law

The assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns

United States President, Donald Trump. (Allison Robbert, Getty Images via AFP)

Trump nominates rightwing media critic as ambassador to SA

Brent Bozell is a long-time crusader against alleged liberal media bias and more recent Trump supporter

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International justice: End or emancipation?

If we are to avoid a world where impunity reigns and the powerful are above the law, states committed to international justice must rethink accountability approaches and alliances

Bricsbat: US president-elect Donald Trump has warned that he would impose heavy tariffs on Brics nations if they created a currency to counter the dollar. Photo: Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images

Trump could bring a plot twist to SA’s G20 presidency

The US president-elect’s threat to Brics and regressive climate change stance risk stoking tension

The Biden administration failed to fix the latency that exists in the executive leadership and public strategic planning of the US Mission to South Africa. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden administration failed to fix strategic management issues at American diplomatic missions

The US Congress may want to consider issues with ambassadorial appointments and mission-level strategic planning before the next presidential inauguration

Anit-abortion activists hold signs outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2022.(Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

US ‘anti-rights’ groups boost spending in Africa to over $16 million

Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas

Even if Harris was the perfect candidate, the way that she ended up at the top of the Democratic ticket is harmful to the institution of democracy in America. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Why I am wary of giving anyone from the Biden administration my vote

The current administration delivered an American foreign policy that continues to benefit vested interests. Different administration, different party, same script

A poster in the Iranian capital Tehran of Hamas political chief Yahya Sinwar on August 13, 2024. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel says Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar has been killed in Gaza

US President Joe Biden said Sinwar’s death marked “a good day” for Israel, America, and the world

Charles Belk is an American expat living in Johannesburg.

If Biden can step aside, then Americans abroad can certainly step up! 

Ensure that you vote early if you’ re a US citizen not living in the United States

TAMPA, FLORIDA – OCTOBER 09: Tampa looks deserted as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Milton on October 09, 2024 in Tampa, Florida. Milton, which comes just after the recent catastrophic Hurricane Helene, has strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it approaches Florida’s Gulf Coast and is expected to make landfall late Wednesday. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

‘Catastrophic’ Hurricane Milton approaches Florida

Residents have been told to evacuate or die. The Category 5 storm follows two weeks after Category 4 Hurricane Helene hit the area

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Manufacturing a presidential candidate: The case of Kamala Harris

The US vice-president needs to come up with a message that resonates with the white middle and working class to win them over in this election

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The world’s year of elections simmers

Democracy’s march has been relentless this year as world leaders confront the will of the people

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 7, 2024 in New York City. Trump has been charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records, which prosecutors say was an effort to hide a potential sex scandal, both before and after the 2016 presidential election.(Photo by Sarah Yenesel-Pool/Getty Images)

Behind bars or back in power: Trump’s legal odyssey is uncertain

Donald Trump is unlikely to end up in jail, but even if he were incarcerated, the legal judgment doesn’t disqualify him from continuing his bid for the presidency

Foolish: President Joe Biden’s move to raise electric vehicle tariffs ignores the climate change crisis. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Desperate Biden raises US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles

The tariffs hamper efforts to grapple with climate change, including by reducing greenhouse gas emissions

The bust of French philosopher Michel de Montaigne is displayed at the bibliotheque in Bordeaux on September 16, 2016, as part of an exhibition and events through the city dedicated to the French philosopher who was mayor of Bordeaux. (GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images)

If Joe Biden had read Montaigne …

The work of the French Renaissance philosopher offers wisdom applicable to modern politics

Students from universities and colleges in and around Washington rally to demonstrate their support of the Palestinian people on the campus of George Washington University on May 02, 2024 in Washington, DC. Pro-Palestinian encampments have sprung up at college campuses around the country with some protestors calling for schools to divest from Israeli interests amid the ongoing war in Gaza.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Editorial | Elections and the perils of provoking students

US President Joe Biden’s handling of Israel’s war on Gaza could lose him the all-important student vote

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Martin Luther King Recreation Centre on April 18, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)

The impact of Citizens United on American democracy and campaign finance

A landmark court ruling resulted in ‘dark money’ – donations from untraceable sources, both big business and citizens – shaping America’s democracy

Ismail Haniyeh, the Doha-based political bureau chief of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran on March 26, 2024.(Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas leader says no change in truce position after sons killed

Talks mediated by the United States, Egypt and Qatar have been ongoing since Sunday

Faith-baiting: Flowers are laid to respect the victims of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, for which Isis has claimed responsibility. Photo: Contributor/Getty Images

Let’s make a worthy God in our own image

If we make God in our image, let it not be the genocidal maniac worthy only of contempt but rather a God of kindness, worthy of our worship

Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates ever are trying to remedy that by bashing each other.  (Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

US elections: Deja-vu as Biden and Trump square up

Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates ever are trying to remedy that by bashing each other