Australia
EUROPE
Gen Z Activated: The Power of the Youth
Gen Z reshapes politics with TikTok activism, climate strikes, and digital protests by disrupting power through tech, not tradition.
WORLD
Under-the-Sea: America First Leaves AUKUS Partners Adrift
Trump’s Pentagon review unsettles AUKUS allies—UK & Australia risk losing U.S. submarine support as America First drives defence shift.
US-China
The Battle for Influence in the Pacific
The Pacific region has become a focal point of strategic competition between Australia and China, as both nations vie for influence through aid, infrastructure investments, and diplomatic initiatives, reshaping regional dynamics.
Popular
Guilty by Involvement: Britain, Berbera, and Red Sea Tensions
Britain’s state-backed bets on a Red Sea port are now dragging London into a genocidal war in Sudan and a high-stakes diplomatic collision with Saudi Arabia.
Timbuktu Manuscripts Return as Museums Raise Prices
As 28,000 manuscripts arrived back at the Timbuktu Ahmed Baba Institute in August 2025 after 13 years in Bamako, Paris's Louvre raised standard admission to €22, marking the latest divergence in how access to Africa's written past is being rearranged.
Houthi Payroll Politics and Riyadh’s Bet to Secure Yemen Peace
Yemen’s government workers wait for paychecks as Riyadh bets that money will buy the peace that ten years of war was unable to secure.
Africa on Stream: IShowSpeed and a New Online Map of the Continent
As American streamer IShowSpeed's "Speed Does Africa" tour averaged 80,000 concurrent viewers across 20 countries between 29 December 2025 and 26 January 2026, the 28-day broadcast raised old questions about who gets to show the continent and how.
Netanyahu Aide Bypasses Military Censors via German Tabloid
Behind the headlines of a German tabloid lies a high-stakes effort to bypass Israeli military censors.
