By Rodrigo Guillot, Mexico City (with the people of Türkiye and Syria in my heart) Mexico City remembers in its history two traumatic moments due to earthquakes: both happened on September 19, in 1985 and then in 2017. In 1985, an 8.1 earthquake took the Mexican capital by surprise, devastating the entire city, and taking the lives of some 10,000 ...

By Orçun Göktürk * While the almost a year-long Russian special military operation in Ukraine is halting NATO’s expansion to the East, the United States of America (USA) is simultaneously stepping up its aggression not only in Europe but also in the Asia-Pacific. Melodie Ha, an expert at the US Department of Defense, recently stated: “We need to further engage ...

Last Tuesday, February 7, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov felt compelled to respond to the statement made by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union (EU) Josep Borrell, about two countries that the Russian Foreign Minister had visited during his tour of Africa. In his opening speech at the European External Action Service ...

Enrique Refoyo: Dear Natalia Nikonorova, thank you very much for the opportunity of this interview so that our global audience can also get to know you. I would like to divide this interview into three parts – present, past and future – so that we can get a first-hand look at the situation in Donbass, as you have been the ...

Following Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, a debate lived up again on the role of force and violence in history – especially concerning the history of Russia itself. United World International author has given a lengthy interview to Emrah Maraşo, editor-in-chief of Turkish monthly magazine Bilim ve Ütopya (Science and Utopia). The interview was published first in Turkish. UWI ...

Türkiye is going through the biggest disaster in the history of the Republic. Thousands of us have lost our lives; we are injured and still waiting to be rescued under the rubble. Unplanned settlement, lack of infrastructure, institutions incapable of quickly making decisions and organizing… And the political leaderships, both in power and opposition, incapable of bringing society together… But ...

By Odile Mojon, Paris / France Is France experiencing a “mass strike” in the image of what Rosa Luxemburg spoke about? First of all, it should be remembered that beyond France, other European countries (England, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain) are affected, or have recently been affected, by major strike movements, for similar reasons. These are sometimes related to the imposition ...

Since the beginning of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Egypt has taken a neutral position, in light of its strong relations with the two countries. Therefore, its diplomacy was constantly keen to stress the need to end the dispute peacefully and find political solutions. This position prompted then-Armenian President Armen Sarkissian, in September 2020, to appeal to his Egyptian ...

There is a difference between the borders on the world’s surface and those below it. That difference may sometimes decide on the matter of life and death. The most recent earthquake in southern Türkiye and northern Syria is demonstrating this. Below the surface, the earth’s different plates comprise the natural borders. According to experts, the earthquake was caused by the ...

Second part of our extensive interview with Helga Zepp-LaRouche, the founder and President of the Schiller Institute. And what is your view about the Joe Biden and the previous Donald Trump governments? Do you think there are noticeable differences between these two? And if so, what is/are the main difference(s) between the Democrats and the Republicans? Biden as the main ...