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Six hostages’ bodies retrieved, Israel’s military says

  • August 20, 2024

The bodies of six hostages being held by Hamas have been retrieved from the Gaza Strip, Israel’s military has said. A statement from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bodies of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Chaim Peri and British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell were recovered from the...

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Interview – Dan Slater

  • August 20, 2024

Dan Slater is James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science as well as Director of the Centre for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan. His research specializes in the history and politics of dictatorships and emerging democracies in the Southeast Asian region. Before receiving his PhD from Emory University,...

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America’s National Security Wake-Up Call

  • August 19, 2024

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – A recent report issued by the Congressionally-mandated Commission on the National Defense Strategy paints a bleak picture of future U.S. national security at best.  Among its bi-partisan findings: the U.S. is facing “the most challenging global environment with the most severe ramifications since the end of the...

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Venezuela Struggles to Hold on to Hope

  • August 19, 2024

Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, August 19, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Aug 19 (IPS) – There was an unusual sense of hope going into Venezuela’s 28 July presidential election. Democracy seemed on the horizon. María Corina Machado, the opposition’s rallying figure, had inspired a rare level...