Columns / Currents

Bank Backs Down; Cruelty Curbed; Justice In The Aegean; Paula Lacey.

After years of deadly conflict, Manipur’s fragile calm masks deep divisions—resignation and repression offer no clear path to peace without real reconciliation, writes Manu Moudgil.

Tenants score a rare win in Barcelona’s housing crisis as public buyout halts evictions—but at a steep price that still rewards the speculators, by Richard Matoušek.

Abdul-Malik’s recent efforts to interfere with Israel’s war machine that has got the world suddenly talking about the Houthis, writes Richard Swift.

As US aid vanishes overnight, Ecuador’s migrant communities are left stranded—caught between political posturing abroad and collapsing support at home, by Cameron Baillie.

Five years on, the world pays the price for forgetting Covid-19’s legacy of inequality, denial, and a global health system still unprepared for what’s next, by Nick Dowson.

Myanmar’s military cements its rule online with sweeping VPN bans and surveillance powers, silencing dissent and tightening control, by Laura O'Connor.

As Erdoğan tightens his grip, LGBTQI+ activists and journalists face arrest, surveillance and a wave of repressive laws in Turkey’s ‘Year of the Family’, by Rohan Stevenson.

Hanging by a thread; Spain’s spycops; Cycles of conflict; Crytobros; Crime wave.

Cheap, deadly, and out of control: new report exposes the civilian toll of drone warfare as foreign-made weapons flood African skies, by Paula Lacey.

After years of impunity, victims of Duterte’s brutal drug war glimpse accountability as the former president faces charges at the Hague, by Iris Gonzales.

Grassroots consumer boycotts spread across the Balkans as citizens challenge profiteering and demand economic justice, by Nikola Teodosić.

Yoon Can’t Hide; Wiki Wars; Ceasefire Now?; Parental Justice; Rights Rollback.

From global terrorist to de facto leader, Richard Swift explores Ahmed al-Sharaa’s tumultuous transformation and the uncertain future he now charts for Syria.

Egypt’s new law puts asylum-seekers at risk as Sisi’s regime clamps down on dissent. Lara Gibson investigates.

At India’s largest Hindu festival, transgender spiritual leaders step into the spotlight for the first time, but Shivalika Puri reveals that their journey for equality is far from over.

As Syria reels from the fall of Assad, Israel’s half-century-first incursion into the Golan Heights has plunged local communities into siege and uncertainty. John McAulay reports.

Seventy-five years after efforts to suppress coca chewing, Mattha Busby examines how a landmark WHO review could redefine a sacred Andean tradition and challenge decades of anti-drug stigma.

Homecoming; Dumped; Fossil Fail.

Framed by a deadly act of retribution against corporate greed, Nick Dowson examines how a Trump presidency and fringe healthcare policies could upend both US and global health systems.