MANILA, Philippines โ€” A senior Iranian cleric has warned that any attack on Iranโ€™s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei could trigger what he described as a โ€œglobal jihad,โ€ escalating tensions amid heightened confrontation involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. Ayatollah Mohsen Araki, a prominent Shiite religious figure, said targetingContinue Reading

Short answer: No. A Nobel Peace Prize cannot be transferred, shared, or revoked. The Norwegian Nobel Institute clarified this on Friday after Venezuelan opposition leader Marรญa Corina Machado suggested she wanted to give or share her recent Nobel Peace Prize with US President Donald Trump. Hereโ€™s what you need toContinue Reading

A widely circulated claim asserts that U.S. President Donald Trump has issued warnings to Mexico, Cuba, Colombia and the Philippines following a purported U.S. invasion of Venezuela. VERDICT Partly False / Misleading While there are credible reports that Trumpโ€™s government has escalated rhetoric against countries like Mexico, Colombia and CubaContinue Reading

Donald Trump brands himself as an anti-globalistโ€”a disruptor of elite-driven international institutions and liberal world order. But critics argue that his policies and rhetoric donโ€™t dismantle empire. Instead, they repackage American imperial power in nationalist language. So why does Trumpโ€™s anti-globalist stance often look like old-style Yankee imperialism? What doesContinue Reading

The United Nations (UN) has pushed back against a sweeping US directive ordering withdrawal from dozens of international bodies, stressing that Washington remains legally bound to pay its assessed contributions under the UN Charter. The clarification comes after a US presidential memorandum instructed federal agencies to immediately disengage from internationalContinue Reading

US President Donald Trump floated the idea of the United States โ€œbuyingโ€ Greenland in 2019. He revived the idea of acquiring Greenland after the US attacked and abducted President Nicolas Maduro. The proposal was widely mocked as absurd. But behind the headline-grabbing suggestion lay serious geopolitical calculations tied to theContinue Reading

A post widely shared on social media claims that former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was kidnapped by fellow Filipinos and taken to The Hague โ€” drawing a parallel with what some describe as the โ€œkidnappingโ€ of Venezuelaโ€™s Nicolรกs Maduro. But a careful look at the facts shows the two areContinue Reading