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Nov 04 2026 
The Sudden, Unexpected End of the UN Mission in Western Sahara
Sawahil – Alex Thurston
This guest post comes from Dr. Jacob Mundy
What Just Happened?
In a surprising set of developments, the UN Security Council was unable to pass a resolution this past Friday, October 30, to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which was created in April 1991.A draft… Continue reading
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Nov 04 2026 
Cuba’s healthcare system struggles with shortages, power outages amid US sanctions
An undated picture of a member of the medical personnel attending a pediatric care unit at a Cuban hospital
Press TV
Cuba has introduced major economic reforms this year but US fuel exports to the private sector remain prohibitively expensive.
Cuban hospitals are struggling with critical shortages of medicines, medical equipment, and basic supplies alongside persistent power outages… Continue reading -
Nov 04 2026 
The Crisis In Poland
Craig Murray
I was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Warsaw 1994-98. While that was a long time ago, I knew personally many of the people at the heart of the current crisis, such as Donald Tusk and Radek Sikorski.
1) The first thing to say about Poland is that the current crisis is unlikely to… Continue reading
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Nov 03 2026 
The Bloody Circle Has Closed: Ethiopia Is Burning in Tigray Again, and the World Pretends Not to Notice
New Eastern Outlook
Addis Ababa is dividing power in the devastated region, Eritrea is massing troops at the border, and millions of people are balancing on the brink of starvation.
An Interim Administration as a Cover for a New War
On Friday, October 16, 2026, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the creation of an interim administration in… Continue reading -
Nov 03 2026 
‘The Quad is not an anti-China coalition’ – The US should walk the talk
Global Times – Editorial
The Quad’s nature should not be determined by how US officials describe it, but by what it actually does. If it uses supply chain security as a pretext to exclude Chinese industries and impose technological restrictions on China, no amount of diplomatic rhetoric can disguise its true nature as a tool of… Continue reading
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Nov 02 2026 
The UAE deals in the darkest of politics – its representative should be nowhere near the UN
UAE’s Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, 27 October 2026 (Reuters/David Dee Delgado)
Middle East EyeMake no mistake, a vote for Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE’s candidate for UN secretary general, is an endorsement of genocide, mass atrocities and war
A bid by the United Arab Emirates to install… Continue reading
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Oct 31 2026 
Trump’s War Overreach may be the Straw that Breaks the Back of the West’s Financialised Architecture
Alastair Crooke
From the streets of Paris to the Strait of Hormuz, Western liberal economies are caught in a trap of their own making
Almost everywhere there is a deepening sense that the western Liberal economic project is on the verge of collapsing in very fundamental ways – most obviously, this has been on display on the… Continue reading -
Oct 31 2026 
Iran has ‘special plans’ for ‘Israel’ if war breaks out
International Affairs and Foreign Policy Expert Mostafa Khosh Jashm and former US diplomat Michael Springmann
Al MayadeenMichael Springmann and Mostafa Khosh Jashm warn that renewed US-Israeli aggression against Iran could trigger devastating regional retaliation, disrupt global energy markets and financial systems, and impose severe economic and military costs on Washington.
The United States and “Israel” are preparing for… Continue reading
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Oct 27 2026 
The Long March (长征 Cháng zhēng), 1934 – 1935 (Introduction)
The Long March, a traditional Chinese painting by Guan Shanyue.
The painting depicts Red Army soldiers climbing snow-covered mountains. Winding compositions, vigorous brushwork and vivid colours convey the scale of their journey and their determination to overcome adversity.
After recently celebrating the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October the 1st,… Continue reading -
Oct 27 2026
The Epidemic of Billionaires
Craig Murray
It takes a lot to get tens of thousands of people to riot. For it to happen simultaneously across several countries points to a supranational underlying cause, as opposed to local grievance at an egregious state injustice. That the temporary collapse of authority and restraint will allow some opportunists to loot is an inevitable… Continue reading
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Oct 27 2026 
The Killing Fields of Olive Season in South Lebanon
UK Column
For generations, the autumn olive harvest has defined life, culture, and survival across south Lebanon’s hillsides. Today, beneath the shadow of Israeli attacks, gathering this ancestral fruit has become a deadly act of resilience.
In October, as the cool breeze begins to clear the oppressive heat of summer, a quiet transformation touches the craggy hillsides… Continue reading
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Oct 27 2026 
Lula’s Victory Is Breath of Fresh Air for Latin America: Sheinbaum
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, Oct. 26, 2026. Photo EFE
teleSUR English
The Mexican president praised Brazil’s election result after the leftist leader defeated far-right Senator Bolsonaro.
On Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s re-election in Brazil, after the leftist leader defeated far-right Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro in a runoff election.“Very happy about Lula’s victory… Continue reading
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Oct 26 2026 
How Sudan’s RSF destroyed the survivors of its el-Fasher massacre
Displaced Sudanese people who fled el-Fasher after its fall sit in the shade amid the remains of a fire at a camp in Tawila on 11 February 2026 (AFP)
Middle East Eye
A year after the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces seized North Darfur’s capital, Sudanese recount the horrors of el-Fasher and describe life now
Three weeks ago, Hala,… Continue reading -
Oct 19 2026 
How Prepared is Russia to Strengthen Africa’s Economic Sovereignty?
pressenza
(Moscow Bureau) – In late October, participating African leaders, entrepreneurs and stakeholders, and experts will be looking for corporate bilateral economic deals during the 3rd Russia-Africa summit, but such expected arrangements are blissfully complicated – and as potential Russian investors, both state and private, grossly lack appropriate financial mechanisms. After text exchanges for a couple… Continue reading
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