Columns / Currents

Inuit communities across the Arctic are resisting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland, warning against a new era of colonial control. By Richard Swift.

As US sanctions deepen Cuba’s energy crisis, international activists are attempting to deliver aid and challenge the decades-long blockade. By Maxine Betteridge-Moes.

Liberating love; Good riddance; Second wind.

As Ethiopia seeks debt relief amid economic crisis, private lenders are pursuing legal action for bigger profits. By Tim Jones.

As regional conflict intensifies, many Cypriots fear Britain’s military bases are turning their island into a frontline. By Futura D’Aprile.

As war deepens and internet access becomes a tool of political control, many Iranians are being cut off from both information and each other. By Rebecca Ruth Gould.

As missiles cross Jordanian skies, ordinary life continues beneath the weight of regional war and economic uncertainty. By Yamuna Matheswaran.

For Lebanon’s migrant workers, war compounds a crisis of exploitation, displacement and neglect. By Paul Hefel-James.

Feminist Pharma; Solidarity vindicated; Grounded.

As Ghana courts the green transition with its first lithium mine, farmers in Cape Coast say the promised boom has already delivered dispossession, delay and deepening poverty. Amanda Sperber reports.

From Berlin’s Stasi files to Aleppo’s courtrooms, Syria’s fragile reckoning with decades of repression hinges on rescuing the paper trail before memory – and justice – slips away. Paul Hefel-James reports.

Bolivia’s traditional political class president. By Richard Swift.

From Shëngjin to Gjadër, Italy’s offshore detention centres in Albania revive colonial shadows as Europe pushes its borders – and its responsibilities – ever further from view. Dalia Ismail reports.

With José Antonio Kast poised to govern, Chilean activists warn that promises of order and austerity mask a looming rollback of human, Indigenous and women’s rights hard won since the Pinochet era. Ali Qassim reports.

As Morocco embraces Amazigh identity in law and symbol, mountain communities marking Yennayer say recognition rings hollow without justice for land, language and livelihoods. Peter Yeung reports.

From Chicago drill to narcocorridos, a new report argues that blaming music for gun crime obscures the deeper injustices – poverty, racism and weak gun laws – that pull the trigger. Amy Hall reports.

Patagonia in flames; Unlikely allies; Catch me if you can; ‘Vegas-ification’ of Gaza; Journalism under fire; Freedom for the Filton.

After years as Washington’s frontline ally against Isis, Syria’s Kurds find themselves abandoned to a resurgent central state and a former jihadist now recast as president. Zac Larkham reports.

Half a century after US bombs fell on Cambodia, nationalist brinkmanship has reignited a border war with Thailand, driving civilians from their homes and reducing Preah Vihear’s ancient stones to rubble. Rodrigo Rosales reports.

Healthy starts; Post office payout; The big red apple.