News Commentary
Analysis and commentary on current events around the world.
Infantino’s FIFA crisis: What is reaction to World Cup investment U-turn?
Backlash to FIFA's private investment plan for World Cups and events was huge; now football reacts to U-turn's fallout.
Is Spain being punished?
In the months leading up to the crisis in Ceuta, pro-Israel voices conspicuously raised the issue of the enclave
Children run marathon to spotlight Gaza’s growing orphan crises
Children run marathon to spotlight Gaza's growing orphan crisis
Most Australian teens still online three months after under-16 ban
The Australian government has defended the ban after a report concluded most teenagers had found ways to get around it.
Spain says migrants leaving Ceuta after mass influx in which 67 died
Spain’s foreign minister maintains 'the integrity of the Schengen area is absolutely guaranteed'.
Iran warns against ‘fire of war’ amid US strike threats on energy sites
Iranian media say retaliation plan ready after US media suggest potential imminent attacks against civilian sites.
Sde Teiman walkout lays bare an Israeli military running out of trust
Nearly three years of open-ended war have made obedience inside the Israeli military increasingly conditional.
Opinion: Remembering Margo Howard
Margo Howard had a lot of life experience and used it to offer advice for years as "Dear Prudence" for Slate. She died this week at the age of 86.
FIFA World Cup crisis: Who could replace Infantino as president?
Who is tipped to replace Gianni Infantino after the World Cup investment plan crisis?
Vanishing forests: Why is the Philippines failing at reforestation?
101 East investigates how the Philippines’ ambitious regreening programme is failing the nation’s forests.
Spain says migrants in Ceuta have returned to Morocco
Spain says 50,000 migrants who entered its North African enclave of Ceuta have returned to Morocco.
Trump mimics sound of Patriot missile interceptions
US President Donald Trump mimicked missile interceptions as he described the US military shooting down Iranian missiles.
They call it 'a dream fulfilled' -- new homes designed for (and by) slum residents
It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building.
India’s Modi says he forgives students who abused him in Cockroach protests
PM says 'misled children' need to be shown 'the right path' as his supporters dox and abuse protesters on social media.
FDA weighs a new kind of flu shot based on technology RFK Jr. has questioned
The FDA is poised to render a decision on Moderna's mRNA-based flu shot, which could be the first of its kind to market. The decision is expected to reverberate throughout the biotech industry.
Omani legend, US novice: Pakistan recovers bodies from Broad Peak
Rescuers are still looking for other missing climbers swept away in an avalanche on the world's 12th largest peak.
Iran: The Making of a War
From coup to conflict - how decades of rivalries and miscalculations have shaped one of today’s most dangerous wars.
UEFA says it has lost confidence in current FIFA leadership
UEFA, who were the strongest opponents of FIFA's plan, slam the Gianni Infantino-led governing body despite standdown.