Otherweb Archive - Opinion - World

• An Iranian Explains What Happened This Week—And What the Country Must Do Now
• Chinese national and alleged illegal alien in California purchased a Texas gun store in a plot to ship firearms to North Korea
• The voices that didn’t make it into the story
• The Ballymena violence has nothing to do with ‘protecting women’. It is racism, pure and simple | Sarah Creighton
• Colombia shaken by assassination attempt on presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay
• A Rare France Win in the War on Porn - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Meloni’s Italy: A Refreshing Crescendo to Brussels’ Dissonance - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Putin Caught in an Expanding Spiderweb - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Iran's new IRGC chief vows to unleash the 'gates of hell' on Israel
• U.S. State Department warns Americans to leave Iran immediately amid escalating regional tensions
• The government is moving too slowly on AI
• Ballymena may be a taste of things to come
• Tourists in Tiberias, Israel, were woken to the sound of air raid sirens
• "Israel's action to cripple Iran's nuclear program is a service to all civilized people," says AIPAC
• Labour had the chance to finally kill off HS2. Instead, it’s throwing more money into the pit | Simon Jenkins
• Why does Nigel Farage get to play British politics on easy mode? | Andy Beckett
• I call on the UK to seize this moment - join the world majority and recognise the state of Palestine | Husam Zomlot
• Inside the SNP civil war
• Dublin is the only large European capital without a metro: what would Leopold Bloom make of that? | Dermot Hodson
• In Tasmania, neither the Liberals nor Labor seem to comprehend the reality of minority government | Kate Crowley
• Israel launches "preemptive strike" against Iran
• Greta Thunberg’s a vapid leftist — and a useful idiot for terror
• Paul Begala: It’s easy to condemn violence, but it doesn’t prevent violence from happening in the future. What’s happening in Northern Ireland gives us a pretty good idea what that underlying cause is
• Two recent attacks in Washington, D.C. and Boulder, Colorado, show the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is no longer confined to the Middle East
• It is politicians – not regulators – who must make sense of the supreme court’s gender ruling | Gaby Hinsliff
• An Air India plane carrying 242 people crashed into a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad, India
• Liz Truss is haunting Mel Stride
• New Zealand aims to nearly double defense spending to reach 2% of GDP
• Recovering Germany’s Conservative Tradition – Matthias Oppermann
• The Labour Party Is Undermining the British Economy
• The two-state solution is a delusion | Rabea Eghbariah
• The car made pedestrians second-class citizens. Don’t let driverless vehicles push us off the road altogether | Adam Tranter
• Investigating Mexico: An Interview with the Reporter, Writer, and Film-Maker Diego Enrique Osorno
• Geert Wilders collapsed the Dutch government. He wanted power, but had no idea how to govern | Koen Vossen
• As Australia campaigns for Cop31 hosting rights, it’s time to stop talking and start doing | Bill Hare
• Three cheers for the US-China trade war ceasefire
• Israel Defense Forces recover bodies of two more hostages from Gaza
• The U.S. is reducing staff at its missions in Iraq and allowing dependents to leave the region amid rising tensions with Iran
• Argentina will move its embassy to Jerusalem, President Milei says
• Magura V7 Advances Ukraine’s Drone Capabilities
• Judge throws out lawsuit challenging Trump’s control of African Development Foundation
• Argentina's win for clean governance
• Trump is reviewing the details of the new trade agreement with China, White House press secretary says
• Labour promised people we would rebuild Britain – and that’s what we’re doing | Keir Starmer
• Rachel the Deluded is tinkering while the British economy burns
• From the archive: The apotheosis of Tammany Jim
• The rise of the West
• Gaza diary: Amid the rubble
• Wealthy Australians are worried we might realise how rigged the system is in their favour | Greg Jericho
• 'UK's poshest thief' fined for stealing £1,000 worth of Le Creuset
• Rachel Reeves tries to banish George Osborne’s ghost
• The shame of Labour’s austerity doctrine
• Has Rachel Reeves made the right choices? Our panel responds to the spending review
• The West Is Realizing Ancient Truth That Open Borders Kill Nations
• Why is the New Yorker sucking up to Latin American tyrants?
• Tax comparisons show ‘free’ stuff is very expensive
• Pope Leo XIV takes aim at the rise of 'political nationalisms' in St. Peter’s Square
• Ireland’s anti-immigrant rage will not go away
• Rachel Reeves’ economic credibility is on the line
• Europe was promised a new golden age of the night train. Why are we still waiting? | Jon Worth
• U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Israel's finance and security ministers after five Western governments imposed sanctions on them for 'extremist rhetoric'
• Mexican Government Loyalists Sweep First Universal Judiciary Election » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Two Chinese Aircraft Carriers Seen In Pacific For First Time
• Zack Polanski and the crankish turn of the Greens
• The U.S. government subsidizes illegal immigrant money transfers via the Federal Reserve’s ‘Directo a Mexico’ program
• Rachel Reeves’s economic vision is coming into focus – a year too late | Rafael Behr
• Britain’s voters can’t resist a messy drama. How fortunate for Nigel Farage and Reform | Marina Hyde
• The Forum on Information and Democracy: Development and Resource Officer
• Just Vision: President and Executive Director
• The ‘Golden Dome’ Is Pure Fantasy
• China’s Cozy Relationship With Caribbean Country Raises Red Flags
• Returning The Right to Bear Arms to Great Britain
• Once again, British politicians want to ‘ban the burqa’. But this time, I’ve never felt so afraid | Nadeine Asbali
• Compare the courage of Greta Thunberg’s Gaza aid mission with the inaction and complicity of western governments | Owen Jones
• Labour’s unlikely strategy for beating Reform
• Farage’s anti-system party started the week determined to regain control
• The Tories must do more than apologise for Liz Truss
• At a time of global political upheaval, can Albanese really resist calls to be more ambitious? | Peter Lewis
• Neither glib lines nor warm thoughts can hide the cynicism of Labor’s North West Shelf decision | Clear Air
• Tariff Pressure Yields Results as Beijing Reengages in Trade Talks » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Gaza Doesn’t Need Greta. Greta Needs Gaza. » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• The Terrorists/Journalists of Gaza » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Trump says Swedish activist Greta Thunberg needs anger management classes
• Are MPs waking up to the perils of the assisted-dying bill?
• Good riddance to Greta’s Gaza ship of fools
• Greta Thunberg will be shown graphic footage of Hamas’ October 7 massacre
• Nigel Farage chases the Welsh dragon
• As a child I showed little interest in my mum’s sewing skills. After she died, I realised what I’d missed out on | Nova Weetman
• Will Labour’s winter fuel U-turn work?
• No, opposing mass migration doesn’t make you a terrorist
• Macron must lead the EU push to end Israel’s war on Gaza | Jo-Ann Mort
• Assassination Attempt on Colombian Politician Looks Familiar » The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
• Rachel Reeves wants to teach her critics a lesson
• The Hole in Mexico’s Security Strategy
• China is building lots of warships that look nice in photos and on port calls. But does China have a navy? Or is it just a collection of ships?
• China’s New Push for Latin America
• Greta Thunberg and her friends on the 'Freedom Flotilla' are surrounded by Israeli Defense Forces speedboats on their way to Gaza
• No, Dawn French, 7 October was not a ‘bad fing’
• The cruel government trick that drives voters to Reform: calling new homes ‘affordable’ | John Harris
• Top U.S. General in Africa Paints Grim Picture of U.S. Military Failures in Africa