The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed an historical agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict as they were hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday. The Armenia-Azerbaijan border conflict is an ongoing post-Soviet conflict between...
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Can Zohran Defeat the Dark Forces?
Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor turned heads—and now he finds himself squared off against an alliance of well-funded and well-connected opponents. It is turning ugly with big money coming into play. Incumbent mayor Eric...
“The Camp to Stop the War” Resumes Tomorrow (Sunday) in Tel Aviv, One Week After Its Activists Were Attacked
Following protests in Dizengoff Square and near Gaza, the camp will be set up tomorrow in Tel Aviv at the Cinematheque plaza from 2:30 PM to 10:00 PM The “Camp to Stop the War,” organized by the “It’s Time” coalition, will resume its activities tomorrow (Sunday) after...
Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed grave concern over Israel’s decision to “take control of Gaza City”, his Spokesperson said in a statement on Friday. The announcement following an Israeli cabinet meeting “marks a dangerous escalation...
“Hear the World, Heal the World” World Arte Festival 2025 in South Korea
August 1-3, 2025. At the mountain village of Ararichon in Jeongseon, Gangwon County, over 150 artists from 22 countries gathered for the World Arte Festival, under the slogan, “Hear the World, Heal the World.” For the third time, the festival organizers and local...
ADB’s Energy Policy is Rushing Toward the Wrong Side of History
by Jason Weiner, Executive & Legal Director, Bank Climate Advocates & Nazareth Del Pilar, Just Transitions Advocacy Officer, NGO Forum on ADB Asian Development Bank (ADB) calls itself the “climate bank of Asia and the Pacific.” But with its proposed changes to...
Bangladesh: Journalist Hacked to Death, PEC Demands Justice
Geneva, 8 August 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of a journalist in the capital city of Bangladesh and urged the interim regime in Dhaka to nab the killers of Md Asaduzzaman Tuhin. He was...
Zambales Communities to President Marcos: Suspend Dredging Now or Lose Our Coastline Forever
San Felipe, Zambales – With beaches vanishing, resorts collapsing, and livelihoods lost, coastal communities in Zambales are issuing an urgent appeal to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.: immediately suspend all dredging and sand mining activities across the province....
GAIA Joins Call to Member States at Plastics Treaty Negotiations (INC-5.2): Keep Your Promise, Fix the Process, End Plastic Pollution
Geneva, Switzerland – Four days into the final Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, we are not on track to deliver a treaty that will protect people and nature. Enough is enough; something must change. We are joining the voices of waste pickers, frontline communities,...
The Song of the Whales: a sensory journey celebrating the ocean
Centered on the theme of the ocean and whales, spiritual beings in many traditions, this project is both a celebration and a call to action, explains the Oktoecho group. This show offers a sensory journey celebrating the symbolic power of the whale, while raising...
Marseille remembers Hiroshima and signs the cities’ appeal in favor of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
On Wednesday, August 6, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and in response to the call launched by the Marseille Peace Movement, around fifty activists from various groups, such as Femmes solidaires, the French Association...
Yurii Sheliazenko: “The protests are good, but there are still some Ukrainians who believe in the war.”
In Kiev, I met Yurii Sheliazenko, a Quaker conscientious objector and leader of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, whom I had met and interviewed during my trip to Ukraine last August, and his friend Artem Denysov, also a Quaker. They took me to the “Fayna Town”...